Emily
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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: West Kill, NY
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At ten months, she hasn't fully figured out her place in the world. I'm a softy, but I just wouldn't make her share a box until she matures a bit, then I would start getting her used to sharing with another dog she knows and seems to like outside the box, especially one that she has hunted with, so that she associates sharing a box with getting to go hunting. If she shows any grouchiness at all, make her stay in the box while she hears the other dog hunt.
We have all heard stories about dogs that shared a box for years suddenly chew each other up. Don't risk another dog you care about in the box with her, especially if you have to drive a distance. In the close confines of a dog box, you may not have time to stop the truck, get out and pull them apart before serious damage is done.
I have one dog that isn't aggressive in the box, but I never let him share a box with a strange dog because he is restless--he doesn't lie down in the box. He spins around and stands, losing his footing on turns, etc. This annoys the heck out of a normal dog, provoking dogs that are normally good in a box into snapping at him. He is fine in the box with the other dogs from my place who know him and don't react to him toppling over on them when I slam on the brakes or take a sharp corner. If the dogs need to double up, I just take him in the cab with me.
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