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Thanks, Pyr friends, for all the input on the issue
of off-leash walking. As I've just gotten Sugar at 3 years old, I can't give her
that early puppy training some of you mentioned. But I do plan to enroll in the
obedience class this spring, and here in Brevard NC we have an excellent
trainer. I took the class with my other dog, Katie, and really learned a lot, as
a novice.
Any more thoughts or anecdotes would be welcome.
One more question: a neighbor has suggested several times to me, why don't you
put in a dog run? In his back yard he has put up a chain link fence, about 20 x
50 feet. My concern is that our yard is very steep, on the side of a small
mountain, and all wooded. I don't really see how this would be feasible. I also
suspect that Sugar and Katie wouldn't really like such a little space and would
stand at the gate waiting for me to let them out. Am I stubborn and wrong? I'm
also thinking of putting an electronic fence around the whole nearly-acre
property, and I recall the discussions about the pros/cons of such fences in the
recent past. In my situation, could it work? My girls love to run and romp in
the woods, and I'm having a hard time being content, myself, with tethers and
the idea of a small run. Moreover, an actual wooden or metal fence would look
really odd in our neighborhood, with mostly open wooded yards; my husband is
dead-set against it; and the costs are prohibitive for us.
Thanks, again, for more advice.
Suzanne
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