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Dogs with behavior problems that no-kill shelters won't take or will kill
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 559511" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Four hours in a crate is NOT that long for them! I have four dogs with several "personality clashes" between some of them so they can't all be out of their crates at the same time. They each spend about 4 hours in the crate, then two hours out ... my "crate and rotate" routine (two are big buddies and get out together). When they're out, they usually run around and play for about two hours, then find a comfy spot to take a nice long nap. This way, they can just nap in their crates. Doesn't hurt them one little bit! And three out of four of mine sleep all night in their crates. They're used to it, they'd be sleeping during those hours anyway, and they don't mind it at all. The fourth one, Ragan, is a ten year old Boston who takes Lasix for heart issues and just can't go all night without having to go pee. So she's out all night. She sleeps with me and when she needs to, she just gets up, runs in to the bathroom, and uses her little pee pads that I put down for her. Works for us.</p><p></p><p>I really don't know if my dogs are potty trained or if I'm the one who is trained! I take them outside on leashes at set, regular intervals - each time they get out of the crate, then again at bedtime, and we have very few accidents. I don't so much go by them going to the door to be taken out. They're clever enough and sneaky enough that if they know that standing by the door gets them a trip outside, they'd all be standing there at the door all day, guilt-tripping me into taking them out.</p><p></p><p>I think though, that if an adult dog can't go all night without peeing or pooping in their crate, something is wrong. If worms have been ruled out, I would look at what they're eating and maybe change their food. No food, even the expensive premium foods, is right for every dog. My little Trace, my adorable one-eyed Boston rescue boy, has a very sensitive stomach. I had tried him on at least six of the expensive, high quality foods and he <em>still</em> had very soft poops and some accidents at night. It wasn't until I tried them on the grain-free Taste of the Wild (available at Tractor Supply stores) that he finally straightened out. They all do very well on it, even Ragan with all her allergies, and now all have nice, firm little poops and no accidents. Some dogs do much better on a grain-free food. And they should NEVER have food with corn in it. Corn is used as a cheap filler in some dog foods ... dogs can't even digest corn and it makes them have massive poops because it goes right through them. You just have to remember to switch them over to any new food very gradually, adding a little more of the new food each day, ideally over about two weeks for the complete change-over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 559511, member: 1883"] Four hours in a crate is NOT that long for them! I have four dogs with several "personality clashes" between some of them so they can't all be out of their crates at the same time. They each spend about 4 hours in the crate, then two hours out ... my "crate and rotate" routine (two are big buddies and get out together). When they're out, they usually run around and play for about two hours, then find a comfy spot to take a nice long nap. This way, they can just nap in their crates. Doesn't hurt them one little bit! And three out of four of mine sleep all night in their crates. They're used to it, they'd be sleeping during those hours anyway, and they don't mind it at all. The fourth one, Ragan, is a ten year old Boston who takes Lasix for heart issues and just can't go all night without having to go pee. So she's out all night. She sleeps with me and when she needs to, she just gets up, runs in to the bathroom, and uses her little pee pads that I put down for her. Works for us. I really don't know if my dogs are potty trained or if I'm the one who is trained! I take them outside on leashes at set, regular intervals - each time they get out of the crate, then again at bedtime, and we have very few accidents. I don't so much go by them going to the door to be taken out. They're clever enough and sneaky enough that if they know that standing by the door gets them a trip outside, they'd all be standing there at the door all day, guilt-tripping me into taking them out. I think though, that if an adult dog can't go all night without peeing or pooping in their crate, something is wrong. If worms have been ruled out, I would look at what they're eating and maybe change their food. No food, even the expensive premium foods, is right for every dog. My little Trace, my adorable one-eyed Boston rescue boy, has a very sensitive stomach. I had tried him on at least six of the expensive, high quality foods and he [I]still[/I] had very soft poops and some accidents at night. It wasn't until I tried them on the grain-free Taste of the Wild (available at Tractor Supply stores) that he finally straightened out. They all do very well on it, even Ragan with all her allergies, and now all have nice, firm little poops and no accidents. Some dogs do much better on a grain-free food. And they should NEVER have food with corn in it. Corn is used as a cheap filler in some dog foods ... dogs can't even digest corn and it makes them have massive poops because it goes right through them. You just have to remember to switch them over to any new food very gradually, adding a little more of the new food each day, ideally over about two weeks for the complete change-over. [/QUOTE]
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