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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   HOWEDY Carolken,   
      
   I apologize for my comments in the last post:   
      
   "   
   You've been reading HOWER forums for over   
   a month NHOWE. The Amazing Puppy Wizard   
   wouldn't have been SO NICE to you had HE taken   
   the moment to check your own posted case history.   
      
   TILL NHOWE."   
      
   I mistook your case history for that of   
   another mentally ill poster, that of "caroline":   
      
   "caroline"  wrote in message   
   news:31u6cdF3f81qjU1@individual.net...   
   > "Tara"  wrote   
   > > J1Boss wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> >From: "caroline" nospamplease@thank.you   
   > >>   
   > >> > Here's the problem....she has always appeared   
   > >> > to think that her crate is the place to go...and I   
   > >> > don't mean for sleeping. So obviously the   
   > >> > 'crate-training' ideas are seemingly irrelevant as   
   > >> > she has no concept ofkeeping her bed clean.   
   >   
   > >> >  I'm changing her bedding upward of 6 times   
   > >> > a day and spraying the base tray of the crate   
   > >> > with Pet fresh, so there's no residual smell in   
   > >> > there.   
   >   
   > >> Get rid of the bedding.  She doesn't need   
   > >> it and it becomes something to absorb urine.   
   >   
   > >> >What can I do to teach her that her crate would   
   > >> >be nicer for sleeping if she didn't pee and poo in it?..   
   >   
   > >> She should be fed all of her meals in the crate.   
   > >> No bedding.  Toys and food only.   
   > >   
   > > And I would add that if she's urinating or defecating   
   > > in the crate overnight as well (which I assume she is)   
   > > STOP locking her in it altogether at night. An ex-pen   
   > > or gated area with papers down is a better alternative   
   > > to crating when accidents are "inevitable".   
   >   
   > There's no x-pen or puppy gate invented that can   
   > contain her...she climbs like a monkey**, to confine   
   > her with anything other than a gate would mean   
   > behind a closed door.   
   >   
   > She can't run loose in the house overnight, because my   
   > male would have her in pieces (He's not a puppy-fan).   
   >   
   > The other option is to lock her in the bathroom.   
   >   
   > Not sure I like this idea much.   
   >   
   > But thanks for trying.  maybe with another dog   
   > it would work like a treat, and something worth   
   > remembering.   
   >   
   > **It really *does* need to be seen to be believed.   
      
   The Amazing Puppy Wizard <{) ; ~  )  >   
      
   "Carolken"  wrote in message   
   news:4f47d124b4af0d206d1094ecb8cc4962@localhost.talkaboutpets.com...   
   > I need a little help with the discipline of her she is very   
   hyper and   
   > usually very good natured until someone goes to leave my house,   
   then she   
   > gets real nasty and will bite them and I do not know what to do   
   to correct   
   > this problem.  Last night she bit my husband when he was holding   
   her when   
   > my daughter was leaving and he slapped her and she got even   
   nastier so we   
   > dont know what to do.  Would appreciate your help.   
   >   
      
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