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Of all the things I'd have to teach a new (to us) dog to do, "go inside the house" was not one of them.

Posted by kelly Oct 2 '14, 09:28

An hour and a half later...

At least I managed to get her into the back yard, so she's safe inside here until she decides it's okay to go in.

I managed to get her inside 15 minutes ago with hot dogs, but tried sneaking outside to get her water bowl and she was too fast for me. And she's not falling for the hot dog trick again.

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I wonder if she was abused (or originally an outside dog that was "taught" not to go inside) -- nm - spamlet Oct 2, 09:30 26
- She's a stray so we know nothing about her previous life, unfortunately. - kelly Oct 2, 09:33 11
  - "that is my slave name. call me Barks-At-Squirrels." -- nm - Reagen Oct 2, 09:50 1
    - Kunte Kanine -- nm - zork Oct 2, 10:36
  - hell my dog took a week to get used to the new house, and he knew us already. - groiny Oct 2, 09:39
  - it must be so confusing and overwhelming for them. if she seems happy, i would probably let her be. can you keep the door to the yard open? - Andie Oct 2, 09:35 4
    - The door has been propped open for a while. I've been in and out of the house so she can explore. Nathan has stuff to do out here so he is occupied. - kelly Oct 2, 09:38 3
      - She's very happy to get belly rubs on the grass. (Which is a little tricky with the spay incision) - kelly Oct 2, 09:41 2
        
        I am so excited for you guys - she sounds wonderful -- nm - Epiphany Oct 2, 09:50
        
        yeah, just give her some time to adapt and get used to you. She'll be following you inside in no time - decline Oct 2, 09:45
  - That's good. She -- nm - spamlet Oct 2, 09:34 2
    - s a lab mix, right? Hopefully that will work in your favor. - spamlet Oct 2, 09:35 1
      - Yeah, lab mix. -- nm - kelly Oct 2, 09:35
- You make sure a dog like that is chipped as it very likely will bolt at some point. -- nm - Spawn Oct 2, 09:31 13
  - Yeah, they do the chipping as standard and we are 100% in agreement. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 2, 09:34 12
    - Yep, both the cats were chipped in the shelter. -- nm - Meg Oct 2, 09:37 4
      - Microchipping is part of the adoption fee, which is nice. -- nm - kelly Oct 2, 09:42 3
        
        Make sure, absolutely sure, tgat the chip is registered. Our vet in Ohio chipped 6 of our pets, told us the chips were registered. - TWuG Oct 2, 09:46 2
        
        The vet registers them for us. - kelly Oct 2, 09:48 1
        
        Good! -- nm - TWuG Oct 2, 09:54
    - Awesome. -- nm - Spawn Oct 2, 09:35
    - (We are?) -- nm - kelly Oct 2, 09:35 5
      - The chips, yeah, I thought...we had that with Murph as well. - Will Hunting Oct 2, 09:35 4
        
        Yeah, a stray is more likely to go after a rabbit or whatever as they may very well have lived off of them in the past. - Spawn Oct 2, 09:42 2
        
        We have a rabbit family under the deck next door so rabbits are always in our backyard. Murphy was torn between staring them down warily, or once in - Will Hunting Oct 2, 09:45 1
        
        hee - such a great story -- nm - Epiphany Oct 2, 09:52
        
        Oh yeah, the chip is great. - kelly Oct 2, 09:39

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