Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Firstchic]

Thanks Flock Master.

 

[cuties]

Aw,first chick an outdoor kennel is absolutely not the answer. Isolation for a pack animal is horrible.
My honest suggestion is to find a rescue to give the dog too. They will understand the needs of the poor dog. And find a suitable home who will be willing to give the poor thing what it beeds. Imagine being locked in a kennel all day and never out for a good amount of exercise. It Hurst my heart to imagine.
Glarner, very good advice.

 

[Firstchic]

Aw,first chick an outdoor kennel is absolutely not the answer. Isolation for a pack animal is horrible.
My honest suggestion is to find a rescue to give the dog too. They will understand the needs of the poor dog. And find a suitable home who will be willing to give the poor thing what it beeds. Imagine being locked in a kennel all day and never out for a good amount of exercise. It Hurst my heart to imagine.
Glarner, very good advice.

Aw,first chick an outdoor kennel is absolutely not the answer. Isolation for a pack animal is horrible.
My honest suggestion is to find a rescue to give the dog too. They will understand the needs of the poor dog. And find a suitable home who will be willing to give the poor thing what it beeds. Imagine being locked in a kennel all day and never out for a good amount of exercise. It Hurst my heart to imagine.
Glarner, very good advice.

Oh, I am so sorry....I did not mean to put the dog in it all the time. Just when we are away from home. Which is seldom and of short duration. And we would have shelter for her in the wintertime. But, if we can't crate her because she gets out of the crate, we though an outside kennel would be ok. Then when we come home from grocery shopping, say, she would be back with the pack.

 

[Firstchic]

I wonder if the crate thing would work. When she is in the crate and she knows someone is in the same room, she is quite content. She is calm and just waits to be let out. We have the problem when we crate her, she knows noone is in the house, (or thinks no one is in the house, such as myself...I have my own living area off the kitchen...her crate is in the living room. If it is nighttime, she does not have a problem with the crating. Only during the day.......ERRRRR, my DDIL, has never trained dogs, BUT, she has read alot.....on line. When I went to tell her what was said on here from yourself and Cuties, she tells me she has tried that...I am here everyday, I have never seen her try this....When the dog acts up outside the cage, she puts her in the cage for discipline. Runs me nuts because I believe that is not the way to discipline a dog.....but, I am not a trainer either. Don't know what it is, but, I have never had a misbehaving dog....granted all my dogs have been small but still well behaved. Maybe I just got lucky. It may not be the dog, or not so much anyway, it could be the owner....will have to tt my DS about that, and see what he thinks. One thing is for sure, we have to figure out something.

 

[jvls1942]

I wonder if the crate thing would work. When she is in the crate and she knows someone is in the same room, she is quite content. She is calm and just waits to be let out. We have the problem when we crate her, she knows noone is in the house, (or thinks no one is in the house, such as myself...I have my own living area off the kitchen...her crate is in the living room. If it is nighttime, she does not have a problem with the crating. Only during the day.......ERRRRR, my DDIL, has never trained dogs, BUT, she has read alot.....on line. When I went to tell her what was said on here from yourself and Cuties, she tells me she has tried that...I am here everyday, I have never seen her try this....When the dog acts up outside the cage, she puts her in the cage for discipline. Runs me nuts because I believe that is not the way to discipline a dog.....but, I am not a trainer either. Don't know what it is, but, I have never had a misbehaving dog....granted all my dogs have been small but still well behaved. Maybe I just got lucky. It may not be the dog, or not so much anyway, it could be the owner....will have to tt my DS about that, and see what he thinks. One thing is for sure, we have to figure out something.

I would be willing to bet, that if you put the dog in the outside pen. by the time you get back home it will have dug itself out under the pen..

 

[Firstchic]

Yes we thought about that and decided we would have to put down a concrete base. Don't know if we want to go to all that work and expense.

 

[Cindlady]

Hi All!

Yea, project for this week is contacting the hatchery. 15 chicks total, 2 welsummer roos for sure out of 3 ordered.

Maybe it was fate though, My Welsummer roo is ill, lost some weight and lethargic. I thought it might be the heat so I brought him in and gave him save-a-chick in his water but he's not eating much.

I wanted to get the cat to the vet but whenever I looked for her she disappeared! She has be walking on it, bit I think the BB is still in there. Her temp. seems OK, I'll keep trying to get her in to get her looked over though.

That's it... Night All!

 

[Kildare49]

We had a shelter dog with separation anxiety. 10 minutes away or 6 hrs did not make a difference.
Dog had been brought back to the shelter but DW & DD did not think it was a red flag! And shelter did not
disclose why it was brought back.

Costly experience ( $$ & emotional ) for us. Amazing the damage a dog can do to your house in short amount of time.

 

[Sclark73]

I'm looking for 2 drakes to be used for the small animal project meat auction. Breed is not important but have to be around 6lbs each. Must be hatched after Jan 1st this year. Any leads would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[wyoDreamer]

If you decide to go with the outdoor kennel for that dog, make sure that you have a firmly attached rood structure or fencing material with the cover. I have known dogs to climb the chain-link fencing sides and rip open the cover to escape. A determined dog can squeeze through a very small opening, as you have learned to your dismay. Digging out is not the only issue to worry about.
Also, make sure to use chain-link fencing and not welded wire. My husky learned that she could bite the welds on the cheap fencing (but as good as I could afford while in college) and create a hole in the fence to get out. It took a long time to figure out how she was getting out of the fenced backyard and meeting me at the front door when I returned from classes. The broken welds would go back into place after she would squeeze out and there was no indication of a hole. When I finally figured it out, there were over a dozen holes in the fence that I had to wire shut ... This dog also could dig enough of a hole under a chain-link fence to squeeze out, all in 23 seconds - I timed her one day. I had to run hot wire along the top and bottom of the fence to keep her in.