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How we handled moving to a new house with our dog
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How we handled moving to a new house with our dog

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Haley Young
Oct 08, 2021
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Scout the Australian cattle dog the very first time she visited her new house in Melbourne, Florida

Back in January, Sean and I put in an offer on a house just across town from our apartment — and it got accepted! The next months were a complete whirlwind of waiting for the closing, getting engaged, having the closing moved and almost canceled (let’s not relive that part), getting the keys to start a bunch of renovations, and finally moving in.

Here are the details of how we helped Scout through the stress of the move!

We really did enjoy apartment life

First things first: Apartment life was good for us in many ways. I mean it! We’ve previously talked about how we handled a cattle dog in an apartment in this blog. Here were some positive side effects of starting out that way:

  • All of Scout’s bathroom breaks were on leash. So many built-in opportunities to hone our leash manners!

  • She learned to drag a leash or long line during play without being bothered by it. I’m really happy she can both have fun and relax in any of her gear, and that she doesn’t act differently when naked vs wearing a …

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