Morning All,
Was up way earlier than I wanted to be again this morning. I think I was up at 6am or earlier every single day this week. I think I need to find a new spot already for this pups crate. When my husband gets up to get ready for work (anywhere between 4am-6am depending on the day) the dog can see him and thinks it's time to "get up and get the day started" So I end up waking up, bringing him outside and then crashing back on the couch while he lays on his bed in the living room beside me. Other than that, he's been a great dog. He's already learned the basic commands, actually I think the one he knows best is "Go lay down", he goes right over to his bed and lays right down. My dachshund doesn't even do that. Next thing I have to work on is the barking. I don't mind that he barks when someone is at the door but with two of them, my dachshunds always starts, Jagger to follows, Charlie hears him and keeps at it and it's just back and forth like a tennis ball after that. I have to quiet Charlie in order to quiet Jagger and I haven't quite figured out how to do that yet.
On the chicken front I have a question for you all, (or those who "wrap their runs" with the plastic) where do you get the clear plastic stuff I see some of you placing over your runs?? I'd like to get some. I know my mother purchases something similar by the roll but she needs it to wrap the curtains she makes. Plus it's not wide enough, I wanna say it only comes on a 3-4ft wide roll. The plastic Im seeing almost looks like a tarp but clear.
My deer netting I had stapled over the top of my run had to come down yesterday. The snow had actually sat at on top of it instead of falling thru it. I did not expect that at all with how thin that stuff is. So I took that down and used some of these big maple boards that were longer than the width of my run and a little over a foot wide to place over the top of my run to keep the hawks out. Some snow will still fall thru which I'm not totally worried about, it's more the hawks I worry about. Speaking of my cheeps, I'm sure they are dying to get out of their coop so I better run over there and let them out.
Was up way earlier than I wanted to be again this morning. I think I was up at 6am or earlier every single day this week. I think I need to find a new spot already for this pups crate. When my husband gets up to get ready for work (anywhere between 4am-6am depending on the day) the dog can see him and thinks it's time to "get up and get the day started" So I end up waking up, bringing him outside and then crashing back on the couch while he lays on his bed in the living room beside me. Other than that, he's been a great dog. He's already learned the basic commands, actually I think the one he knows best is "Go lay down", he goes right over to his bed and lays right down. My dachshund doesn't even do that. Next thing I have to work on is the barking. I don't mind that he barks when someone is at the door but with two of them, my dachshunds always starts, Jagger to follows, Charlie hears him and keeps at it and it's just back and forth like a tennis ball after that. I have to quiet Charlie in order to quiet Jagger and I haven't quite figured out how to do that yet.
On the chicken front I have a question for you all, (or those who "wrap their runs" with the plastic) where do you get the clear plastic stuff I see some of you placing over your runs?? I'd like to get some. I know my mother purchases something similar by the roll but she needs it to wrap the curtains she makes. Plus it's not wide enough, I wanna say it only comes on a 3-4ft wide roll. The plastic Im seeing almost looks like a tarp but clear.
My deer netting I had stapled over the top of my run had to come down yesterday. The snow had actually sat at on top of it instead of falling thru it. I did not expect that at all with how thin that stuff is. So I took that down and used some of these big maple boards that were longer than the width of my run and a little over a foot wide to place over the top of my run to keep the hawks out. Some snow will still fall thru which I'm not totally worried about, it's more the hawks I worry about. Speaking of my cheeps, I'm sure they are dying to get out of their coop so I better run over there and let them out.
