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The dog thread is better than the cat thread, because it features dogs.

Looby said:
We knew we were fucked when Humphrey worked out he could jump the baby gates.
The other two have never done it except Albert who accidentally went over once.
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That's so funny. They're like something from a 70s kids show.

Our stair gate was broken for several months but one dog didn't do stairs anyway, and the other wouldn't dream of actually touching the gate to test its strength.

Tomorrow I have to make a video for a dog rescue organisation to show that we have a secure back garden - only problem is that it's not secure. Pig had her route around the perimeter but wouldn't dream of trying to get out, Obi-wan knows there are a couple of exits but wouldn't go anywhere if we paid him. It'll be sorted in the next few weeks anyway. There's a risk that we get a spaniel, so it'll have to be extra-special-spaniel-secure.
 
I've still not really let Frankie out in the garden yet. There's hedges along three sides but I know as a cocker he could just burrow his way through if he wanted to in pursuit of a squirrel. They just lead to fields though, the one I'm concerned about is the one onto the road. I've got a picket fence for it but am not looking forward to putting it up, is a Cornish hedge with large numbers of rocks all the way down, getting posts down there is not going to be easy.

I let him run in the valley again the last couple of days and he met a largeish playfull dog to scamper round with and who rolled him over a few times but he loved it. He also came back to command really well although delayed a couple of times because he was busy sniffing things :) .
 
I think those timelines are overoptimistic, depending on breed. For a collie, it is more likely to be 3 weeks to decompress, 3 months to learn your routine and 18 months to start to feel at home.
 
And can a lot longer to unlearn aggressive habits once they've been ingrained. I got Cosmo (collie/alsation) when she was 3 and it took a good 7 or 8 years before I felt confident about her with other dogs. Would have taken a lot less time if I'd known what I was supposed to do, mind.
 
We carried our dog out to the grass so she could go toilet all day, then this evening once the temp had dropped a bit, she had a birthday treat and was introduced to the kayak. She did pretty well, jumped in once and had to be pulled out by her life jacket but then sussed out she could do it on her own. Soon settled down and watched the world go by on the river.

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Got home from work and let dog out whereupon he disappeared for a while and then came in and onto the sofa with a dead rabbit. Shouted at him so he ran back out into the dark. Wandered around outside for a bit with said rabbit wondering where I could throw it so he wouldn’t be able to find it again (he obvs lurking in the gloaming watching me). Flung it over next doors way, came back in and have been sitting waiting for his return. Finally after what feels like an hour but was probably only 10 minutes, he’s back in
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Saunders said:
and for a while thought they had been put there by someone they’d fallen out with til they saw it was their cat
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had they fallen out with their cat?

Bringing you dead animals - this isn't a gift, it's a warning


from 'how to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you'
 
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