>Ours are very rarely home alone. When they are they're just left loose and hang around by themselves. And, IAC, we have no neighbours<g>. I think if you keep them kennelled early on (while you're home as well as out) there's much less likelihood of a problem.

I have been reading training books hoping to learn as much as I can before the fact, but most of them talk only about crate training. Maybe I can apply those same principles to a kennel instead of a crate.