Where do your dogs sleep, eat, and live?

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by CanaBoo on 31 May 2007 - 17:05

I'm just curious as to whether everyone is a "pushover" like me and my husband. ;)

Both dogs sleep on the bed with me and my husband, eat in the kitchen, and just go out in the back yard (we have a privacy fence) when it's time for potty and/or exercise. They're very lucky that we have a large back yard, but I STILL have to scoop the poop because IT IS GIANT! LOL

We're knocking around the idea of getting another GSD baby...tell me I'm crazy. LOL

by Renofan2 on 31 May 2007 - 17:05

CanaBoo: My dogs live inside with me, but only one sleeps in bed. The others have their favorite blankets on the floor. I have a fenced in yard, and also my "dog corral" that I put them in when the husky next door is out fence running. I also had a pen built in my walk out basement that I put them in when I am not home. The crew has created a lot havoc when I have left them unattended in the house. One time when I was away on a business trip, my Nephew was watching them and locked them in my bedroom at night. He woke up to find the sheets shredded, the mattress torn and the curtains ripped off the wall. Libby was bleeding all over the place. During their ransacking she had managed to declaw her self! The vet bandaged it up and when I got home the next night, she came limping out of the bedroom, looking pathetic. My niece told me she had not limped all day until she heard my car pull into the garage. Such an actress.

I have had 4 gsd's at one time, but currently are down to 3. I don't think you are crazy at all to consider another one!

by Trailrider on 31 May 2007 - 18:05

Hi! My dogs live in the house. They have a large fenced yard, chain link and welded wire 5' & 6' tall.

They are mostly wherever I am. They all have a different spot to eat. Willow/ crate, Ivan /porch, Yette/garage, Xtra/living room. They all can get on furniture or beds but they seem to choose the floor to sleep, I think it might get to hot on the bed. I also am a mover LOL!

by eichenluft on 31 May 2007 - 18:05

My dogs live in the house, sleep on the couches and the bed (or wherever they want) and eat in the kitchen (on the floor out of bowls). The females I import for breeding are "kennel" dogs and were raised that way - but they too get "house time" and rotate through, plus get lots of "outside the kennel" time and exercise. I have 3 house dogs and 3 "kennel/house" dogs, plus 2 chihuahuas (also house dogs though they spend time in crates or in the fenced yard when not supervised)

ps my house dogs are also my Schutzhund dogs - none of the dogs I work/train/compete with are "kennel only" dogs.

molly

by EchoMeadows on 31 May 2007 - 18:05

Same as Molly here, Your not crazy, YOU LOVE GSD's that's all.... LOL

by policemom on 31 May 2007 - 20:05

My ZVV2 sleeps in bed with me and never leaves my side. My 11 month old pup sleeps on the floor next to me or in my bed also. My dogs eat in the kitchen after we have dinner. They also have the complete run of the house and their fenced area outside. We put in a doggie door that leads to the screened in porch and another one from the porch to the outside so they come and go as they please. We don't have to worry about "accidents" in the house because they just go outside when nature calls. I've had dogs for 45 years and we have never crated them once. They learn house manners and what is expected of them. Of course it's not always easy. But get another one! The more the merrier.

by Shepherd Woman on 31 May 2007 - 20:05

2 in crates, and 2 in bed with us or in our bedroom.

by Don Corleone on 31 May 2007 - 20:05

I have house and kennel dogs , but even the kennel dogs get "house time". I never let them on the bed, couch, or even in the kitchen when we are cooking. I love my animals very much, but they are animals. To let them on the bed or couch would only be for my pleasure. Animals don't automatically want to be on the couch or bed. I would say 99% of the dogs that do get the furniture were coaxed at a young age to get on it.

This is a gsd site, no? Why would you want that hair in your bed and couch?

When my kids were young and still crawling, I brushed the dogs at least once a week and my wife still had to vacuum the carpets almost every day. Yes, she is anal. I think she did it mostly to interrupt whatever sporting event was on T.V.

I say get two more! If you're gonna get one more, what's the difference?

by angusmom on 31 May 2007 - 21:05

my son's bel mal sleeps w/him in his bed. my gsd sleeps in a crate next to my side of the bed. he is pretty big (84 lbs at 1 yr) and a (loveable) clod. if he's not crated he likes to come say hello once or twice in the night and always ends up "clocking" either my husband or myself in the eye. lately he's been living w/me in the den while he recovers from surgery (almost there!). at first, he slept on top of me, then as he got better he slept next to me, then sometimes he'd go in his crate on his own. we're almost back to normal and the only time he sleeps with me is when he wants me to get up and then he just plops on me. that's a rude awakening. both dogs eat in the house in diff areas (claire is picky and angus is a piggy) and they have access to our big yard thru a doggy door. we tend to take them for walks separately cuz they compete to see who walks in front instead of heeling. plus the bel mal needs longer more energetic exercise (she and my son often run) and my angus likes a good 30-45 min walk and then he comes home and takes a nap. they love to play (i swear he understood when the surgeon gave the ok for the dogs to resume their play) altho we call it the "clash of the titans". i have a question for anyone - my gsd has suddenly taken to chewing up his dog beds -2 in ~2weeks! he's only started doing it since he's been getting better. i would crate the dogs if i went anywhere to ensure no harm to his recovery and i dont think he liked being crated that much. no probs w/the bel mal and crating. is it possible that its just his age? or is he acting out about being crated? he's not chewing shoes or anything else.

by 4pack on 31 May 2007 - 21:05

3 non-working/pets live in a long run together on the side of my house. They free feed out of a feeder and auto waterer. Pine and Cedar chips keep the dust/mud down. 2 pups/working/in training, live in seperate kennels in the backyard. They eat in the am and pm in the garage, inside crates. All the dogs come in from time to time after baths or when sick/training requires it/or I am just feeling like having them close.

One is at the groomers right now, so she can come back inside. She is acting different and I want to keep a closer eye on her, plus keep her out of the heat. She is our old fragile Showline/spoiled mutt that is asked to do nothing.

I'm a clean freak, but I have let up some. You should see my truck...pitifull/gross/full of dog hair. I just can't go there with my house. I wasn't raised like that.

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