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Old February 14th 07, 11:37 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Daryl
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Hey everybody, Im new to this group but i wanted to join to help my
pup and mines relationship. He is about 9 month old siberian huskie.
He is a very good dog in all aspects EXCEPT. . . I can not leave him
alone in the house. We are fortunate enough right now to have a parch
that he cant get off of when i am away but I will have to move soon.
I left him inside today because the wind chill was so bad and i didn't
have anything good to keep him out of the wind. I put him in my
bathroom with a comfortable bed and fresh food and water but when i
came back after 6 hours he had destroyed the place and S!@* all in the
floor. When i leave him on the poarch for that long he doesnt have an
accident but if he is inside by himself for even an hour he will crap
on the floor and i dont know what to do with him to get him not to.
Anone know how to help with this?

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Old February 15th 07, 12:20 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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"Daryl" wrote in message:

He is about 9 month old siberian huskie.
He is a very good dog in all aspects EXCEPT. . . I can not leave him
alone in the house.


Lots of questions to start with. How much exercise does he get, and what
kind? Does he stay in the house when there are people around? Is he
destructive when not alone? Is he housetrained when people are with him, or
at night? Exactly what does he destroy (anything within reach,
doors/windows/blinds, etc.)? Is he crate trained?

Suja


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Old February 15th 07, 12:28 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Melinda Shore
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In article .com,
Daryl wrote:
I put him in my
bathroom with a comfortable bed and fresh food and water but when i
came back after 6 hours he had destroyed the place and S!@* all in the
floor.


A nine-month-old Siberian Husky is one of the most
destructive forces found in nature. Exercise, exercise,
exercise (both physical and mental). He's getting old
enough so that he can pull something - a scooter if you
don't have snow and a kicksled if you do. He's still young,
though, so you don't want to overdo it, and you'll need
additional forms of exercise (long hikes, etc.).

Also, Siberian Huskies are extremely packy dogs - they were
bred for millenia to live with their human families and to
live with other dogs. They don't do well when isolated, and
I've heard stories of Siberians digging through drywall to
get to their people. Try to find ways to make sure he gets
more companionship. On the pooping front, he's not
housetrained, and he needs to be. A crate may be the ticket
for when you're not home. Crapping within an hour may (or
may not) be a sign that he's upset or nervous - bowels tend
to let loose then.
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Old February 15th 07, 06:18 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Daryl
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He doesn't have any accidents when were are there but its like he
knows when we leave him or are just downstairs at our neighbors or
something. He will poop when we leave him in the house for a longer
period but with the same amount of length being left alone, he will
not poop when he is on the poarch. I will admit that i can't exercise
him like he should be. I take him on 5 or 6 medium walks so he can
use the bathroom during the day and make sure he goes all the way
before we have to leave him alone for awhile. I do like to play rough
with him and he likes it and will run circles all over the house so i
guess i just figured he was getting a fair amount. he isn't crate
trained and i dont know what that is. I would think he would be to big
to be stuck in a crate haha. We had a mesh dog cage when he was 2
months old but he found a way to bust through and get tangled. Also,
he isnt really destructive, he just knows what he can destroy to make
the biggest mess i think, like comforters or pillows.

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Old February 15th 07, 07:44 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Melinda Shore
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In article . com,
Daryl wrote:
He doesn't have any accidents when were are there but its like he
knows when we leave him or are just downstairs at our neighbors or
something.


I would guess that aside from the exercise question he
doesn't tolerate being alone very well. If you do a google
search on "crate training" (use quotes) you'll get about
385,000 hits.
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Old February 16th 07, 02:30 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Daryl
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ok buck jones, i see that you have a problem. . .Huskies are bred to
run a thousand miles...they are also trained that way. A dog that is
a bred huskie is going to hav more energy especially when young but he
isnt going to be able to go out and run a straight 1000miles. When i
run him hes tired after 3. I take care of him its just difficult when
you go to school full time with a sporadic schedule, let me guess
youll prob say well you shoulda thought about that right? He will
have to wait 4 months and then im outta school for good and he will
def have time to run that 1 thousand you think he can do straight
outta the bag. Im not wondering why hes tearing up things or even why
he isnt trained to sit in a crate for 6 hours a day. He has a space
big enough for 3 dogs on the porch, I was wondering why he doesnt crap
out there but will do it inside in a smaller area because thats the
only time he does it; P did

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Old February 16th 07, 02:32 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Daryl
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Thats what i was thinking and my friends have said. He does have a
tendency to follow me around if im inside with him but i figured he
would have been weaned off of that. Thanks Melinda

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Old February 16th 07, 03:13 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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On 14 Feb 2007 14:37:30 -0800, "Daryl" wrote:

I can not leave him
alone in the house. We are fortunate enough right now to have a parch
that he cant get off of when i am away b


Have you thought about crate training him? We did all our big dogs
until we could trust them alone in the house. I think we used the
crate for a whole year.
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Old February 17th 07, 03:58 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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"Daryl" wrote in message
ups.com...
ok buck jones, i see that you have a problem. . .Huskies are bred to
run a thousand miles...they are also trained that way. A dog that is
a bred huskie is going to hav more energy especially when young but he
isnt going to be able to go out and run a straight 1000miles. When i
run him hes tired after 3. I take care of him its just difficult when
you go to school full time with a sporadic schedule, let me guess
youll prob say well you shoulda thought about that right? He will
have to wait 4 months and then im outta school for good and he will
def have time to run that 1 thousand you think he can do straight
outta the bag. Im not wondering why hes tearing up things or even why
he isnt trained to sit in a crate for 6 hours a day. He has a space
big enough for 3 dogs on the porch, I was wondering why he doesnt crap
out there but will do it inside in a smaller area because thats the
only time he does it; P did


If he's spending a lot of time on the porch, he isn't crapping there because
that is his "living area." Most dogs do not like to mess in their living
area or den. If they have a choice, and they have enough muscle control,
they'll hold it until they are away from their living area and "den."

A small thing that also might be coming into play is that in my experience
many dogs prefer not to eliminate where they'll get splashed. If the porch
is wood or concrete floored, and there's carpet in the house, he may prefer
to eliminate on the carpet.

But the eliminate-away-from-den is the instinct you work with and shape to
housebreak a dog. That's why a crate works to help housebreak a dog. They
will tend to hold it to their muscular limit until they're out of their den
(understand that young puppies can't hold it for long), and then you take
them immediately to an okay poop/pee spot (outdoors, whatever), and you
PRAISE THEM for going where you want them to.

flick 100785


 




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