[NAGDU] Crosses

nellie at culodge.com nellie at culodge.com
Wed Mar 6 15:19:17 UTC 2019


I 100% agree Tracey,

When I got my first lab, I got the crate of course but I never used it with him.  I left the door open in case he wanted to go in, but he never did.  Then with my second lab, I never even had the crate in the house.  Never had any chewing issues whatsoever with either dog.  I have used the tie down once or twice with each dog after some misbehaving and that works just fine.

-Janell and the black beauties

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Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Crosses

Personally, I put part of the blame on the crate training that's all the rage these days.  Can't watch the puppy?  Put him in his crate, and forget about it.  So the puppy doesn't learn to behave without someone keeping a close eye on it every minute.  Not a fan of crate training.  Seems more like crate not-training to me.
Tracy


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Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2019 11:37 AM
To: Tracy Carcione via NAGDU
Cc: Lisa
Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Crosses

Hi Tracy,


I am only on my first guide dog, so can't compare several dogs. But my dog is a pure lab and had all of Krokus' habits in the early days. It took a lot of patience and time to teach him how to behave in the house but it worked well.

I'd say rather than being a cross thing, it's a matter of socialization. 
Obviously, the family where Taylor grew up before he started training wasn't so keen on good house manners. But I don't know what it's like in the US, where the puppies are before they start proper training.

Lisa


Am 05.03.2019 um 16:48 schrieb Tracy Carcione via NAGDU:
> Krokus is a lab/golden cross.  He was quite young when I got him, and 
> did his best to chew up as many of my possessions as he could.  If I 
> tried to put things out of his reach, he'd find something to climb on 
> to get at stuff. I was *not happy.
> I just talked to a friend who recently got a cross and is having a 
> very similar problem.  Is this a cross thing?
> Krokus is my seventh guide dog, and I never had such a chewer before, 
> but I never had a cross before, either.  It's really not something I 
> want to deal with.  He eventually grew out of it, mostly, but getting 
> to this stage was not fun.  Well, great fun for him, none for me.
> If it's a cross thing, I'll say next time I don't want one, even if I 
> have to wait, as there are so many of the crosses now.
> Tracy
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