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  • Y

    One of my moms cairn terriers did the same thing when he was a pup. He is a fairly dominant alpha male dog with very set territorial boundaries. Perhaps your dog only feels safe to stash his food in his spots that he knows are "safe"?

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  • SweetShelbyS

    Shelby hasn't hid under the bed for several weeks now so I guess that's over. We still play the "hide the treatball" but we all enjoy it. Even my grown children get into the game. They pretend they can't see it even if it's hidden next to the window. But when she goes out then it all changes. My 24 year old likes to move the ball and then Shelby has to find it. She is the sweetest! The look on her face when we move it is precious. It's like she accuses us of stealing it which of course we did. We get the guilts but do it again later. :)

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  • M

    My first Basenji, Channayn, would bury things. Once she started digging, she found underground tunnels. I gues this was more interesting. She stopped buring things and just started digging. Everywhere she dug there would be a tunnel.

    My youngest male, Mahendra, doesn't bury things, but he hides them. I got some rawhide bones. Not the solid rawhide but the kind that are thin and built up like plywood. All 3 of my Basenjis love this type. To the extent that Mahendra has hidden them so the other 2 cannot find them. I don't know where he hides them, but I should find out and show the other 2. Then see if Mahendra finds another hiding spot.

    godhead never created the dog- it always had one

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    When do you put the Kong in the crate? If just before you will lock her in, I would change the procedure. Put the Kong and perhaps a couple of other treats inside the crate and lock her OUT awhile before you plan on leaving. Let her know it is there, let her want to get at it. Then open the door and let her have the treats, but remove the Kong. Don't lock her in, but play with her for a moment or so, then put her in with the Kong. Hopefully this will help with the "hiding". Also, have you trained a "kennel" command? If not, do so and ask her to go in fairly often, not locking her in but instead just giving her a treat. Don't initially ask her to "kennel" when you are going to lock the door, only when you aren't. Eventually…..and with patience.....you will work up to sometimes locking it and sometimes not, but always rewarding her for going in. At least, that is the way I would proceed. If the above doesn't work for you and she continues to hide, I wouldn't give her the opportunity. I'd arrange things so I didn't let her loose after returning to the house from the walk. No point in "practicing" a bad behaviour.