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I thought of that for the bathrooms but never for the kitchen for some reason. The trash we have now has a lid but they just knock the whole thing over. The door in the kitchen they can't open because it's like a regular door. With a door knob you turn and whatnot. It's not a cabinet door that can be pulled open by dogs. So if the door is shut they can't get in. The first time I stayed my stubborn self and thought it's the principle of the matter, but the second time I got down to business to keep my dog safe. He won't crate his though. He left a shake on the kitchen table and didn't push his chair in so his dog got the other half that was left. We happened to be out with Conan (but I would have crated him if we weren't there) and was very happy Conan didn't get any. I worry for his dog, but you can't tell people how to raise their dogs I guess.
to your original post:
If he's no problem at all during the day, you could try going out at dusk when the sun sets? That might help him to generalise the surroundings rather than the separation of night and day... (Mike mentioned that)
I wouldn't talk to him to comfort him unless you are using marker training. You should take him to new places, new sights sounds etc. but use your own judgement as to if you are pushing him too far.
Other than that, build his food drive up, so any sound that frightens him, call his name, give him the best food ever.
new sound eventually = cool treats!
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Thanks Edmund, we'll try that. He'll eat anything so it should work really well and probably pretty quickly. Right now we're just using markers to sharpen his basic obedience and to help with training off of the herding field. I thought about marking and rewarding when he made eye contact with me when I called his name the other night, but it was too dark for me to see to make the marks consistent. We'll do it with the food for now. Thanks!
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Re: Markers with Fears
[Re: Jennifer Lee ]
#254130 - 10/02/2009 09:19 PM 
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