Do you confine your dogs to 1 area?

[mrsstats]

I hate keeping my dogs confined to 1 area in the house when I am not home but 1 of my dogs (I think the male who is 3) pees where he wants to. So I am now back to keeping them both in the kitchen. I have a very large kitchen and they have their beds in their and food. I guess I just feel bad that they are confined.

And no, he doesnt have a bladder problem as he holds it all night. I just think he had poor training when he was a pup. We didnt get him until he was 10 months old.

 

[MushyMushy]

As soon as we get a door for our cellar, I'm going to confine them to the basement when we leave the house. It's a big unfinished basement, so they can't cause much damage down there.

One good thing -- when they do pee or poop in the house, they go down there to do it anyway. But they also have a bad habit of getting into the garbage or finding other mischief when we're away.

 

[disneynutt1225]

Whenever I'm not at home, my dog is in his crate. It's for his safety and well being as much as my peace of mind. He'll be 4 in January, and he frequently goes in his crate when we're all home as well (though during those times the door is open). Crate training was the best thing I ever did. So, to answer your question, yes, I do "confine" my dog to 1 area when I'm not at home.

 

[Pop Daddy]

yep, my house

 

[Iansmom]

yes. from past experience with a roommate's flea-ridden cat, I decided I was not going to have a pet of mine infest the rest of my home with fleas.

Well, since then, heartworm and flea protection is much better, so the purpose for training my dog to one area has changed.

It's nice to know that when visitors come to the door, the dog is not jumping all over them. It's nice to know that when I get home, the coffee table is not chewn to splinters. It's nice to know that when the dog is unsure of the noise of the vaccuum, she can find solace in "her" safe place in the kitchen. The crate was a perfect starting place for her training. She even would go in there on her own and we wouldn't have to shut the door. We trained our last two dogs to the kitchen. When they were all wet from doing business in the rain, we could bring them in, command "Kitchen!" and our rugs and furniture would stay dry and mud-free. I have no problem training my next dog to one space. As she learns where her "place" is, she will then be invited to join us in another room, supervised.

 

[Rozzie]

We baby gate our 3 dogs in the kitchen. We have a large kitchen with eating area, and put their beds, food water and toys. Sometimes we have to be gone longer than I feel comfortable to crate them. We have done this for years, with all the dogs we've ever had, and they always seem happy as clams.

I do believe in crating for a certain number of hours. Over the years, baby gating works best for our situation. Each dog does have their "private" den somewhere in our house, most of the time each one picks a walk in closet. Too cute.

 

[Quisty]

We have to put the dog in the basement when we go to work. She pees.

 

[Tybug]

Oh yes! We have a pom that refuses to "go" outside. She'll pee out there, but the other... nope! Out of the 3 dogs the toy poodle is the only male, when the pom "goes" the poodle has to mark it... ugh! So all 4 of them are in a sunroom off the kitchen that is not carpeted while we're away and at night. I hate it for the other 2 as they are really good when left alone, but it wouldn't be fair.

 

[skuttle]

We babygate our Corgi in the laundry room. He's been known to get into trouble while we're gone, so we keep him in there. It's also great because when we have visitors, we tell him to go to his room and he goes straight there and is happy. He loves to jump on people to try to sit on them...but he's 40 pounds and sheds like crazy, so we put him in his room when we have vistors.

 

[DMickey28]

Lobo, our corgi, used to have his crate in our room. He would only go in there at night .. he would look at you like you were crazy if you asked him to in there at any time of the day.

Since we moved, I don't want the crate in our room anymore and there isn't a good place to put it so we took his bed out of it and set up a corner in the kitchen for it. It's a large eat -in kitchen that we don't eat in!! He has his bed, his food and toys in there and is baby gated at night. When we have visitors he gets tied up with a leash in the kitchen but that way we don't have to trip over the gates!! The majority of the time we are gone during the day he has free rein. Right now he is sleeping on his bed and he's not gated yet!

 

[LK03]

Yup, his crate! I say crate time, point my finger and he marches in. I close the door and he gets his cookie that he only gets for going in the crate

 

[ZachnElli]

When we aren't home, yes. We have kennel and by kennel, I mean a chain link fence thing that is suppose to be for outside (8ft x 8ft). But we put it in our basement with a lineolium floor. We put a bed, toys, water and food down there. I have a chewer and she has chewed kitchen cabinets, doors, wood work while we've been gone. So shutting her in a room doesn't work, she'd eventually eat her way out if it's made of wood!

 

[solferino]

No, we don't now, but the 2 dogs we have don't have destructive tendencies. DH had one when we first got married and he get a little nutty at times. We just kept them confined to the cellar- he couldn't get into much trouble down there as it's unfinished.