fankino04
Well-Known Member
I think it really depends on the dog for whether they should be greeted and fussed over as soon as you walk in the door or left a bit to show them fuss only happens when they are calm, my friend had been having problems with her rescue gsd and one of the things that they had to change ASAP was her hubby fussing the dog when she jumps on top of him as soon as he walks through the door, simple changes with her to encourage relaxed calm behaviour have stopped the jumping, stopped her destroying the house when they are out, made her easier to walk past squirrels and lots of other things, my 2 on the other hand are total dopes, they meet me calmy at the door, get a head scratch when I come in then go and lie down until I decide its feed time, walk time, play time or whatever. In response to why the dog might be in the pen when daughter is in the house maybe op is trying to get dog into a regular routine and if daughter is not normally home in the afternoon then maybe they want the dog to stick to their routine so it's easier when things go back to normal. I also agree with a Kong or something similar. It's good for dogs to know how to be separate from us sometimes, I have felt horrible for the last few weeks confining Ash to the small part of the hallway as he was on "box rest" I don't know how either of us would have coped if he spent that time upset and agitated wanting to be with us.