Kennelling Dogs Separately

[Dranny GLC 112]

I have 3 dogs, with 3 different kennels but one run, gonna put fences between each kennels so each kennel as a run, not sure to do it so they can see each other or solid so they cant but they will all be able to see out the front. If I do it solid I would be able to take them out at different times with out there crying to go.?

[socks 32,253]

Dogs are sociable pack animals and if your going to split them then at least let them see each other ... If you put a solid wall in between them they will still know that you have taken one out they ain't stupid ........

[Dranny GLC 112]

Ok thanks i not sure what to do that's why I've asked wanting people opinion and what they have.

[Dranny GLC 112]

Should I leave it as one run?

[socks 32,253]

If there is plenty of room and they get on what's the problem ... My dogs all run the yard together with no problem .......

[D Lloyd 2,790]

Should I leave it as one run?

only you now your dogs mate if you are 100% that thay dont fight its should be fine do not leave bones in with them jest in case

[young man 225]

Separate them as coming back to a dead dog is 1 serious kick in the balls. The pen walls if u deside to go seprate use very small mesh so the dogs cant get there paws threw it. Seen two jack russel the bitch pulled her sons leg of through the wire.

[skycat 6,173]

If there is plenty of room and they get on what's the problem ... My dogs all run the yard together with no problem .......

socks: the problem is that a lot of inexperienced owners just can't see how their dogs are reacting to one another. They can't predict problems because they don't understand pack relationships or dog body language. Keeping dogs together is fine if you have a lot of experience and can read the signs, and the dogs are totally under your control, and are happy/secure in themselves and with each other, but it's a different story if the owner fails in any way to keep their dogs correctly. Unless I know someone personally, and know that they are experienced and clued up, I'd always advise them to keep dogs separately. Plus, there's a big difference in forcing dogs to co-habit in a small kennel and run, compared to having enough space to behave more naturally and keep away from the other dogs if it wants to.

[talt 878]

I had two litter sisters kenneled together in a 10 foot x twenty foot run. They were fine for four years then one night they set about each other like two pit bulls. I have kenneled all dogs seperately ever since, its not worth the risk in my opinion. Or vet bills.

Edited October 22, 2014 by talt

[shaaark 10,786]

Not telling anyone how to keep their dogs, but would NEVER kennel dogs together, or even leave them in the same room in the house unsupervised.

Edited October 22, 2014 by shaaark

[skycat 6,173]

I think a lot depends on the type of dog and what blood it has in it. My Saluki types loved and needed to snuggle up in a heap. They'd have been miserable on their own. The Airedale and her daughters are antisocial gits and need their own space, though I can and do kennel mother and one daughter together when needed. We do have certain dogs which are kennelled alone at night or when we go out ... the young ones that can't be trusted not to rip something up or get fed up with chilling, but apart from a couple they all live together indoors and know their places below us humans. If you never tolerate a particular behaviour when the dog is young, it grows up knowing its place in life and you stamp on uppity ways before they ever get set in place. But not everyone can behave like a sergeant major!

[charlie boy 85]

skycat you make quite a few assumptions about dog owners and body language and all the other shite you like to believe yourself the "jesus" of lurcher ownership, where once has the starter of the thread mentioned why hes separating the dogs? tell me what if the dogs get on sociably brilliant all day but fight at night in the kennel bed ? can you put that down to poor a poor owner and all the other nonsense you spout at times some issues with kennelling are not always black and white

[lurcherman 887 13,154]

Have some respect for the ladys charrrlie

[skycat 6,173]

I don't believe I'm anything special at all, just someone who has kept dogs for all my life. I don't need to make assumptions either, because I've seen with my own eyes how some owners have no idea at all what their dogs are feeling towards one another. And I agree with you 100%, most problems are never black and white, but caused by a number of issues which haven't been addressed at the beginning, or with dogs that aren't designed to share space, either by day or by night. So much depends on the breed, as I already said.

And I wasn't even commenting on the original post at the top of this thread: I was commenting on Socks' comment.

[desertbred 5,490]

Even a dominant dog or bitch in a pack will one day be challenged by a younger dog its the pack nature. When bitches start in season in a pack this can also provoke skirmishes within the pack. There are so many variables in dogs and pack behaviour that as you cannot be with the pack 24/7 you have to take certain precautions. I have two bitches kennelled together they are not locked in the pen so have a means of escape if needed My dog is with the pack when I am there but separated at other ytimes as I know he will dominate at the slightest provocation and the result would be nasty to say the least I also kennel a young bitch separate as she tends to be snappy as she is still nervous she is also ultra greedy so would interfere with the others feeding which in the case of the dog would certainly lead to her death sentence, In the interest of safety some form of pack division is needed at certain times in order to maintain the stability and peace within the pack.

Edited October 22, 2014 by desertbred