re: Pet owners question: crate training and leaving dog out to roam

Sometimes crates are just necessary depending on the dog. Just try to train him better on what's ok to chew and not ok to chew and do some test runs by "leaving the house", helps if you have a camera to observe from a distance. Be ready to come in if he starts chewing something he's not supposed to. But sometimes they just get bored or anxious and you just have to crate them with a chew toy until you get back.

quote:

---

I have a small backyard and the HOA limits the height of a fence to only four feet....which sucks. For a vizsla, this is too easy to jump...unless there is a mechanism out there I am just unaware of that would allow a low fence and keep her in it.

---

You can install a runner in your yard and just make sure the leash can't reach the fence in any direction but still give her enough room to walk around it.