Too smart.
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Too smart.
So my little violet is now 4 months old, just got her rabies shot and weighing at 26 lbs. My vet tells me she should double her weight when fully grown.. (: so we are excited. I bought a gate to keep her in my room and out of trouble. She figured out how to open the gate with her nose. Too smart. Haha i love it and hate it, now I have to keep the door shut.. But new topic. I brought her to my new job to a puppy play group to socialize and she is doing so well. Proud momma.
-Nat and Violet
Re: Too smart.
Get a lock for the gate or something. We can still outsmart our Chows, if we try really really hard!
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Re: Too smart.
Yes - gates are easy-peasy to chows but you can outwit them!
- TyChowgirl
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Re: Too smart.
Gates are not a problem if you spend the time to teach them to respect the barriers you put up. I have a baby gate that I can learn precariously against a corner of a wall and Ty will not cross it. He could easily knock it over and as a small puppy he could wiggle through until he learned he wasn't allowed to. Work on this and YOU can outwit your chow
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I too use a baby gate with Belle when she is in time-out or if people she doesnt like comes over. She never tries to cross but is the rare barker & will let me know her displeasure at being behind the gate. I outsmarted her by putting a small blanket over the gate...out of sight, out of mind.
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We have baby gates up for Rio and my grandson, there is also one that goes to the cats room that has a small kitty-flap for them. Rio smushes his face up against them like a convict, he is funny.
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Re: Too smart.
My two are trained to recognize barriers that we humans place and they won't cross them. I once "trapped" my two on the screened porch when I left a piece of conduit propped across their path. It is all a matter of training.Gates are not a problem if you spend the time to teach them to respect the barriers you put up.
- Judy Fox
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Matter of training my eye!
Matilda learnt when she was about 6 months old that if she stood up and pushed the gate catch she could open the gate - she and Maisie were thrilled that they could go walkabout. A padlock on the catch soon sorted that out.
Matilda learnt when she was about 6 months old that if she stood up and pushed the gate catch she could open the gate - she and Maisie were thrilled that they could go walkabout. A padlock on the catch soon sorted that out.
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LOL Judy Fox, now the fence and gates are definitely secure. All that training only works when they have a roof over their head. When they go outside, the training evaporates.