happier puppy news-with pics

[LBTC]

Right now I have to put a gate up across the kitchen when I leave so the dogs can come and go and still get the food. But I don't have to worry about whatever my son has left in the living room, or the furniture. She (my new dog) can't get to anything in the kitchen. I just set her up for success.

Great ideas, Tuckervill. But you must not have border collies! They see an obstacle, like a gate, and they put those border collie brains to work to find a way around (or over or through) the obstacle. Ours trained the neighbour dog, who had previously been quite happy to stay in the kitchen, how to get out through the maze of dining room chairs placed there to stop her. Oops.!

Aly, Chester is so wonderful! Thank you and congratulations!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Tuckervill]

Great ideas, Tuckervill. But you must not have border collies! They see an obstacle, like a gate, and they put those border collie brains to work to find a way around (or over or through) the obstacle. Ours trained the neighbour dog, who had previously been quite happy to stay in the kitchen, how to get out through the maze of dining room chairs placed there to stop her. Oops.!

Aly, Chester is so wonderful! Thank you and congratulations!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

Oh yes, this wouldn't have worked with my previous Jack Russell, either. (Her name was Ladybug, and she weighed just 10 lbs.) She could leap over almost anything. Whatever she couldn't leap, she could climb. We had to electrify the fence to keep her in the yard. She only got shocked once and then we turned it off but left the wire there.

We set her up for success, too, though. Her doggie door opened into the sunroom which had an exterior type door leading to the house. (different house than this one) She just used her wiles to get out of the yard, instead. ::eeek:::

Karen