Erica wrote:Could you teach him a different "trigger" to come into the house? I know some people have a few jingle bells they hang from the door to let the dog ring when they want to go out; if you can hear him and let him in when he rings them, it'd be a way for him to ask to come away from the scary things without bothering your mom. I believe you'd start by jingling the bells every time you let him in the house, and eventually, if he's smart, he'll start trying to jingle them on his own to ask to come in...you'd have to be quick and immediately let him in, though, so he knows it's reliable.
Buddy doesn't come in the house, when he gets on the window I put him in his crate which is outside and then he is quiet, so I guess the bells would really be a signal for me to put him in his crate. I hadn't thought of bells.
I have been so stressed out and busy that I can't even think about taking the time to adapting him to life in the house like I wanted to. I have volleyball practice every other day three days a week until five then two games where I get home past nine, then if there are any football games or basketball games I am expected to show up to play at them with the band and football games are over at ten thirty. Last week I only was home two of the five school days before six and then it was with math homework and english assignments, not to mention I have to practice my flute music since all of it is new to me. By the time the weekend rolls around all I want to do is be lazy and relax. This is only the second week of school! I have yet to get to sleep before ten since school started and that's because I have so much stuff to do.
The only light I can shed on my stress is that it might change soon. My mom put an offer on a brand new house in town and her offer was accepted. If all goes according to plan, she will take possession of the house on October 15. After that it shouldn't be much longer before Buddy and the rest of us can move there. Since it's in town I won't be home nearly as late and hopefully I'll have more time to do stuff since we can't have chickens in town. The yard is a good size, but a fence will need to be put up and grass put in. The only thing I can say that I don't like about the house that I've seen is that right behind the house is a cliff that drops off about one hundred feet.
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But a net can be put up there and stuff. So I guess it's all a waiting game then. No window to jump on = less stress + backyard and our own home = grandma won't be bothered by a dog in the house and my mom is fine with Buddy being in the house as long as he's clean = relief on my part and he won't be nearly as lonely since I can spend more time with him. Right now I'm struggling to spend even an hour with him, but I'm trying to make it as worthwhile as possible.
By the way, no one has to reply this, I think I was just writing to burn stress
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