General Chit Chat
I was also intrigued with the crate training. This seems to be very popular in America but here it's relatively new. It seems a good idea to keep a puppy confined particularly for toilet training but advice given to me was to use an old playpen or to fence off part of a room. I don't really know anyone over here who uses a crate to confine their puppy. We all have babygates across the kitchen doors and the bottom of stairs so in a sense we confine the puppy but this usually means the kitchen or hall. I also note that in America people use behavioural therapists a lot more for their doggy problems. We over here usually resort to the local dog training centre where we attend weekly classes usually for very basic things. Although there does appear to be more adverts and TV programmes now advertising psychologists to cure our best friends anti social behaviour. I'm not sure if our laws over here are more strict or more relaxed than America when it comes to controlling our dogs. We have by-laws that state you must clear up after your dog's 'mess' or be fined and although most sensible people do, I've never known anyone to be fined for it. It's illegal to have a dog out with you without a collar and an identification tag but then again I've seen dogs in parks without even an owner. Most flats or apartments over here ban any dogs of any description being kept in the apartments. Dogs can travel on public transport but have to pay the price of a child or adult's fare depending on the size of the dog even though they are not allowed to occupy a seat - fair enough. Farmers over here are allowed to shoot dogs on site if they feel they are worrying their livestock. There's always signs up on footpaths in the country to keep dogs on leads. I'd be interested to hear from any of you living in America and it's great to be able to communicate in this way.  |
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