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Old 02-27-2013, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Vegas69 View Post
Now, if we leave her in the back yard on a 70 degree day with grass, a pool, and dogs in the neighborhood to bark at, when we get home, it sounds like their is a massacre in the back yard. That would be her whimpering and screeching from the punishment of being outside all day.
Nice looking doggers.

Our first lab (19 years ago) when left in the backyard while we went to work or elsewhere was a basket case when we came home. We started kenneling him, then just gave him run of the house and no anxiety problems. I'm convinced that when left outside he wasn't sure if we were coming back.

A kennel for 8 hours isn't an issue since they really don't have a sense of time other than sunrise and sunset and they are den animals by nature. The key with kenneling is never punish them by kenneling, that's their safe house.
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