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Leaving two dogs alone..yah or nah?

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Tanuk, CGC

Sherpa Tanuk of- Everest		 
 
Barked: Mon May 7, '12 9:02pm PST 
I'm probably not the authority on this topic seeing as how I leave my adult Malamute alone with my two cats during the day. big grin

But, I do feel that it's a know thy dog type of situation. I left Tanuk and our Saint alone together, but that's because I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they did nothing more than sleep the entire time. As close as Tanuk and Glacier are, I have never left them out alone together. I know that they would be unlikely to just sleep the whole time, and one would probably poke the other one and who knows what else might happen. I will also never leave Tanuk and Talah out alone together, there is just too much of a size discrepancy, and I KNOW Talah would pester the heck out of Tanuk. Tanuk and the cats on the other hand, all three sleep the entire time and don't even seemingly move for 6 hours. They don't interact a whole lot, they don't use the same resources, and the cats have plenty of escape areas. Plus, like I said I could probably draw a chalk outline of Tanuk's body when I leave and he wouldn't have moved a muscle when I return.

Now, since your girls were both worn out, it is very likely that they played and interacted a great deal. So I'd be wary. Also, your younger girl now knows that the reward for escaping is freedom and play, so you'll need to work on reinforcing that crate.
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Pooch ~ I- miss you ~

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Barked: Tue May 8, '12 2:06am PST 
I had dogs together for 11+ years and never had a single problem leaving them alone together. I would not hesitate to do it now if I still had them either. I had never seen a single instance of aggression, displaced or otherwise; they did not fight over toys (if the one dog wanted a toy he'd pull it out of the other's mouth with no objections from her); they did not get riled up by things outside; they did not have any issue with treats or food being given to one or the other or both together and they did not play or wrestle with each other ever but also would not get upset if the other dog accidentally stepped on them, ran into them, pushed them, climbed on them, etc...
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