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High upon a hillside
I'm not sure if its K9, Marley and Me, and Turner and Hooch, but my dog has certainly been taking notes from somewhere.
He is shut in two rooms in the day which are joined, both carpeted, with windows or french doors to see out of. We shut the kitchen door, which is two small doors with a brass round closing handle, now max jumps at this sometimes when we're out, given away by the amount of paint scratched off. Today, despite going on a 3 mile run with the OH at 8.30, then another half hour walk at 12.30, we left the house for 3 hours this afternoon (he is left for up to 6 hours in the week without causing a problem) to come back to the kitchen doors open, scratches (from teeth or claws, who knows!) on the brass handle, the bin strewn over the floor and the biscuit/sweet cupboard had been opened
The reason we shut him out of the kitchen is that its small, and not always possible to make sure no food is out of reach (luckily he didn't get to the quality street behind the sink!) plus the risk of bin raids, but the kitchen doors have glass panes in them. So I have two worries, he will put his leg through a glass pane and/or eat something he shouldn't (see previous post re xmas cake feast he had ) I don't want to replace the doors, as we are planning an extension in a years time and it will be wasted money, and can't really make the kitchen reliably food secure (plus don't want him to trash the door leading out from the kitchen!).
Is there anyway to stop him jumping at the door, I'm going to use a clothes drying rack for now, as he doesn't like them so won't go near it hopefully, but I am toying with the idea of using the horse electric fencing on the handles Would this be feasible, or is there another way to make the doors dog repellant?
Picture to shame the mutt, as you can see he's almost hooch like, with enough time, I think he could ram his knucklehead straight through
He is shut in two rooms in the day which are joined, both carpeted, with windows or french doors to see out of. We shut the kitchen door, which is two small doors with a brass round closing handle, now max jumps at this sometimes when we're out, given away by the amount of paint scratched off. Today, despite going on a 3 mile run with the OH at 8.30, then another half hour walk at 12.30, we left the house for 3 hours this afternoon (he is left for up to 6 hours in the week without causing a problem) to come back to the kitchen doors open, scratches (from teeth or claws, who knows!) on the brass handle, the bin strewn over the floor and the biscuit/sweet cupboard had been opened
The reason we shut him out of the kitchen is that its small, and not always possible to make sure no food is out of reach (luckily he didn't get to the quality street behind the sink!) plus the risk of bin raids, but the kitchen doors have glass panes in them. So I have two worries, he will put his leg through a glass pane and/or eat something he shouldn't (see previous post re xmas cake feast he had
) I don't want to replace the doors, as we are planning an extension in a years time and it will be wasted money, and can't really make the kitchen reliably food secure (plus don't want him to trash the door leading out from the kitchen!).Is there anyway to stop him jumping at the door, I'm going to use a clothes drying rack for now, as he doesn't like them so won't go near it hopefully, but I am toying with the idea of using the horse electric fencing on the handles
Would this be feasible, or is there another way to make the doors dog repellant? Picture to shame the mutt, as you can see he's almost hooch like, with enough time, I think he could ram his knucklehead straight through
