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dog houses, for dog people
what do you look for in a dog friendly house?
the SO and i are starting our search for a house of our own. the place we're renting is nice, but financially, home ownership makes a lot more sense. we've been looking at a lot of places, and we were surprised at how much the dogs figure into our requirements. we need a lot of space. two active dogs that live indoors makes a house seem small very quickly. we need a place with an easily separated area (that includes our bedroom), so the cats have a "safe place" where the dogs can't go. we need a BIG yard. we're thinking an acre at least. we need a good, solid, 6 foot fence around most of it. we don't want to live close enough to our neighbors that they will be bothered by our dogs, or that they will bother our dogs. we know that some folks are afraid of our breed, and that in our county, barking at someone through a fence can be considered "aggressive behavior. one "strike", so to speak, with three strikes equaling death, so we would prefer privacy. we know that with our breed, a "neighborhood association", with all their weird rules, is probably out of the question. we spent the weekend looking at houses. one of the homes we saw we liked before we even arrived. we were driving down the street, and the SO pointed to a big yard and said, "that's a weird looking play set". it was an agility course. in someone's yard. we decided immediately that this was probably a dog friendly neighborhood and would work. too bad the house didn't (small garage, too close to the neighbor). one of the houses we saw today had the dogs locked up in the garage for an open house. there was a small cat door into the garage from one of the rooms we looked at. growling at us through the cat door was a white pointy nose, with a little fluff around the cheeks. an eskie, very vocally defending her house (the realtor said the little white dog was the "evil one"). we later looked into the garage window from outside to see a chow and an OES in there with the eskie. another dog friendly neighborhood, i'd guess. unfortunately, the house itself didn't meet our tastes (needed a new roof, no gas hookups, too close to neighbors). the next house also had barking from the garage... the realtor said we could go inside, but the two cattle dogs in there looked pretty spooked. they barked and backed away from us, tails tucked, and i (good for me!) suggested we just peek through the door and leave the poor dogs alone. how scary to have people trespassing on your property all day! this one was far from neighbors, on two acres, lots of fenced dog areas... but the house itself was too small. i wonder if we'll ever find a place. i suppose it would be easier if i were willing to live in a normal suburban neighborhood. but i just don't want to take the chances with my dogs. i can just see them being PTS for chasing the neighbor's cat. *sigh* how long did it take you to find your perfect dog house? or are you still looking? :-) -kelly |
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