[nagdu] Important lesson learned. Dogs cannot be trusted.

[Marianne Denning]

I used to leave one of my dogs shut in my bedroom and all went very
well for several years.  Then, she decided to get back at my husband
so on 2 different occasions, she went into our closet and knocked all
of his pants, including hangers, onto the floor.  She never bothered
my side of the closet.  She was never left out of her crate again.
When we would leave she would have to go into her crate and she was
very happy there.  Her crate was always left open when we were at home
and she liked to go in there and lay down even when she did not have
to.  That let me know she viewed it as a safe place.

On 3/1/15, Abigail Bolling via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> My girl has an interesting way of displaying her separation anxiety!
> Mainly, getting into things that she's not supposed to and making me make
> her throw up. Yes guys, I am talking a lot of food.
> She decided on Friday, when I left her at home with my roommate, to jump on
> my dining room table and eat a lot of big busy bones, which I give her for
> treats.as if that wasn't enough, she decided to eat a chocolate brownie
> cliff bar, that my boyfriend had left also sitting on the
> table.unfortunately, the simple protein bar contained a lot of cocoa
> powder.as if that wasn't enough, she decided to finish off half a bag of
> Dove milk chocolate!
> Moral to the story? My girl cannot be trusted in the apartment!we had been
> working on the table being a no zone. And that she was not even to try to
> look up at the top. Obviously, that did not work.
>
> I had to take her to the 24 hour vet hospital, and spend upwards of $200 so
> they could make her throw up. I didn't have any hydrogen peroxide in the
> apartment, and the baking soda water idea did not work. My dog has a stomach
> made of steel.of course she had to do this the night before the trainer was
> supposed to visit us for her barking issue. The trainer suggested to me that
> even though I had been working with her for three years, there are some
> things that I should never do with any dog in the future. Mainly, leave them
> unattended for a period of time in the apartment.i'm sharing this, because I
> feel like it was a good lesson for me and I wanted to pass it on. No matter
> how long you have worked with dogs, or have worked with your particular dog
> right now, they are unpredictable little boogers, and like to get into
> trouble. I swear, my dog is more toddler then she is dog.seriously, she acts
> like a two-year-old! :-)
> Hopefully your pups never get into chocolate and you guys don't have to pay
> to learn this lesson that I had to learn. :-) I wish you all the best, and I
> hope your puppies are loving to eat their dog food in not trying to get into
> things they shouldn't! :-)
>
>
> Abigail Bolling
> "Keep a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just let the music
> play." (Julie Anderson Diamond)
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053