sallyandtex

Great idea. I will try it., might have to block off the view down to their enclosure! Thanks everyone for your advice

Thankyou! They are outside dogs at the moment. With the cold weather coming in a few months, should I "crate" them inside at night? I was thinking they would be OK sleeping in a spare room together. If I had to use a crate, would I lead them in and straight into a crate inside at bed-time? Will they know not to toilet inside by then? (As they used to pee/poop on grass) Many thanks again

Hey thanks for the quick reply! We really try to have as much contact as possible, but they are going to be mainly outside, coming in for special times (separately),as Sally loves to roll in anything disgusting she can find (but she is learning Uh-Uh!) Names of private trainer in Newcastle/lake Macquarie would be great thanks!

Hi, We (family of 4, 2 Kids 11/12yrs) adopted brother and sister kelpie from Animal rescue in Dec 09. They are now 5 months old. Only ever had 1 dog before (staffy X), and weren't warned that taking 2 was difficult! (In fact the foster mum encouraged it! ) They went to puppy school, the trainer said the rescue was wrong to encourage to take 2, but by then it was too late. Now, they are HARD work, but they have a pen that is bigger than most yards. They stay outside. They eat together in separate bowls, sleep together in a large old cubby house, and play ALOT together. I work from home so I can take them for at least 1 walk per day. I try to take them were there is limited other dogs, and take them off lead and they play "catch the sheep" with each other, taking turns biting each others ankles! This way they get to run themselves out. I also try to take for separate walks and cuddles (although they are a bit too boistrous for that) occassionally, usually when I can get help from the family. They love people and other dogs. They are really great together, but when we train them we separate them as otherwise they don't listen to us. What I am really worried about, is that there is a huge amount of people on this forum, plus info on the web, that says WE ARE DOOMED Is there anyone out there who can give us some good news that things will stay the same or evenimprove???? How can we pick one pup to put back in the rescue? Why should we do this if there are no problems? (Apart from the listening bit when playing) Is there anyone who has SUCCESSFULLY raised siblings??? Please help. I am really confused. They are really lovely dogs.