I have 4 dogs and 2 dog houses, 1 dog house is a 1 dog sized house and my oldest dog gets that one, the other house is big enough for atleast 4 full sized dogs, but one of the 3 dogs wont let the other dogs use it, is there anything I can do to make her share the house?
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The only thing you can do is teach her that she's not "top dog". This will only work if she currently sees you as being above her on the totem pole. You will probably need to train her while she's on a leash and teach her that it's okay for the other dogs to be in there with her.
How long have they had to share the house?
What is her reaction to the other dogs when they try to share the house with her?
How long have they had to share the house?
What is her reaction to the other dogs when they try to share the house with her?
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Why not just get 4 individual dog houses, so each can have their own home?
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if she is not spayed she may have pups(happened to me but i wanted pups). or yeah she may think she deserves a house just like the oldest dog.
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You could build a simple add on to the side of the bigger dog house or to the one dog house.. if they are wood.
Simply get a piece of plywood, cut it or get it cut to the width of the current dog house. Get two 1 by 2's OR cut a couple of pieces of 2 by 4's and nail them into two corners, along one edge.. then nail the other side to the dog house..
You can have them sleep under the over hang.. On top of it...
You can make a box out of wood and put straw, or old towels, or old blankets for one of them to sleep on..
One dog will claim it.. and then your other dog will be allowed in..
You need to make more room..
IF one of the dogs IS pregnant.. you will need to separate her. She could try to put the pups some where under the house.. OR try to escape to move them some where she feels safe. IF she feels threatened...
Just an FYI ..
Carol
Simply get a piece of plywood, cut it or get it cut to the width of the current dog house. Get two 1 by 2's OR cut a couple of pieces of 2 by 4's and nail them into two corners, along one edge.. then nail the other side to the dog house..
You can have them sleep under the over hang.. On top of it...
You can make a box out of wood and put straw, or old towels, or old blankets for one of them to sleep on..
One dog will claim it.. and then your other dog will be allowed in..
You need to make more room..
IF one of the dogs IS pregnant.. you will need to separate her. She could try to put the pups some where under the house.. OR try to escape to move them some where she feels safe. IF she feels threatened...
Just an FYI ..
Carol
My dogs are fenced in so theres no way she's pregnant because the only boy dog I have is fixed, but I might try that
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Uh, if your girl isn't fixed you need to get her fixed NOW. I've heard so many stories about people who thought no other dogs could get at their unfixed animal, and then woke up one day to either a strange dog hanging out in the fenced area or the unfixed dog vanished *over* the fence, or just a mysterious pregnancy. When it comes to getting some, dogs are more creative than you'd think.
Plus she's cruising for all sorts of nasty cancers and health problems if you leave her intact, or the horrible risks associated with actual pregnancy that could kill her. I wish I still had the old thread from another forum, it was a bunch of vets hanging out talking about this stuff and...
yeah.