Do They Ever Grow Up? :-( - Page 2

Nope, sorry, Dawgs, I'm single.

But based on past experince, no, husbands don't grow up, either!

Mine was worse than some...the neighbour's kids used to come knocking on our door, asking if he could come out to play. He was a kid magnet, and it was a real shame we never were able to have kids of our own.

I guess it's all for the best. I'd be a single mom to a  pre-teen right now.

They dont grow up till three at least    and  I dont know what it is about   eye glasses     mine got eaten by Rex,  an Arminius show line dog recouping from exhaustion in my computor room,,,last night  , close the door on him , while I ran outside...he cleared my desk , ate my sunglasses,  a picture frame and the eyes off a big stuffed bunny rabbit sitting in my chair....I was floored and shocked.....never leave him alone again,,,hes going to be three in January,,,and been dehydrated by chasing a female in heat for three days , in a closed kennel,,,and her not even outside...shes hidden   but he knows shes here...he dumped his water and ran constantly and now hes under my eye with water , special supplements and low protein food, and a baseball bat over his head.....lol                   called   a shut down kennel.....!!!!!!!!!!!! 

For Bad boys...................................I think he did it just so he could come inside......and yes he is a german show line....oooopss    my mistake.....I bought him to save him.....long story........

Another reason for knowing I was an ass.

LOL, gotta luv the dogs!

Mine are usually pretty good however every once in a while they'll get into some mischief.  My male seems to have a thing for razors both electric and disposable.  So if the bathroom door is left open and he has access he chew one up.  Not a very good hobby!  He chewed up one electric one and started on another, luckily nothing a little tape couldn't fix!  LOL

My one female will get into stuff that's edible, she is a master sink/counter surfer, so we've just learned to not leave anything out.  She's very good at taking dishes out of the sink without breaking them.  One time got a 10 inch glass plate up and over a baby gate without breaking it.  And for some reason, she's done this twice now.  We had these foam ball ornaments for the tree with painted schelack (sp?) type stuff on them.  Got em, because they were not breakable.  Well.... came home to find them entirely stripped of the stuff that was painted on the them and all these foam balls all over the floor.  Thought this was just a one time thing, but did it again after 4 years.  I have no idea what she thought they were!  She didn't eat them, but sure had fun with them!  Oh and they was the jar of peanut butter than she got the lid off perfectly and cleaned out the jar.  Anything to do with food and she's game!

Another reason for knowing I was an ass.

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Nope, they never grow up!  My 9 1/2 yo male came walking out of the spare bedroom last night with a big chunk of elk leather that he'd gotten out of a trunk.  He had to move the latch and flip the trunk open but he did manage it. 

Sunsilver,

my puppy is 19 months and is no longer confined to his crate. This process has not been easy. I initially started leaving him out at 7 months for very short periods of time - 5 min, 10 min, 15 min...

I made sure there was nothing he could choke on. When he started to chew on something, I would do the "no no no". However, I made some mistakes along the way:

He ate my cell phone, which of course, cost money for the emergency vet visit and xrays, he ate my favorite pair of Ugg boots, he chewed the ear off a precious teddy bear I had, he got into my room and ate all of my cat's poop out of the litter box... which i still have to watch him for. He ate my husband's map of Africa off the wall, he pulled my clothes out of the dryer - chewed the bottons off my blouses - then put the clothes in a pile on the living room floor, and when I got home from the airport with my parents, there were tampons covering 4300 square feet of our house, I never found the box. This happened over the span of 6 months, so it really didn't seem like a lot until I just now typed it out.

He doesn't chew anymore... well, 99% of the time. He has been out of his crate now for almost a year. We started letting him sleep out of his crate at 10 months old after his neutering, because he couldn't fit into it with the elizabethan collar on. I feel safer being alone at night, if my husband is gone, with my dog out of his crate. However, it's not easy making sure the house is puppy proof, it's like having a toddler.

But, it's been worth it. We still use the crate when we need to, and he's ok with it.  We were very new to this high drive GSD world, we've learned a lot... we wouldn't have any other dog. :)

Good luck!

Melissa, I've lived alone since my husband died three years ago. The dogs look at my office as their 'den'. They spend most of their time there. Ranger has a nice, comfy bed, and Star has her crate (no bedding: she shreds it and eats it!)

Yet, when I turn in for the night, Ranger waits until the ligts are out, then comes and lies either beside the bed, or on the hall rug, just outside the bedroom door. I never taught him to do this, have never encouraged him to do this. And the thin rugs can't be nearly as comfortable for him as his cozy fleece bed.

Gawd, I love him for it...