Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Dog Crates Have Many Purposes

We got our Siberian Husky when he was six months old.  At the time we bought him a dog crate which was fairly large.  Now he’s a year old and far too big for the old crate so we’ve bought him another one.  It’s massive!

Dog crates are meant to be a safe haven for your dog with some training methods advising that you put your puppy/dog in them for long periods of time.  I don’t really believe in this, though I the dog crate did come in handy.

Max used to be a nightmare whenever I cooked; jumping up, licking the side board and often steeling food.  I then started putting him in the cage whenever I cooked, at first he made a fuss and lots of noise, but very soon he got used to chilling out while I cooked in peace.  We’ve now gotten rid of the dog crate as it was quite space consuming however, Max now knows to behave and leave me to cook in peace.

Another great use for dog crates is to put puppies in at night.  According to friends it speeds up the process of teaching your puppy toilet manners.  Dogs are unlikely to go to the toilet in what they perceive as their bed and therefore hold it until you get up in the morning.  Leaving you to get up with no nasty mess to deal with!

Energy Certificate and Pet Dog equals Misconception

Recently, the government announced that it is now the law for each home to have/obtain Energy Performance Certificates. Probably 90% of the people out there have no idea what these are or what they are used for. Basically, it’s a rating from A to G where A implies your home is very energy efficient and G being not very efficient.

Now, talking about these energy certificates, you might be wondering what on Earth do these have to do with Dogs. Well, this is the misconception…

Lots and lots of people are under the misconception that owning a pet cat or dog will decrease the rating on your energy certificate.

Well, you may be pleased to know that this is not the case for most. Maybe, and just maybe if you own ten or more cats and dogs, then this may potentially affect your energy rating if you are not well set-up, but I personally think this is not the case.

So what’s your opinion on this? Do you think that by owning a pet dog, the government should decrease the energy certificate rating for your home and business?

Many would not like this but I’m sure there are a few out there who would like to see a decrease?

What do you say to this?

Office and dogs don’t go together

This point really needs to be stressed in this day and age.

Lots of people don’t really realise the fact that lots and lots of office workers out there do not like the fact of having any sort of pets in the office, except if it’s fish as these don’t get in the way of anyone working in the office.

It’s not that people don’t like pets in the office; it’s just that when the pets, cats and dogs start to raid the office furniture, this is when it stops people from working. This is the major point. Staff find it difficult to work, especially when they have deadlines and meeting to meet and attend.

This goes to all the office bosses and managers out there. Bringing animals and pets to the office can really bring down and destroy the morale of the people.

Some people also have a really strong phobia with dogs and cats. When they come within a 100 meter’s of one, they begin to feel funny quite dodgy.

Basically, my point is that in the end of the day, the best action to take is not to bring an animal which could potentially cause anyone even a little bit on uneasiness to the office. An office is a place to work, not to relax!