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May 2017
7:49pm, 2 May 2017
9,665 posts
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D2
Great that you have found a class to go to, I think it helps to talk to others about what your dog is doing even if it's just when everyone else has the same problem! We will remind you don't worry.
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May 2017
11:13pm, 2 May 2017
1,110 posts
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Silvershadow
Just had to pop in to mention that the first ever dog triathlon event in the U.K. Was held this weekend at Box End Park. Just down the road from us. Tridoguk have a Facebook page you can see some pictures.
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May 2017
10:28am, 3 May 2017
4,670 posts
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Helegant
And I missed it - didn't even know it was on!!!!
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May 2017
9:25pm, 3 May 2017
9,667 posts
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D2
Probably silly dilemma here but I know you will all tolerate me......:)
I am going on a rare evening out next week, what do I do with the dog?
If I had been more sensible over this last year and left him regularly then clearly I wouldn't be worrying but I didn't.
I have left him (in his crate) a couple of times to go to the dentist for example and of course he is still alive when I get back
I put him in his crate if I have a meeting here with customers or the small grandchildren are here, recently he makes a real fuss barking and whining in his crate.
He used to sleep in his crate overnight but now I put him in and leave the door open and he spends time inside and also on the sofa or window sill (I can hear him) and he is always quiet and I assume relaxed and comfortable as he knows I'm upstairs.
So, SS, when I got out next week I could send him to the kennels where we go for training class or I could leave him in his crate or I could give him the run of downstairs as he has at night.
He would be at the kennels on his own from around 6 till the next morning and they probably don't look in on him until last thing and then in the morning.
At home he would be on his own but for slightly less time and I would let him out when I get home and he would then know I'm here over night.
Actually writing that down .... he would be better at home and if I put him in his crate even if he doesn't like it I would know he was safe.
That's probably the answer to my question then.
Wanders off to give self a slap.
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May 2017
9:56pm, 3 May 2017
18,288 posts
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LazyDaisy
We leave the kitchen tv on for Flossie here, or the radio in Sidmouth, but we shut her in the kitchen as she is at night. In fact whenever she's left alone in the house she's confined to the kitchen and I may be projecting my feelings onto her but I think she worries if she can go all over the house and find no-one. I reckon Indi will tolerate the crate better than being 'loose' if you're not there.
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May 2017
10:17pm, 3 May 2017
3,164 posts
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Alice the Camel
I think you answered your own question there! I'd do as LD suggests and leave him as if you were going to bed.
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May 2017
10:42pm, 3 May 2017
11,464 posts
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Sharkie
I'm not sure....
Jess has the run of the house apart from a few rooms we close the doors to - 'my' room, Raffo's little workshop, the gym/spare room - plus our bedroom - if we remember! She usually stays downstairs, either in the kitchen in her Tuffie Nest, or in the sitting room on 'her' (Raffo's) sofa....
We know Jess doesn't worry when we are out, she never chews, destroys or moves anything - and our neighbours have never heard her barking.
I would leave Indi with the run of downstairs - which is I think what Alice is saying.
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May 2017
6:31am, 4 May 2017
23,072 posts
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halfpint
You have your answer. Re: crying when crated. Ernie would howl if crated when we are around because he is frustrated he can't get to us. As far as we know he settles in the crate when we are gone (we filmed him once) and he settles in there overnight.
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May 2017
8:11am, 4 May 2017
6,530 posts
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BaronessBL
When we leave Wanda she is shut in the kitchen (with access also to the utility room) which is the same as at night. Someone once told me that (as LD suggests above) dogs can get stressed if they are left on their own and have a lot of space to roam around it and that they prefer being in a smaller but safe and familiar place. I don't know if that's true - we started the kitchen rule when we first got Wanda simply because it was we didn't know much about her as a rescue and it was where she could do the least damage. However if given the run of the house now I suspect she would be up at the front windows of the house barking at passing cats, which is not something we want to encourage!
On a different note, Wanda spent a day at the kennels yesterday and is going for another day next week. She seemed happy enough when I collected her and was tired when she got home but didn't show any particular signs of stress although I suspect she didn't drink very much/anything while she was there, as she drank almost all her water bowl when she came home. She often has to be encouraged to drink though, so that doesn't surprise me, I will ask them to monitor that next week....
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May 2017
9:59am, 4 May 2017
6,531 posts
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BaronessBL
Maybe I spoke too soon.......
Apart from eating her breakfast and a brief comfort break in the garden Wanda has remained curled up in a tight ball in her bed this morning. While she is not normally an early riser anyway she might usually move from her 'night time' bed in the kitchen to her 'day bed' in my study. I wonder if she is thinking that if she doesn't get out of bed, I can't put her in the car and abandon her at the kennels again.....
Or am I just reading too much into a tired dog.....  
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