Okay well I brought this up in the chat room the other day, and I realized I really need advice on this, I should've made this thread earlier!
Well we bought Charlie when he was about three months or so, and we let him into our house a lot. The first day we got him, we kept him in my room (in a little doggie house thing...er...um...its made of plastic...and...) and we would just let him go outside without a leash, and he would always just stay around the house and not do anything bad or anything. He always came back at night.
But then, we took him over to our neighbor's house one night where they have a dog (who's name is Daisy) and they were playing outside of the fence they had. We just went inside and talked (SNORE) and then when we went back outside, they weren't there. (Well actually my parents were at our other neighbor's house.) So my neighbor and I rode in the golf cart towards the highway because we heard some honking of horns and then we saw Charlie running across the highway towards us and Daisy waiting on the other side. Charlie made it and ran back to the house. So after that, we started putting him on a leash which I feel really bad about, because now all he does all day is sleep, lie down, and not really do anything. Our schedule is this: We feed him in the morning inside the garage and wait for about 20 minutes. After that, he is usually done with his food so we take him outside and put him on the chain (the chain is about 10 to 15 feet long). Then we put the chain on the dog run, and he basically sits there the whole day except when we give him his walk and play with him. Then, at night, or when it rains, we bring him back into the garage and leave him there until the storm is over or until the morning. Occasionally we tie his chain to the front yard so it wouldn't be too boring for him.
I really wish I could bring him inside...my mom doesn't let me because she thinks he sheds too much, smells bad, and she knows he is hyper and she also thinks his nails should be cut...and I don't think she is too keen on bringing him inside anyway since she thinks she might be allergic to dogs. But really, if Charlie keeps doing the same old same old schedule every single day, he is not going to really enjoy anything. We were thinking of getting a fence, but he is capable of jumping out of our garage window, so I think he is capable of jumping over an average sized fence. But if we get a tall fence, it will block out the view we have in front of our house (Our front yard is 1 acre and our backyard is just a little smaller).
So...the question...WHAT SHOULD I DO? I don't want Charlie's life to be pointless.
Well we bought Charlie when he was about three months or so, and we let him into our house a lot. The first day we got him, we kept him in my room (in a little doggie house thing...er...um...its made of plastic...and...) and we would just let him go outside without a leash, and he would always just stay around the house and not do anything bad or anything. He always came back at night.
But then, we took him over to our neighbor's house one night where they have a dog (who's name is Daisy) and they were playing outside of the fence they had. We just went inside and talked (SNORE) and then when we went back outside, they weren't there. (Well actually my parents were at our other neighbor's house.) So my neighbor and I rode in the golf cart towards the highway because we heard some honking of horns and then we saw Charlie running across the highway towards us and Daisy waiting on the other side. Charlie made it and ran back to the house. So after that, we started putting him on a leash which I feel really bad about, because now all he does all day is sleep, lie down, and not really do anything. Our schedule is this: We feed him in the morning inside the garage and wait for about 20 minutes. After that, he is usually done with his food so we take him outside and put him on the chain (the chain is about 10 to 15 feet long). Then we put the chain on the dog run, and he basically sits there the whole day except when we give him his walk and play with him. Then, at night, or when it rains, we bring him back into the garage and leave him there until the storm is over or until the morning. Occasionally we tie his chain to the front yard so it wouldn't be too boring for him.
I really wish I could bring him inside...my mom doesn't let me because she thinks he sheds too much, smells bad, and she knows he is hyper and she also thinks his nails should be cut...and I don't think she is too keen on bringing him inside anyway since she thinks she might be allergic to dogs. But really, if Charlie keeps doing the same old same old schedule every single day, he is not going to really enjoy anything. We were thinking of getting a fence, but he is capable of jumping out of our garage window, so I think he is capable of jumping over an average sized fence. But if we get a tall fence, it will block out the view we have in front of our house (Our front yard is 1 acre and our backyard is just a little smaller).
So...the question...WHAT SHOULD I DO? I don't want Charlie's life to be pointless.
