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Crate training a puppy? (and other questions)
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OGroteKoning
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This seems cruel!!
Clean up after the pup for a couple of months. We let ours sleep in the bathroom for the first couple of months - had newspaper scattered around his bed. He never did his business in the bed, but did it on the newspaper. We redused the spread of the newspaper as time got by and after a couple of weeks, he only did his business on the newspaper area. Then after a while he could keep it in till morning when we let hime out.
Clean up after the pup for a couple of months. We let ours sleep in the bathroom for the first couple of months - had newspaper scattered around his bed. He never did his business in the bed, but did it on the newspaper. We redused the spread of the newspaper as time got by and after a couple of weeks, he only did his business on the newspaper area. Then after a while he could keep it in till morning when we let hime out.
ichigo
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Never needed to do it here, I just kept them in kitchen with tons of newspaper incase they messed before taking them out.
When I had a litter I kept them outside teaching them to use the grass.
That's how I'm used to doing it but I recently visited my step father and they're doing it with their pup and the dog seems to enjoy the "crate".
Our house is very open plan so finding a suitable space to close off the problem. The bathrooms are a high traffic area and there's no way to close off the kitchen. Everything else apart from the mud room is carpeted and the old dog lives there.
OGroteKoning
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Well obviously you can try the method, but if pup seems to be unhappy, then get some plastic hoarding to hoard off an area at night and do it the old fashioned way
Veroland
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I did it with my Lab and it worked very well. I just put its doggy kennel in my room instead of a crate and made sure she could not get out of it.
My missus just pointed out another room that's tiled and can be cordoned off - my bar.
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My sister crate trained all her dogs. They're all very happy animals and enjoy sleeping in their crates.
Do they still sleep in the crates as adults?
Does you lab still use the crate/kennel?
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Yes.
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How does it seem cruel?
It is not like you lock the pup up and he has to hold it, you don't even have to close the crate. You just have to notice the first few times when the dog leaves the crate and then you have to take him outside. After that he will let you know that he wants to go outside. Or am I missing something here?
It is also very convienient to transport your dog, as you can just zip them up and put them in the car and they will be comfortable with that because it is their "home". It also makes the command peepee easier to teach.
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Veroland
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No, she sleeps on a big pillow next to the bed.
Ok - I'm a little concerned about how big a crate we're going to need for the pup when she's full grown but, if I can convince the missus, I'm thinking I might give this a try.
OMB
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Cesar Millan recommends the OP's approach
this is an excellent book if you've got a new pup
http://www.cesarsway.com/shop/How-to-Raise-the-Perfect-Dog-Paperback
this is an excellent book if you've got a new pup
http://www.cesarsway.com/shop/How-to-Raise-the-Perfect-Dog-Paperback
Thanks. Thus far we've had her locked in the bathroom with a child's safety gate but she's figured out how to climb that so we'll have to think of a new approach. Now that I think of it we may just have an old play pen lying around. . .
Thanks - I'll have a look.
Bone meal - fresh from the spar - good for pups?
Pho3nix
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What do you do for a dog thats 1 year old..Took the puppy when a friend moved but he pee's everywhere. Someone once mentioned a spray can that prevents dogs from pee'ing on the same area, anyone got the name?
We bought something called Pee-Off but it doesnt seem to help - lots of floor space = lots of different areas to . . . well you get the picture.
We crate trained our Jack Russel.
We used a box similar to this:
She sleeps in our bed, but she uses the decrepit old crate for everything else, eating in and during the day (and to hide from the bigger dogs). I only ever closed her inside the box in her first year and then only a few times. Now she will go to her box and stay there until I call her again.
I tried to throw the crate away since its broken and basically junk now since its 10 years old. I bought her a new one and put it where her crate sits and put the old one on top of the dustbin.
I cam out an hour or so later to find her sitting ontop of the two halves of her box ontop of the dustbin. I took her off and she jumped right back on. That evening she refused to come inside.
The message was clear and we still have the decrepit old box.
We used a box similar to this:
She sleeps in our bed, but she uses the decrepit old crate for everything else, eating in and during the day (and to hide from the bigger dogs). I only ever closed her inside the box in her first year and then only a few times. Now she will go to her box and stay there until I call her again.
I tried to throw the crate away since its broken and basically junk now since its 10 years old. I bought her a new one and put it where her crate sits and put the old one on top of the dustbin.
I cam out an hour or so later to find her sitting ontop of the two halves of her box ontop of the dustbin. I took her off and she jumped right back on. That evening she refused to come inside.
The message was clear and we still have the decrepit old box.