[nagdu] dogs and mosh pits don't mix

[Janice Toothman]

Hi Mark,
Have you thought of the collapsible crates that you can store away 
folded up until needed? Of course, I do not know if they make one big 
enough for your GSD since I recall he was around 100 lbs.
Janice
On 3/16/2013 12:49 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
> The concert was fun, thanks. Unfortunately I don't know of anyone in 
> the dorm responsible enough to baby-sit the dog. Dorm life is not a 
> bastion of responsibility. Furthermore school policy forbids leaving 
> the dog alone in the dorm, or asking a student to baby-sit. I don't 
> like that policy, but I can't fight every policy I don't like. At 
> least my dog doesn't do anything disruptive when left alone, just wines.
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> I have thought of getting a crate, but just have no room. My dorm is 
> 200 square feet, and I simply have nowhere to put it.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry D. Keeler" 
> <lkeeler at comcast.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] dogs and mosh pits don't mix
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>> How was the concert?  Those Murphies are roudy folks!  When I braught 
>> Holly home, I didn't really leave her for a month or so.  Then, I 
>> would leave her for short periods.  I also had my kids take her out 
>> sometimes. Now, if I have to leave her, she has my little dog or my 
>> wife usually here.  She still sits by the door but she also gets up 
>> to messing with Pez or visiting Carol. And, if Carol has to go with 
>> me, Pez baby sits her! I'm sure they both come back in the bedroom, 
>> curl up and sleep until I get back.  But, of course this works 
>> because I usually have kids, wife ande family constantly coming 
>> through and, Holly knows everyone loves her!!! Don't know about dorm 
>> room though.  Maybe if you have a good friend or someone who you 
>> trust and will sit with your dog, leave the dog with them for short 
>> periods and slowly increase the time the dog spends over there.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 12:35 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] dogs and mosh pits don't mix
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>>> Hi all,
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>>> Today I went to a dropkick Murphy concert. Because dogs and mosh 
>>> pits don't mix, I left the dog at my parent's house. My dog just sat 
>>> by the door and whimpered the entire time, he did not bark or 
>>> anything, just laid by the door and softly whimpered the entire time 
>>> I was gone. He would not drink or do anything. My question is, if I 
>>> had to leave him with a "dog sitter" for a long time, how would I 
>>> get him used to not being with me. I can't leave him alone in my 
>>> dorm for a multitude of reasons, so he has no practice staying home 
>>> alone.
>>>
>>> Mark
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