Homeowners insurance with big 'high risk' dogs...

[the chi]

If you've got neighbors with kids that works too. I used to let the nieghbors ankle biters play with my JRT to socialize and remove any bad habits before they got started. No biting, no growling, no jumping or nipping. Worked wonders. Best behaved lil terrier you ever saw. Unless he saw a pit bull.

[Cutty72]

Hmmm, my insurance man knows I have a dog, and I don't think she's listed on my policy... Granted, I have a lab, so they're pretty much universally loved.

[the chi]

You kennel training?

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by the chi

You kennel training?

Yeah, absolutely... for now at least... Can't trust the little monster when we are watching him... cannot imagine what he would do with full roam of the house in our absence.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Yeah, absolutely... for now at least... Can't trust the little monster when we are watching him... cannot imagine what he would do with full roam of the house in our absence.

Thats what we did. Crate at first. Now old Manward has free roam of the house at all times.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by marko138

Thats what we did. Crate at first. Now old Manward has free roam of the house at all times.

That's exactly our hope... once the puppiness wears off a bit, the cats stop hissing and spitting every time he's in the room, and he stops shitting all over my game room... we hope to allow him full access all the time.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

That's exactly our hope... once the puppiness wears off a bit, the cats stop hissing and spitting every time he's in the room, and he stops shitting all over my game room... we hope to allow him full access all the time.

I found that Manny doesn't bark when he's in the crate. If he's on free roam he barks when he hears things.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

I understand, but I'm not talking to anybody. I take my dog to th dog park so he can run and play with other dogs. I leave the dog park and go by hte playground and kids come up to my dog. I don't want those little snot factories near me.

Plus, I wear a brazilian cut so I'm not showing too much (I'm worried about the children). And I wait till I get to my truck to rub one off.

I see...humm...don't understand why the parents would glare at you then.

Originally Posted by marko138

Thats what we did. Crate at first. Now old Manward has free roam of the house at all times.

Same with our pup. So far...so good...never destroyed anything in the house and he's 5 years old. Once in a while he may get put in the crate and I just point and tell him to go in and he does...great little dog.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Game Room... Poop Room. Easy to confuse.

Ok... Figured it out. The game room is about as far away as he can get from us at any point in time. This evening when I took him out (after getting a good bill of health from the vet) I let him off the leash and sure enough he sniffs off around 30ft away... He drops the biggest, sickest hog I've seen him drop to date. Maybe he's got a poop anxiety... Dunno but I'm psyched we've figured it out.

[Mudpuppy]

my dog is crate trained and it's the best thing for him.. he is safer in the crate then wandering around getting into shit.. and he goes in there himself when he knows we are leaving.. the other day i almost forgot to close the crate and he barked at me to remind me..