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<blockquote data-quote="MaryB" data-source="post: 270289" data-attributes="member: 390"><p>We got a dog from the shelter...a chocolate lab. I got a big crate. When we left in the morning, 7-8 am, he went in the crate. However, I had someone come over around noon or I would do it to let Shilo out and play for a few minutes. (This was for about a month.) Then, back in the crate. We moved on to the shorter time left alone (as someone else mentioned) but we made sure to close a lot of doors so that there was not a lot a rooms he could damage. It really didn't take long for Shilo to know what he was allowed. Now, we leave early in the morning and not home till about 5 but with the exception of the bathrooms, kitchen, and difficult child's room, he can roam as he pleases. It's been about a 1 1/2 years. It's funny cuz the darn dog will still go to his crate to sleep when we're not there. It's his comfort zone and it's also where Shilo goes if he's misbehaved. By the way, we got one of those kiddie gates for the kitchen. Have you considered that? A gate to keep him out of rooms you don't want him to go?</p><p></p><p>MaryB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MaryB, post: 270289, member: 390"] We got a dog from the shelter...a chocolate lab. I got a big crate. When we left in the morning, 7-8 am, he went in the crate. However, I had someone come over around noon or I would do it to let Shilo out and play for a few minutes. (This was for about a month.) Then, back in the crate. We moved on to the shorter time left alone (as someone else mentioned) but we made sure to close a lot of doors so that there was not a lot a rooms he could damage. It really didn't take long for Shilo to know what he was allowed. Now, we leave early in the morning and not home till about 5 but with the exception of the bathrooms, kitchen, and difficult child's room, he can roam as he pleases. It's been about a 1 1/2 years. It's funny cuz the darn dog will still go to his crate to sleep when we're not there. It's his comfort zone and it's also where Shilo goes if he's misbehaved. By the way, we got one of those kiddie gates for the kitchen. Have you considered that? A gate to keep him out of rooms you don't want him to go? MaryB [/QUOTE]
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