Taking dog with us on a cross country tour
We are about to undertake a 9 week cross country trip. We may or may not be taking our border collie with us. . Are you able to leave your dog in crate in an ac trailer for a few hours as you explor...
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Crowe wrote:
Have to agree. If you aren't there, how do you really know that the dog doesn't bark?
There are numerous very easy ways to know.
Ask your neighbors. Frequently (not just the first time or two you take the dog).
Use a voice activated recorder or a video recorder.
There's software you can buy that will tell you.
And there are more high tech ways like setting up a camera you can view from your phone.
It's really so very easy to know with just a modicum of effort that I'm always a bit surprised and puzzled when someone even mentions it.
As far as crating--I firmly believe knowing how to tolerate a crate is a skill every dog needs. You never know when the dog may get injured so that crate rest is absolutely necessary. To my way of thinking knowing how to be crated is a required skill for a well trained dog just as much as knowing sit and stay and how to walk nicely on a leash. I also believe there are dogs out there who most definitely don't like crates. They still need to know how to tolerate one. Our dog is never crated except in the RV. There's just too much inadvertent trouble he could get into there, and it's another means of ensuring that he doesn't bark at everything he sees out the window.
