arasara
Well-known member
Hi Guys!!
I have no idea which forum to post this in so General Discussion it shall be. I am just wondering what all of your opinions and experiences have been when crating or not crating after you've left your house.
As most of you know I am fairly new to this whole issue. I had never heard of crating before I came to Toronto. I have recently learned the benefits of it when you cannot supervise 100% and I thought I would give it a try. We've had tramendous success and I can say it has been a wonderful experience thus far.
I keep telling everybody that when Kos turns 1 his first birthday present is going to be free run of the house, but after tonight I am not so sure about that.
We left for about an hour this evening to run and pick up some oil for my OH's car and to get gas for tomorrow morning. Avi convinced me to let him section off the dining room and the kitchen (where Kos' crate is kept) and leave his crate open when we left. He's been bugging me for a while about this now so tonight I finally said sure, let's let him have 2 rooms. Let me first assure you that these rooms are both completely puppy proofed. I left and when we came home I told avi to be very careful that he did not hear us. I tiptoed up to the window and looked in the glass to see what he was doing and I then I seen him; He was sitting on the rug underneath the table (where he goes when he gets in trouble) and staring at the window with the biggest eyes I've ever seen. He was absolutely scared to death.. I mean, he looked like he'd just seen a vacuum cleaner turn on! ( :lol: ) I was excited to see him and even though he probably couldn't hear through the glass I said HI baby@! and waved at him and it took him a good 5 seconds of looking straight at me to figure out who I was and that he was happy to see me. He had that confused look in his eyes that said he didn't know whether to try to protect his house or not. He was scared to death!! :yikes :yikes :yikes When I came in he didn't settle down for a good 5 minutes he was so hyped up. He usually wags his tail for about 30 seconds and then goes for his ball.
So my question is, should I try to transition him into having the house while I am gone or should I keep him in his crate while I am gone forever? At least he knows he is safe. I had envisioned him maybe taking one of his balls and playing with it or chewing on something and running back and forth and playing. It really bothers me that he was so scared. I would never intentionally put him in a situation where he would be scared. I know a lot of you have gone through these experiences before so I am looking forward to hearing all of your words of wisdom. Thank you guys all in advance!
I have no idea which forum to post this in so General Discussion it shall be. I am just wondering what all of your opinions and experiences have been when crating or not crating after you've left your house.
As most of you know I am fairly new to this whole issue. I had never heard of crating before I came to Toronto. I have recently learned the benefits of it when you cannot supervise 100% and I thought I would give it a try. We've had tramendous success and I can say it has been a wonderful experience thus far.
I keep telling everybody that when Kos turns 1 his first birthday present is going to be free run of the house, but after tonight I am not so sure about that.
We left for about an hour this evening to run and pick up some oil for my OH's car and to get gas for tomorrow morning. Avi convinced me to let him section off the dining room and the kitchen (where Kos' crate is kept) and leave his crate open when we left. He's been bugging me for a while about this now so tonight I finally said sure, let's let him have 2 rooms. Let me first assure you that these rooms are both completely puppy proofed. I left and when we came home I told avi to be very careful that he did not hear us. I tiptoed up to the window and looked in the glass to see what he was doing and I then I seen him; He was sitting on the rug underneath the table (where he goes when he gets in trouble) and staring at the window with the biggest eyes I've ever seen. He was absolutely scared to death.. I mean, he looked like he'd just seen a vacuum cleaner turn on! ( :lol: ) I was excited to see him and even though he probably couldn't hear through the glass I said HI baby@! and waved at him and it took him a good 5 seconds of looking straight at me to figure out who I was and that he was happy to see me. He had that confused look in his eyes that said he didn't know whether to try to protect his house or not. He was scared to death!! :yikes :yikes :yikes When I came in he didn't settle down for a good 5 minutes he was so hyped up. He usually wags his tail for about 30 seconds and then goes for his ball.
So my question is, should I try to transition him into having the house while I am gone or should I keep him in his crate while I am gone forever? At least he knows he is safe. I had envisioned him maybe taking one of his balls and playing with it or chewing on something and running back and forth and playing. It really bothers me that he was so scared. I would never intentionally put him in a situation where he would be scared. I know a lot of you have gone through these experiences before so I am looking forward to hearing all of your words of wisdom. Thank you guys all in advance!