Is Trilby ok?

[Nirvana]

Limey hit the nail on the head you Dana are a dog slave!

Not such a bad thing to be

[Griff]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Carrot was crate trained as a pup. But though he was ok, he never really liked it. Like a lot of beardies he seems to have a touch of claustrophobia (mum's first beardie, Brunt used to go mad in the back yard because it was high walls and carrot is freaked out if we go down the lane with high walls). And he likes to shift about during the night.

We've crate trained other dogs, but Benny wasn't buying either. He isn't very destructive, the comforter was a deviation.

[DanaC]

Yeah, my bro's dog Ruby loved her crate and Sally the rescue greyhound is only happy if she has a crate to go to.

[Trilby]

I got a crate from my All-Knowing Dog Goddess sister and kept him in it for one hour (it was a blessed hour, full of not wondering if he was eating the cat poop) and let him out and he volunteered to go back in and slept in it all night! He WANTS to be good-I can tell. He's got that bewildered 'what are you saying? how can I understand you? what do you want?' look. BUT! He still keeps doing some naughty things. but he's a good dog, overall. I am committed to him; i will not put him thru re-homing; he lives here now. I just wasn't ready for all the Tigger Bouncy-ness of him or his exuberance at life. As a jaded, cynical crone, I wanted a jaded, cynical dog, but the Universe gives us what we need; not what we want (As Mick Jagger so perfectly nailed it)

[limey]

This sounds like progress! If you have a place where the both of you are happy that he stays (the crate) then the relationship between you will improve by leaps and bounds.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Trilby

As a jaded, cynical crone, I wanted a jaded, cynical dog, but the Universe gives us what we need; not what we want (As Mick Jagger so perfectly nailed it)

Ha! Give him time. All too soon he'll be far too grownup and cynical :p


Fast forward two years:

[Pico and ME]

Originally Posted by Trilby

I got a crate from my All-Knowing Dog Goddess sister and kept him in it for one hour (it was a blessed hour, full of not wondering if he was eating the cat poop) and let him out and he volunteered to go back in and slept in it all night! He WANTS to be good-I can tell. He's got that bewildered 'what are you saying? how can I understand you? what do you want?' look. BUT! He still keeps doing some naughty things. but he's a good dog, overall. I am committed to him; i will not put him thru re-homing; he lives here now. I just wasn't ready for all the Tigger Bouncy-ness of him or his exuberance at life. As a jaded, cynical crone, I wanted a jaded, cynical dog, but the Universe gives us what we need; not what we want (As Mick Jagger so perfectly nailed i

Yay! This is such a good thing!