Behavior Modification

Behavior Modification: Chapter XXVI

Schuster is adapting to the household, though he still prefers the company of other dogs, especially Dexter, to people.  All things considered, that is probably sound.

We have to crate Schuster "overnight," as the meteorologists say, since he is very quick and quite destructive.  Everything on the floor is at risk: magazines, books, electrical cords, etc.  He hits a room like a cyclone, with equal destructive power, if we do not watch him.  We have the "crate" in the bedroom now next to Dexter's bed, which seems to keep Schuster quiet, at least.  When we had the crate in the kitchen he howled and carried on something fierce.  He sounded like a caged demon, not that I really know how caged demons sound.  But it was fierce.  So, he won; mostly.  Five of us are in the bedroom (three dogs and two people), the cat is in the laundry room (our choice), and the Little Master, Simon, chooses to sleep on the sofa, under covers and pillows, in the living room by himself.