I mentioned a suggestion for the cheapest most effective fencing I know. You may wanna try a small stretch of it to see how your dog responds to it. Just make sure when you test it you use a non metalic stretch of rope as a leash until you know for sure that it works. We kept our dogs in a 5 acre lot that we had wired off. It was one strand of wire and dont remember how many poles. seems like they were about 15 feet apart.
My Dilemma (*exaggeration*)
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o yeah and I am going to give him a bath tomorrow and clean my room up...maybe I can persuade my parents and let him into the room. And there is also a park behind a local library I could go too...but the geese they have there are SO mean!!!! One bit me! (though it didnt hurt.) But the ducks are cute. 
Whats a leash law?
I hope you manage to sort out the fencing in your back yard.
I'd love to have an acre for shadow (my staff) to run around in. My garden is tiny, but shes a house dog (allowed inside) and I take her out for 40 mins everyday, so I dont think its too bad for her.
Hope it all works out.
I hope you manage to sort out the fencing in your back yard.
I'd love to have an acre for shadow (my staff) to run around in. My garden is tiny, but shes a house dog (allowed inside) and I take her out for 40 mins everyday, so I dont think its too bad for her.
Hope it all works out.
Leash law or not, it's just much safer in my opinion to have dogs on a leash. You never know how other dogs will act, and if your dog likes leaving the yard, there is probably no way you will be able to keep him with you without leash anyway... he will want to run everywhere.
Having a fenced yard would help, but keep in mind that most dogs don't run around by themselves, so they need someone with them. But if he was used to being out a lot when younger, it would help for sure.
When did your mom decide to stop letting him come inside? It's really sad. Julie is right though, dogs that are inside all the time are much less hyper than dogs that only go inside once in a while. You could try to promise to clean after him, and vacuum every day, maybe it would help. Also definitely buy a nail clipper - if you do a search with 'nails' I'm sure you will find lots of help on how to do it.
Meanwhile, take him for long walks if you can. Leash or no leash, it's still good excercise.
Also, a bit out of topic, about your passion for Pirates of the Carribean. I liked the movie a lot too. Up to probably 18, I used to spend all my money on stuff I loved at the time - posters, magazines etc. Now I wish I hadn't, that would be lots of money I could have used on other stuff - that's including home remodelling, and dog stuff. So think about it, and try to at least save some money every month, personally I really wish I had...
Having a fenced yard would help, but keep in mind that most dogs don't run around by themselves, so they need someone with them. But if he was used to being out a lot when younger, it would help for sure.
When did your mom decide to stop letting him come inside? It's really sad. Julie is right though, dogs that are inside all the time are much less hyper than dogs that only go inside once in a while. You could try to promise to clean after him, and vacuum every day, maybe it would help. Also definitely buy a nail clipper - if you do a search with 'nails' I'm sure you will find lots of help on how to do it.
Meanwhile, take him for long walks if you can. Leash or no leash, it's still good excercise.
Also, a bit out of topic, about your passion for Pirates of the Carribean. I liked the movie a lot too. Up to probably 18, I used to spend all my money on stuff I loved at the time - posters, magazines etc. Now I wish I hadn't, that would be lots of money I could have used on other stuff - that's including home remodelling, and dog stuff. So think about it, and try to at least save some money every month, personally I really wish I had...
I don't think it's dangerous as long as you are able to control the dog and the bike at the same time. I do it with Skye, but he is not incredibly strong or anything. Be sure to try it out the first few times some place where you and your dog can't get hit by a car or anything, just in case it should get out of control. Like a bike trail or an empty parking lot. You can try rollerblading with him too, I've been wanting to try that.
Well actually, he was playing with the other dog and I think they just didn't notice that they were getting close to the highway and decided to cross it or sumthing...
but that might have been the case to, Sheba!
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lol...I scraped both of my knees and my left ankle doing that. Oh I didn't notice that I scraped my elbow lol. I had to let go of his chain, but Charlie didn't run away and ran right back to me. I'm happy about that. He IS really strong...we never trained him not to pull us or anything during walks either, so I think some training needs to be done! And I'm sure u don't need any pics of my knees...lol
but that might have been the case to, Sheba!
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lol...I scraped both of my knees and my left ankle doing that. Oh I didn't notice that I scraped my elbow lol.
I had to let go of his chain, but Charlie didn't run away and ran right back to me. I'm happy about that. He IS really strong...we never trained him not to pull us or anything during walks either, so I think some training needs to be done! And I'm sure u don't need any pics of my knees...lol
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How big is charlie? The suggestion of a make shift fence that he could roam around in sounds great if charlie isnt a big dog. I know how hard it is to see a dog chained. The pittie i have is a jumper she can jump a 8 ft fence at a stand so during the day she is chained up so that she wont jump the fence and take off. she will be spayed here within the next month or so (secretly hoping she will get FAT) just try to spend as much time as you can with Charlie. It also could of been charlie playing following the leader with daisy.
I know fencing any amount of property is expensive, so maybe you could just make him a dog run in the yard? It would be cheaper than fencing the whole yard, and safer than a tie-out, which makes your dog a sitting duck if a stray dog, a malevolent human or a wild animal comes along and attacks him. This way, too, it'd be more affordable to get a higher fence, and you could even put a roof on the whole thing to ensure he couldn't climb out.
About how to play with your dog when he's unreliable off-leash and you don't have a fenced yard - get a very long leash. I put a 20-foot lead on my dog, and she's free to run but I can get her just by jumping on the trailing leash. A clothesline tied to his collar would work too, just use something thick enough it wouldn't cut your hands up if you had to stop your dog.
It sucks your dog can't be inside more, but if he's safe outside - has food, water, shelter, protection from elements and predators and his own ability to put himself in the center of a highway - he's really not much worse off waiting for you to come home from school than are most apartment dogs waiting for their owners to come home from work. Spend a lot of time training and playing with him in your free time, he'll live for that.
About how to play with your dog when he's unreliable off-leash and you don't have a fenced yard - get a very long leash. I put a 20-foot lead on my dog, and she's free to run but I can get her just by jumping on the trailing leash. A clothesline tied to his collar would work too, just use something thick enough it wouldn't cut your hands up if you had to stop your dog.
It sucks your dog can't be inside more, but if he's safe outside - has food, water, shelter, protection from elements and predators and his own ability to put himself in the center of a highway - he's really not much worse off waiting for you to come home from school than are most apartment dogs waiting for their owners to come home from work. Spend a lot of time training and playing with him in your free time, he'll live for that.