06/29/2025
Today we're having visitors (family from out of town).
Might be hard to tell, but I have TWO barriers between my dogs and where the guests will be entering the house.
I have 2 human selective dogs in my home (one is a boarding client, the other is my own personal dog); to ensure everyone stays safe, I set up two x pens (in case there's a failure with the first x pen, I have another x pen in place as well to prevent the dogs from reaching the guests.)
Dogs are placed behind the x pens about 30 minutes BEFORE the guests arrive. Don't wait to try to get your dog settled while you're guests are arriving.. that's too late. Get your pup settled in before hand. Trust me.
The guests are told ahead of time they are NOT to interact with the dogs while they're behind the x pens. That's the dogs area.
No touchy!!
Y'all... This is what dog trainers mean when we tell you to set up the environment for everyone to be successful & safe.
Does your dog jump on guests?
Use management, like x pens shown here.
Does your dog dash out the front door?
Use management, like x pens/baby gates
Does your dog counter surf?
Use x pens to block their access to your counters
Management helps to prevent the behavior from occurring so it doesn't become a habit.
