[nagdu] Do's and Don't's

[Katrin Andberg]

I am rather surprised to hear that those with dogs who have been sick at
home or on trips in hotels, the dog didn't try to wake you up?  All of my
dogs are very well house trained and any time they are ill, their 1st line
of attack is to try to wake me up or get my attention somehow.  I am most of
the time at night in a medication induced stupor since I've got insomnia and
otherwise don't sleep, and still my dogs wake me up enough to get them
outside and not sick on the rug.

 

2 of my dogs sleep on the bed and 2 sleep in crates.  One because he's still
a puppy and gets into trouble and the other because he's an insomniac an
doesn't settle well at night unless crated.  James gets bed privileges
because he has earned them over the years.  The 1st behavior though is no
bed or furniture privileges, until the dog has learned 'off' very well and
then when they have proven they know the rules, they can get up on the couch
or the bed with permission.  The funny thing is though that most of my dogs
prefer the floor or the dog bed to the couch.  During the day James'
favorite spot is on the hardwood at my feet under my computer desk.  Either
that or under the coffee table or the spare crate in the living room.

 

When we travel to a hotel, I either bring his soft sided crate that is
collapsible to the size of a dinner plate or I bring an extra sheet or 2 for
the bed.

 

Katrin & James