On Anxiety: Oppenheimer vs. the Big Gate by HMX
Today saw the beginning of Oppenheimer’s training. Being in school for another 2 weeks, I decided to tackle the biggest hurdle that could potentially leave us with severely pissed off neighbors: separation anxiety. As he isn’t yet housebroken, we have elected to use the kitchen as a holding area for Oppenheimer during the day due to the nice, easily cleaned, linoleum floors. To keep him in, we’ve purchased a large baby gate capable of spanning the 46″ opening. Standing at 32″ tall, it is a bit of an overkill for our small pup, but there seems to be a linear relationship between height and width: the longer you want the gate, the taller it is going to be. This isn’t much of a problem for me, being over 6′, but for Blythe who stands an impressive 5′, getting over the gate without removing it is a bit of a challenge. (more…)
