The kennel attacked my dog! (Everyone at least read the first para.)
I ramble on, so I will keep this paragraph short. A good amount of you all have a kennel like THIS, and most all of you have a corgi with feet like THIS. Well if your kennel is like that and the divider wall (if one) is up, there may be a gap under the wall. We all know that Corgi's sometimes sleep/lay with their feet behind like in the above linked feet picture. Well if the feet slide under the gap they can sort of ratchet into a stuck position and the more the dog squirms to get free the more he/she gets stuck until eventually I fear they may try twisting out which could be harmfull. Spare your pup injury or a broken leg and make sure that if you have the divider up the dogs feet CANNOT slide under the gap.
On with the rambling...
Cheez-it had a tiny bit of kennel at first, he proved his ability to be good inside it and earned himself a larger plot of land. He has never eliminated inside the kennel, and eventually as he grew ever so slightly, I opened up the divider some until he had plenty of room. He has never cried before, well, I should say he has never cried from pain/scare ect. I have never accidentally stepped on him or anything, so I was very startled to hear him crying loudly when I thought him to be taking a nap. I ran in there and he had wedged his frog-legs under the kennel divider and was quite stuck. Because of the way dogs legs are shaped he could not free himself and he was beginning to panic. There was a good chance that if this were to happen when I was not home, he could have broken his leg and/or nails. It really freaked me out, I thought something was biting him or something?? (No idea what, just the first thought that came into my mind). I immediately ripped the divider from the kennel in a upwards motion, pretty much destroying it, but Lil-cheez is safe and that is the important thing. I can buy a new kennel, and he seems VERY appreciative as if he knew that I really helped him out.
Well, I got a new kennel, he spent a few minutes (petstore is very close) in the bathroom which he hated. I think he was expecting to get a bath any second there. He has a brand new Same-Kennel-He-Had only there is no divider, and I transfered the tray from his old one to the new one so it might smell a little more like home. He's napping in it now and seems to enjoy the even more space than he needs. He is essentially in a full-sized-corgi kennel but he is a pint-sized dog. If he pee's in the kennel I will re-engineer the divider to be safe, I know a bit about welding at least, but I doubt he will get to that. He has never gone in there before, he is a really good dog.
On with the rambling...
Cheez-it had a tiny bit of kennel at first, he proved his ability to be good inside it and earned himself a larger plot of land. He has never eliminated inside the kennel, and eventually as he grew ever so slightly, I opened up the divider some until he had plenty of room. He has never cried before, well, I should say he has never cried from pain/scare ect. I have never accidentally stepped on him or anything, so I was very startled to hear him crying loudly when I thought him to be taking a nap. I ran in there and he had wedged his frog-legs under the kennel divider and was quite stuck. Because of the way dogs legs are shaped he could not free himself and he was beginning to panic. There was a good chance that if this were to happen when I was not home, he could have broken his leg and/or nails. It really freaked me out, I thought something was biting him or something?? (No idea what, just the first thought that came into my mind). I immediately ripped the divider from the kennel in a upwards motion, pretty much destroying it, but Lil-cheez is safe and that is the important thing. I can buy a new kennel, and he seems VERY appreciative as if he knew that I really helped him out.
Well, I got a new kennel, he spent a few minutes (petstore is very close) in the bathroom which he hated. I think he was expecting to get a bath any second there. He has a brand new Same-Kennel-He-Had only there is no divider, and I transfered the tray from his old one to the new one so it might smell a little more like home. He's napping in it now and seems to enjoy the even more space than he needs. He is essentially in a full-sized-corgi kennel but he is a pint-sized dog. If he pee's in the kennel I will re-engineer the divider to be safe, I know a bit about welding at least, but I doubt he will get to that. He has never gone in there before, he is a really good dog.
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Comment by CorgiLove on May 28, 2008 at 11:58pm
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How scary, poor Cheez-it must have been terrified. So glad you were home and everything is alright!
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Comment by Carmen on May 28, 2008 at 9:03pm
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Thank god that he is alright. I can understand your feelings. Any sounds of pain make my heart ache.
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Comment by Juel on May 28, 2008 at 1:33pm
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Wow, it is amazing what they can manage to get into! Thank goodness you were there! I am very glad that both of you are ok! had to be scary!
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Comment by James on May 28, 2008 at 1:20pm
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^ I Thought about that at first, but then I remembered that Towell is his 3rd favorite food group.
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Comment by Charlie on May 28, 2008 at 1:09pm
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Happy to hear Cheez-it is ok. The first week I had Charlie, his platic VariKennel was in my home office. I was in the kitchen making a snack when I heard him yelping in pain. I ran to the office to find that he had managed to wedge his nose into the wire door and was stuck. He never tried to chew on the wires again after that. It was really scary, but I was very happy that I was a home when it happened. Same with you and Cheez-it...very glad you were home when he got stuck. I bet he'll be ok without the divider, or maybe you could roll up a towel and wedge it into the gap.
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Comment by Mikko (& Danielle too) on May 28, 2008 at 12:50pm
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Wow James, that's crazy. We just got a kennel like that with a divider and it's so good to be aware of the dangers, I never would've considered it. Thanks for the info, even if it came through a scary experience! I'm so glad he's okay!
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Comment by Cindi on May 28, 2008 at 11:21am
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OMG! I'm so glad the Cheez is okay!!! I must admit, I never thought about that problem with the dividers. Thanks for educating me. See...and old trainer can learn new tricks. Hugs to Cheez-it!
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Comment by Megan and Penelope on May 28, 2008 at 10:19am
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scary, glad he's ok!
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Comment by Geri & Sidney on May 28, 2008 at 10:09am
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Poor little Cheez-y! That must have been really scary for both of you. Sid has a soft-side kennel, so we don't have to worry about random kennel attacks, but I'm so glad you are spreading the word to be careful.
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Comment by Sam Tsang on May 28, 2008 at 9:49am
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Daddy come to the rescue! Great Post James! This is great information!
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