#dog proofing

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The page for SpiritDog Training has made these fun daily training exercise games for christmas! These are the first ten.

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@doomspaniels Nothing’s wrong with the chicken wire with regards to it not being strong enough for Cadvan. Just it only goes down to the bottom rung on the fence as it’s to stop actual chickens rather than small dogs. Cad needs a method that goes all the way down to the floor as currently he’s going under the fence. But just putting more chicken wire (or indeed mesh as I think that’s what you’re talking about) for the lower bit isn’t an option because metal + lawnmower blade = not so great for either the equipment or the dogproofing. 

Hence the secondary moveable fence plan as that gets around both the mowing and the ‘down to the ground’ thing. I’ve already ordered the bits for that, just being patient and writing it up while I wait for it to arrive.

My rough plan for the gap in the wooden fence for the beck involves some high grade stock fencing stuff. Hoping to use a pile of stuff I acquired for free. But not making any firm plans as yet because it’ll be easier to figure out once the reinforced bit is up.

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How to Puppy Proof Your Home

How to Puppy Proof Your Home

You’re ready to bring your new furry friend home, but before you do, you want to proof your home. Proofing your house can save some trips to the ER and some money. 

One of the largest and most advertised problems is the dog got into the trashcan. There are a few ways to prevent this:

If you have a trash compactor, keep it closed

If you can fit your trash in a cabinet, try to do so; also…

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I’m finally starting the process of dog-proofing my back garden! Well, Cad-proofing anyway; the end result is likely to be easily escapable for a dog who actually enjoys water.

This photo shows the main problem area i.e. that fence. Up until the bush halfway down there’s chicken wire on the lower part fence put up by my neighbour. But only to stop actual chickens rather than small dog. Annnd basically Cad just squeezes underneath. He wears a harness with his neon long line on when in the back garden currently for like the easy visual of checking where he is, but obviously that’s not a longterm workable solution. He also vanished way into my neighbour’s garden the other day while I took my eye off him for 2 seconds while hanging up washing. Neighbour has said he’s okay with this (not least as one of his chickens lives in my garden), but y’know, longterm I want to... not have that happen...

I can’t do anything too permanent directly onto the fence itself because otherwise there’ll be a gap the depth of the fenceposts that gets really long and wild and I don’t want to do anything which could make my neighbour grumpy directly. He’s very nice, but he keeps the near side of his garden neat as you can see.

But I’ve ordered some metal fence posts and also a green heavy duty version of that orange plastic fencing people use for organising people. Going to put that up unattached to the wooden fence on my side. Mean I can move the stakes for mowing and stuff. I can be more relaxed about not moving it past the bush though, as neighbour leaves that side of his own garden long. Cad’s fairly easy to contain and won’t like ram a barrier, just looks for gaps.

The trickier bit I have yet to figure out the details of is basically at that bush. Which is on the near bank of the beck. Which runs through. Thankfully Cadvan doesn’t exactly enjoy water and the banks are steep, so as long as I can have the fence solid right up until the water I should be fine with something that doesn’t stop water/ floating things flow. Just gotta figure out the exact details.

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#dogproofing in progress

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Plants can be Toxic to Dogs

Plants can be Toxic to Dogs

Dogs, we often can find them eating things they shouldn’t be and digging in the garden. Many people will go “ugh, my garden,” but really what we should be thinking is, “what did you just eat?” or “what did you just roll in?” Many flowers and weeds can be toxic or harmful to dogs.

Although many flowers are beautiful to us, they look more like plaything or a treat for dogs. Here a list of some…

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The chicken wire modification is complete, and Leia can now be in the yard without being on a rope.  It was really down to covering the gaps under a few areas of the new fencing.  The raccoons that traverse the yard may be surprised later to find this passage cut off.  

It took her a few minutes after I untied her to realize she really could explore anywhere in the yard, all by herself, and then she happily smelled everything.

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Inara's training fine -- and safely!

[[posterous-content:hshFJqruatlHrhzcuiDh]]So, we're coming to the close of our first month with Inara. She'll be 12 weeks tomorrow. She's wonderful to be with and she's already sleeping through the night for us. So, I get 7 hours of sleep and then have a good reason to get up at 5:30 and get my day going! Check out pictures at Pictures of Labradors!

I've also put together a nice Squidoo lens on Puppy Safety. You can see my philosophy on how I'm going to keep my puppy safe and flourishing. And there's stuff to buy, too!