Kerislc Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 When we are gone, we put Scout in the kitchen with a doggie door. He is only 5 months, so I don't yet trust him to wander around the house. Well, this weekend he figured out how to climb up and over the kiddie gate that keeps him in the kitchen. I must admit that it is one of the funniest things I have ever seen (Scout is 8 inches tall and the gate is 32 inches). However, now I am not sure how to confine him. I tried putting a towel over the gate, the garbage can in front of the gate and he still managed to climb over. My husband has started calling him "spiderman." Any advice? [img]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0UADjAi0Z3BLxQIGF!3ZUl6gzs*lLU035MiqMGL9NVjzwGa8*xHhfyHE1!5ZPbRWtRhnZsst3x*gTDhCN5bnqwGJuHrG17XtBkFoJWUVzGuflxvRKz7exuHSCRRcAcEUX/Puppy.jpg?dc=4675493787382110901[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObedienceGrrl Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 How long are you gone during the day? Could he be crated instead? It would probably be safer for him. Seeing as he figured out he can climb the gate, now what else can he figure out how to do? Knock speakers over...chew on wires...dig up carpet....scratch doors....potty in the house...and many more fun and new things for a puppy! It won't take him long before he learns a new 'trick' and gets self rewarded for it. He gets rewarded every day for climbing the gate. He gets freedom and new things to do! Probably a crate would be the best idea. And if you feel you are gone too long, is there a neighbor, friend, or relative that could come and let him out? Or could you or your husband come home from work and let him out? This is the HARDEST thing about a puppy and why my husband and I didn't go the puppy route....but the rescue route!! We knew we had no one to let the little guy out during the day. And we are gone too long for a 10 week old puppy!! Good luck with your little monkey dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerislc Posted October 18, 2004 Author Share Posted October 18, 2004 Thanks for the suggestion. I come home everyday at lunch time for an hour and various friends and family tend to drop by during the day to play outside with him. He is crate trained, but I have noticed that he is SO much happier being in a place where he can get a little bit of exercise during the day. There is a night and day difference in his behavior when we leave him crated (which we still do if we are not going to be gone too long). Our kitchen and patch of the yard where he can go is totally puppy proofed, and I would prefer to leave him in that space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESSlover Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Double stack the baby gates? Thats what we had to do with Carson for awhile cause he could easily jump one of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtnek Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I had to double stack the baby gates to keep Free confined when she was a puppy. double stacked they can t get over them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefeathers! Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 If you double stack the baby gates or find another barrier, be sure not to lift him over the it. It seems a pain in the butt, but make sure you take it down or open it "gate" style. If you lift them over the gate, they learn very quickly how to do it on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddysMom Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I like the double stack idea as long as they are secure and he can't get his little head stuck between them (I lost a hampster that way in a bad habitrail connection, very traumatic!) He is Cuuuuuute!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieMaya Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I did the double gates when I had to have my ceiling fixed after it caved it after rain damage. It worked out just great. Here's a picture of my double dog gate: [img]http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0UwB9A2MaI3QZ9MyuwnIkpGA*o2wFVH81rkET7W*QO9LqEHfKZI7SZfbx0CBIJydCSsh8Oov81h*m5InaeOhhi*Qb9MhQ97zI0sfyLVAXhRLfB*GBzwOr25kPOPHOKHkk/doggates.jpg?dc=4675493824241292761[/img] P.S. I have gotten new wallpaper and a new kitchen floor since this picture was taken. I finally got my house out of the 70s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogPaddle Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I've been trying to convince the roomies that a nice wood framed, full screen, door wouldn't look out of place between the living room and the stairs. Still no sale but I think it would be convenient. And as long as it would be one of those ones with the routered wooden, country-ish frames with screen on bottom and top I think it wouldn't look to bad. And it wouldn't impede air flow in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aroura Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 The thing I'd be worried about with double stacking is that he might learn to climb them both, then hurt himself on the other side. Two suggestions, firstly you could get a crate and keep it open against the doggie door, so that he can go outside and have his own little space indoors. Montie and Cassies crate is extra large, so although they are tiny (Montie is also only 8 inches, but thats full grown!), they can play together and run around and do their own thing in it. My second suggestion, which you will probably prefer, is to simply renovate the gate so that there is a peice of wood or something going inwards, so that once he gets to the top... well he can't climb upside down! :lol: Hope that helps :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 There are these gates that the Foster and Smith catalog sells that are as tall as a double-stacked baby gate (we had to do that once and it was just too much of an operation for me! :lol: ) that also swing open for your convenience, and can be removed when not in use. I don't know their exact web site, but if you type in "Foster and Smith" it should come up. What saved us was using an exercise pen as a crate, for our Elkie mix it kept him out of trouble as a puppy, and for our Pyr it gives her more room during the day but still keeps her confined. They come as tall as 4 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerislc Posted October 19, 2004 Author Share Posted October 19, 2004 Thanks for all of the suggestions. I like the idea of putting the board horizontally on the gate. I think I will try that and see how it works. If not, it looks like I will be buying another gate. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 We never had no stinkin gate. :lol: My dad made a half door on hinges to contain the wild beasties. It looked pretty decent too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtnek Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 you can get baby gates that actually attach to the frame of the doorway, and can be opened like a regular door. much easier in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Debbie Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 :o I am amazed that little stinker is getting over a baby gate !! :lol: That is too funny....... I have 2 Jacks that have never tried to jump over the baby gate.....even to this day if I need to keep them out of an area I use the gate and they respect the boundary.:wink: I think the nickname Spidey fits him well !!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouseatthebusstop Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 we use a create for Tigger in the living room it's warmer in there. She is never left for more than 3 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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