My dog is a carpet muncher
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LOL! Well you did say you were gonna treat it like a kid!!!
sorry I just found the janitor video I was looking for...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sWMm0UE1AU"]YouTube - Baby Cage[/ame]
sorry I just found the janitor video I was looking for...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sWMm0UE1AU"]YouTube - Baby Cage[/ame]
She isn't my dog technically. She is a foster dog and she was saved from sitting in an even smaller cage for long periods of time or getting the needle in the sky. She was rescued from Polk County animal shelter... I dunno, I love animals and feel like I am not doing enough and I beat myself up over it, but this is the only situation I can offer...
...and it is a lot more loving and humane situation than a shelter could ever give her.
and yet your shoes are still more important
Not more important, but important nonetheless.
Could always let it go in the wild
Nah, I see what you guys are saying and I guess I see how it is "normal" now a days. Your situation is much different than others because you are going out of the way to help an animal that is not yours. After looking at the facts I will admit that I was wrong for thinking it is mean to keep a dog in a cage for 10 hours a day. I now think it is wrong to leave a dog alone for 10 hours a day, cage or not
thanks zengirl 
Could always let it go in the wild
Nah, I see what you guys are saying and I guess I see how it is "normal" now a days. Your situation is much different than others because you are going out of the way to help an animal that is not yours. After looking at the facts I will admit that I was wrong for thinking it is mean to keep a dog in a cage for 10 hours a day. I now think it is wrong to leave a dog alone for 10 hours a day, cage or not
It is wrong to leave a dog in a crate for 10 hours a day, but I do not have a choice right now.
Poor thing was living in the "wild" when I got her she was bony, had ear mites, kennel cough, heartworms, poor skin... I wanna cry.
Could always let it go in the wild
Nah, I see what you guys are saying and I guess I see how it is "normal" now a days. Your situation is much different than others because you are going out of the way to help an animal that is not yours. After looking at the facts I will admit that I was wrong for thinking it is mean to keep a dog in a cage for 10 hours a day. I now think it is wrong to leave a dog alone for 10 hours a day, cage or not
You really are right though.Which is why I usually call in at least once a week to stay home with Lu, and then leave for work really really late all the time.
Then if I'm going to work late, I make Flynavy come over to puppysit. She goes everywhere with us on the weekends (except the grocery store, she stays home in her crate then )I totally guilted myself into staying home today.
I think after the wedding she's going to be enrolling in doggie daycare
It is wrong to leave a dog in a crate for 10 hours a day, but I do not have a choice right now.
Poor thing was living in the "wild" when I got her she was bony, had ear mites, kennel cough, heartworms, poor skin... I wanna cry.
eeeww... Lu had kennel cough when I first got her, she was really really sick and it took forever for her to get over it. Is she all better now?
Yeah she seems to be at 100% healthwise. The heartworm treatment is not a fun ordeal to go through. It sucked laying on the ground with her watching her shake in pain.
How bad was the kennel cough for Lulu? Our rescue guy says it gets so bad that they cough up green goo. All Montana did was cough up white phlegmy stuff.
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Yeah she seems to be at 100% healthwise. The heartworm treatment is not a fun ordeal to go through. It sucked laying on the ground with her watching her shake in pain.
How bad was the kennel cough for Lulu? Our rescue guy says it gets so bad that they cough up green goo. All Montana did was cough up white phlegmy stuff.
Lu was pretty bad, and she had already had her bordatella (sp?) vaccinations but got it anyway. We had to put her on 3 different antibiotics, not at once, we tried one for a week and she didn't get better, so we tried another... and so on. She was 11 weeks old when we got her and 3.5 pounds, we had her at the vet once a week for the first 4-5 months. She still goes regularly, at least every 3 months.
She mostly had yellow and green coming out of her nose, her nose was always crusty. She coughs as much now as she did then but she doesn't have the fevers or discharge anymore so we're thinking being sick so young made her more prone to allergies and stuff.
Put yer shoes in a closet
What sucks is they are in a closet with the door closed. Our cats know how to open the closet and let the dog in.
I guess we could put a chair in front of the door, but Montana can't be trusted around the cats alone. 
and yet your shoes are still more important
I will NOT have a dog destroy my house or its contents. If you wanna live in a shithole, feel free. Montana has more than enough room to move around and the house is nothing more than a bigger crate. And again, as Chikken says, all she is gonna do when we aren't there is sleep.
If you're not gonna crate it, a possible solution to the carpet problem is to take the dog on very long walks, or teach it to run on a treadmill. A tired dog won't do that kind of stuff. Montana has gotten much better about it now that we take her on long (45+ minute) walks. She'll also be going for a run with me tonight as well...