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In response to "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. " by kelly

I wonder if she was abused (or originally an outside dog that was "taught" not to go inside) -- nm

Posted by spamlet Oct 2 '14, 09:30

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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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