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  • C

    Did you get Tucker through BRAT?
    Mine is a tri-color also, although he does not have the eyemask on like yours.

    Christy Rutherford

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  • T

    Yes, I did. I got hime from a family in MA that had a baby and was scared that Tucker would eat the child due to his aggressive tendancies…but that has been discussed here...

    I bet yours came with a complete tail, though... :) I'll post some pictures of him here and in the 'show off' forum later tonight...

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  • C

    Yep, cant hang a flag from squiggys tail. It is curled tight as can be.
    I am still waiting on getting my camera back from my sister, but I will post pics when I can.
    My dog came from an abusive home and is really skittish, however he is doing so much better, after a year. Poor guy didnt even have a bed, he had to sleep in an outside dungon-like basement on a step. The family also didnt care where he "went" so we have battled that, as you know, forever. But he is a good appreciative boy and I love him so much, he's my buddy!

    Christy Rutherford

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  • T

    Yeah, I dig Tucker also. It's just a learning process…for both of us. That's sad how Squiggy was treated. I loathe people who do that to animals.

    When I went searching for Tucker, the two things I was most adamant about were finding a pooch that was 'non-destructive' (I've just spent 1000's of dollars buying a new condo and furnishing it like I want it) and house trained. I think I was sort of duped with the house training thing assuming there is nothing physically wrong with Tucker (in that he pees often). However, he hasn't peed in the kitchen since I fenced him in which reveals that he CAN hold it, he just hasn't been. He's going to the vet in a couple weeks and I got some sticks to test his urine with. Nothing showing positive at this point...

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  • C

    Christy,

    Where did you find gates that worked? I have issues with Zahra climbing over all of ours!

    Thanks,
    Jenn

    Jenn

    Chase and Zahra's Mom

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  • C

    They are extra tall gates I got off target.com. I liked that they have vertical rails not horozontal, so he cant get a toe in for a boost. I think they are 41 inches tall. and have a gate so you can walk through them.

    Found them

    http://www.target.com/gp/product/B0007G6KF6/601-7570993-3212956

    Christy Rutherford

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  • C

    Yeah, I was a bit duped with squiggy also. Although I would never get rid of my buddy now. I just purchased my first home and know where you are coming from. Squiggy almost ruined my carpet. So I had it professionally cleaned and now the carpet looks new again (I didnt let it go to long) and Squiggy and I have worked out everything now.
    Does Tucker pee on the floor when you are home with him?
    Squigs doesn't.
    I know, it was hard not to lay into the girl who turned him over for his poor treatment. He was scrawny, jittery and dirty now he is still pretty lean but not as jumpy and his hair is shiney and smooth now. I am just glad this family turned him over to BRAT so that I could get him and spoil the heck out of him.

    Christy Rutherford

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  • J

    Christy/Jason-you guys are real heros to me! I absolutely detest animal cruelty. I wanted to adopt a BRAT dog but I couldn't get approved. Then I went to a breeder looking for a pup & turns out she had adults that she had been trying to place for over a year. So I took them in a heart beat! :)

    Jenn-I have the same exact gate that Christy has 41 inches metal & vertical bars works really well.

    Basenji Mom of C3PO & TOPAZ

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  • T

    I never thought Tucker was abused or anything, I just think he was undersocialized and not exposed to many people. He probably got his way a lot based on how he reacts to discipline and being a brat when he doesn't get his way… He also, obviously, was lucky enough to have a stay at home mom for his previous 3.5 years which, I'm sure, lends to thinking he can pee whenever he wants.

    To answer Christy's question, he has only peed once when I was home. He had let me know he wanted to go out by scratching on my door, but I was in the middle of something and was finished in about 5 minutes. In that 5 minutes, he had gone into the other room and peed on the sofa. I blamed myself since he did 'tell' me. It didn't happen again, but at the same time, he initially tried to run all over me and scratched every couple of hours to go out. In fear of another sofa soil, I would take him out but soon came to realize that he was pulling a fast one on me when he went out and just sniffed around and didn't pee or pooh. That stopped after about a week of taking him out and pretty much sitting in one spot until he peed and pooped, then not taking him out for at least 4-5 hours unless he ate a lot. I had to show him he wasn't in charge... :)

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  • F

    one suggest is if you are feed him can dog food it seems to make the pee more and it contains water

    Farrahs_Mom ![](images/smilies/smile.png "Smile")

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  • FlashF

    Peeing in crate during the night

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    D
    We have really good luck with our little 9 week old at night now (wish I could say that about daytime)… He falls asleep on one of our laps typically around 9:30pm (usually my fiance' is watching tv) and then we wake him back up once he is good and asleep and WARM, and take him outside to pee, this way he does it very fast and wants to go back to sleep, so then we put him in his dog bed. After he is asleep we move the whole dog bed into his small crate in our bedroom. Mind you we won't use the crate once we can TRUST HIM. Our bedroom has brand new carpet and new paint and all new very expensive furniture (basically we did that right before we decided to get a Basenji :P) So then if he wakes up and whines, I get up and rush right to him and immediately take him outside on the leash, he goes immediately, then I give him half a treat and he lays next to me on the bed to fall asleep (he will NOT go back to sleep if I put him in the crate and my fiance' can't handle the screaming (she needs her sleep as she commutes a LONG drive every day)) so then if he falls asleep before I do, I move him back to the crate. Obviously the downfall to this is that sometimes I fall asleep first and then he gets to sleep in my bed... but he always wakes me up if he has to go (I keep my arm around him). But we started this method about a week and a half ago and only had an incident in our bed the first night, since then its been better and better every night! Now he only has to get up one time per night, which is usually around 3:30am now, it used to be 2, then 2:30, etc... so he is getting better. However I have learned to give up on the idea of getting him to fall back asleep after my fiance' gets up for work, he will just fight me the whole time. I sure wish I had the ability to be home all day to not have to crate my dog, but it is not an option, people have to work. So a lot of dogs will have to be crated for long periods of time. Hopefully eventually they get used to it. :)
  • Ninabeana26N

    Crate peeing!

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    mia only gets water when were there to watch her and take her out about 10-15 minutes later.. whenever shes taken out of the crate she goes straight outside.. and before we put her in we take her out again, whether thats 15 or 20 minutes or an hour. i've quickly learned that water goes RIGHT through them. so taking the water out of the cage should work! she has an occasional accident but not everyday.
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    So MUCH pee!

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    Tired of Pee

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    sounds like separation anxiety. You might try using a crate so he has less space; it might make him more comfortable to have less space, believe it or not! There is a thread here somewhere about how to go about desensitizing a dog to being alone. It takes a lot of work, and very small steps. If you can't find it, let me know, and I will make another post. Experts tell us that it can take up to a year for rescue dogs to settle into their new homes, sometimes. When they find something they really value (their new family) they are afraid when the people leave that they won't come back. Hang in there. Have patience :) Oh, and try the DAP plug ins. They produce a calming pheremone to relax a nervous dog. You can look online, or find them at some pet supply stores. I have no personal experience with them…I keep meaning to try it...but lots of people have very good reports about them.