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Baby gates, or Basenji: 1, Human: 0

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  • BasenjiByTheBayB

    If I remember correctly from yesterday, that makes it Basenji 2, Human 1;)

    Catt…with no ordinary dogs!

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  • AndrewA

    @BasenjiByTheBay:

    If I remember correctly from yesterday, that makes it Basenji 2, Human 1;)

    Well, technically I'm calling it even between Booger & I, since I tricked him with the harness the next day. Lola has a separate count. She is currently 1 up, but I hold no grudges with her. She's just too darn cute.

    Carrie & the Brindle Babes, Callie & Lola (Not Andrew)

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  • YodelDogsY

    I use the regular baby gates, purchased from K-Mart I think, but they are the extra tall ones. To make it harder for dogs to get over, I make sure the horizontal bar is on the side opposite the side the dogs are on. The cats can easily get over the gate. The dogs could get over the gate too but I don't leave them loose unsupervised and I can "annnkkk!" them if they try.

    There are gates made that have vertical bars that are much harder for dogs to get over. I might consider these for your hard to contain Lola.

    [examples](http://pet-supplies.drsfostersmith.com/search?p=Q&lbc=drsfostersmith&uid=833625112&w=gate⁡=cat1:dogs type:product&isort=score&method=and&ts=results)

    Good luck!

    Robyn Dubbert

    Sherwood Basenjis

    One thing that I have learned in life is to accept that things are not all black or all white. Life is shades of gray and just because someone sees a different shade of gray than you do, it doesn't mean their shade is right or wrong, its just different. ~ Robyn Dubbert

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  • AndrewA

    Thanks for the leads… I've started researching agility. I think she would LOVE that. And the great thing is, fortunately, she still has not tried to jump a gate that is in its "normal" position. I don't think its even crossed her mind. Even now, she knows there is cat food & yummies in the master bath/closet area. If the gate is moved to the bedroom, she'll get over it & into the master area. But if I leave the gate where it "belongs", she ignores it. So I guess I'll just be grateful she is still respecting the gates in their normal positions, and try to keep a close eye on her when I move them.
    Hopefully I won't have to start investing in different types of gates.

    Carrie & the Brindle Babes, Callie & Lola (Not Andrew)

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  • V

    Mine (which we believe is 1/2 B & 1/2 whatever) climbed over the baby gate! We had to put a crate box over the gate so she couldn't climb.

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  • NatalplumN

    My husband just put the gate back up at the bottom of the stairs to the upstairs. We went without it for about a month because my teenage daughter was running down the steps at mach 10 and ripped it off the hinges. It has been a complete nightmare without it. It's funny to see Mick, our B try to fit through the rungs of the railing. His shoulders are so broad he can't fit anymore. That's what happens when puppies grow up :(

    Val McNichols & Mick & Shilagh Doe the <u>Irish</u> Basenjis

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  • S

    Thankfully, my 2 are good behind the babygates, but we only use them when we have dinner company or small kids over.

    Sharron Hurlbut

    BRAT, basenji rescue

    Evergreen basenji club

    Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue

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  • B

    Kayah was climbing the baby gates after a week. She was 10 weeks old at the time. She does have the run of the house when we are home however we just keep the doors shut of the rooms we don't want her going into unsupervised. We try to keep anything picked up off of the floor in our bedrooms that we don't want her getting at. We do have a crate but she's only in it when we aren't home or if I'm trying to do something that I don't want her getting into. It's funny to watch them climb those baby gates. I'm sure they would have no problem scaling a chain link fence either.

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  • WooflessW

    I bought the "tall" baby gate (wire mesh, wood frame) as well…..

    Tana clears it with room to spare.....I swear she is made of springs and rubber.....so I just bought another one and put it above that one, effectively sealing off the doorway.

    That kept her in, until I thought I might try leaving her beind the gate while I went out for a few hours. She is a mill rescue, HATES her crate & occasionally has a tinkle when I leave her alone....so I thought, "Hm, maybe a baby gate". AND I thought I'd be smart, cover my bases, and spray the thing down with Bitter Apple.

    No dice. Unfortunately since they design the gates primarily for babies and use that basis to decide which "wire" to use, they aren't allowing for the possibility that an infant human will attempt to chew through the wire. :)

    When I came home 4 hours later there was a Tana on my couch watching Harry Potter, and a Tana-sized hole chewed through the wire on the baby gate. Evidently Bitter Apple doesn't sway her one bit. At least she didn't tinkle the floor though :)

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  • L

    So far my gate is still working. We don't ever step over the top though, I'm hoping Moses doesn't try to go over the top if he doesn't see us do it? He does try and throw his weight at the area thats latched to break thru :) Lets hope he does figure it out, he's still just a puppy.

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