Talk:Eurasier
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Hello Elf, thank you for the good work you are doing.
Just one important point for the readers concerning yards, kennels, crates, chained up: "some of the time" is NOT for Eurasiers. A well-behaved Eurasier will do fine IN his home, that's the place he should be. Latest after around 5 hours, an adult Eurasier should get the chance for a walk, romp or some exercise outdoors. Puppies should gradually be introduced to staying alone from time to time, starting off with very short periods like maybe one to five minutes.
Another question: The German article about the Eurasier in Wikipedia has photos on the commons section. Is it possible to use these in the English article, too? Thank you!
- I disagree strongly about "some of the time". All dogs need to know how to be comfortable alone in the yard or in a crate or pen or fastened quietly in one spot. I'm not talking about in a crate for 10 hours or out in the yard overnight while you sleep inside, but as a temporary expediency. And to be able to do it occasionally when it's really needed, you need to work with them from the day 1 (as with any dog) to be comfortable and content without you in their immediate sight, so they have to encounter the confinement and separation as often as possible. As examples, if you have workers or guests in the house and you don't want a dog in the vicinity, they need to be comfortable somewhere else--in a crate or out in the yard. If you're off doing any number of things in the world with your dog, you need to be able to leave them in a safe place like a crate when you're not immediately interacting with them. As puppies, you need to be able to keep them restrained as they learn to become "well-behaved"--I'd never leave a puppy of any breed unsupervised roaming alone through the house for many reasons. No dog of ANY kind should be kept most of the time either confined or away from its family; that's not specific to Eurasiers. My dogs are around me all the time. We travel all over together. They sleep on my bed (except for my new dog who's quite happy sleeping in a crate next to the bed and maybe someday I can have my bed to myself again). But they all also know how to behave in a crate, will lie down and nap there, will be out in the yard unsupervised and without me when I need them to be. A dog who has to be with you at all times and can't be confined is not a well-trained dog. I don't care what breed it is. OK, end of soap box.
- Commons photos: yes, if they're on wikimedia commons, you can include them in articles in exactly the same way that you include images that are loaded on wikipedia. The software's clever enough to find it. Elf | Talk 16:35, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
Hello Elf, could you please include the photos? Concerning staying alone (Yes) and confinements (No): Of course a Eurasier should learn to stay a while on its own and somewhere, if necessary. If I have workers in the house and it would get too dangerous for my dogs, I will have my Eurasiers in another room, where they have space to walk around. And a part time job should also not be a problem, during which a Eurasier will stay in his home. Of course, you have to gradually introduce this staying alone to a puppy and supervise it during this stage. In Germany, we try to find such families for Eurasier puppies that have this necessary time especially during the very first, most important weeks. You have a point with travelling or a stay at a vet, in which case getting even a Eurasier used to a larger crate would be necessary. In many other cases they do not need such a confinement, as this breed is generally very calm and non-destructive. At our Eurasier meetings in Germany we usually have many, many Eurasiers of all ages. Lateron some of them will come along into a specially chosen, dog-friendly restaurant, unleashed, and our Eurasiers then prefer to lie under the table or near their owner ... or they will stay all on their own in the hotel room or in the car, no further confinements are necessary. This is IN the breed, and can easily be promoted with positive reinforcement in the puppy.
