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This post was written by Puppy House Trainer on January 1, 2009
leaving puppy at home and house training?
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I don’t think that you should get a puppy yet since you will not be there most of the time and puppy’s will go potty in the house there are just like a baby so I don’t think a puppy is a good idea. sorry.
just crate-train it, and it should be fine
If you could get a neighbor or someone to look in on him/her half way thru the day and let him/her out that would be even better.
My sister is training her Maltese by keeping him in a cage, then let him out when she gets home to go potty. Good Luck!
You could keep it outside if you are not going to be gone long. My friend has a lab and hers peed in the house a lot Well hope i helped
put in the bathtub and give it toys (a buddy) to keep it company. Or wait til you can spend the time required.
For the safety and security of the house still have supervision until they are both of them in the safety and had to roam free they actually feel safer adopted year old.
From D and G Gifts Etc
Posted by Carol
Crate training is the best method. It will make potty training easier and will keep the puppy out of trouble during the day.
Just keep in mind that a puppy that young cannot hold it all day and will probably have accidents.. even in the crate.
If you can get someone to stop in for the first couple of months it would help.
To help keep it from being lonely give the puppy it’s own blanket some toys and something to chew on.
Yeah I am experiencing that myself right now. My daughter got a puppy from her dad for her birthday last week. It is a chiuaha puppy and we (all 5 of us who live in the house) are gone all day. We all work and go to school, and the puppy is home for at least 9 hours a day alone, and is mischievious in the house while we are gone. We try to keep him in her room with paper on the floor and plenty of food and water, and chew toys, but the paper makes your room stink. So unless you can keep the dog in the garage or back yard( which is not a good idea for a puppy, until they are older) getting a puppy right now probably is not a good idea.
I highly recommend grate training the puppy , Cause that will save alot of headahces , from messes and maybe chewing of expensive stuff .. good luck!
From iamthehotguyineveryhotgirlsdream
well it will be lonely no matter what unless someone is home. You should either crate it in a crate or make a fenced off area in you house or backyard so it can’t get out and eat things that may be poisonous or wreck the house. If you do fence it in the yard make sure there is a place it can go under for shade if it gets too hot like a box or dog house. If you fence in the house line the fenced off room or area with news paper. Give it lots of toys and things to chew on while you are gone so it is occupied as much as possible, plaenty of water and food. Good Luck!!!
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I work with a couple dog trainers and they swear by crate training. I thought it was mean at first and refused to try it with my dog and after a few times of cleaning up messes and throwing away my chewed up belongings, I went ahead and bought a crate. My dog never chewed on my stuff again and he was potty trained in 2 weeks. It was the best investment ever. He is 4 years old and still loves his crate. I don’t crate him anymore unless we have strangers in the house (he has anxiety problems), but I leave the door open for him. When he is bored he takes a toy in the crate, or just takes a nap in it. It is the only area of the house that is truly HIS, so he absolutely loves it. Even my cats sleep in it.
When you are getting your puppy used to the crate, don’t let her out of she starts crying because she will actually have YOU trained then. Wait until she is calm and quiet, reward her by taking her out and lead her directly outside to potty. I had 10 hour shifts when my dog was a puppy and I would let him out once in the morning, at lunchtime, when I got home, and once or twice at night. No accidents!
Oh, and about her chewing up stuff while she is out of the crate.. getting a ‘toy box’ with all of her toys will really help. You can train them that anything in the box is hers, anything out of the box is not. Make sure you periodically put all her toys back in the box. If she likes chewing on soft things, get her soft toys. If she likes wood, buy some untreated firewood and let her shred them up outside. My savior toy was the Kong. I would buy lots of different healthy treats and pack them inside, then my dog would take a couple hours trying to get the toys out. It keeps him occupied. Also, if you get a labradoodle, those breeds are retrieving dogs. Make sure you play fetch with her so she is able to get that energy out the way she wants to, otherwise they get built up energy that they have to expend chewing on your stuff
That is a GREAT breed, really smart, and so EASY to train. Good luck!
If you end up adopting the puppy. Make sure you get a dog cage for it. I have a 8-9 month old toy poodle and he tears up carpet and everything. Leaving the dog in the cage for that long will not hurt it. Just make sure you leave plenty of food water and make sure he has a toy or two in there. As puppies usually they tend to get into stuff. That’s what mine does so do that or possibly leave the dog in the bathroom so he doesn’t tear anything up.
Posted by yeyejessi
8 weeks is too young to hold it for that long. A puppy this age should go every hour or two. Crate training alone will not work, since you will not be able to let the pup out often enough to maintain the crate clean.
Now is the time to establish good hygenic habits. Buy a plastic carrier for the puppy, I used a medium size when I got a three month old lab. It should be just big enough for the puppy to stretch out in and turn around in. This will be their house for sleeping. The puppy will always choose to doo outside of this home if possible since they instinctively will not poop where they sleep.
If you can let him out of his house every hour or two two, this is all you need to know. But, since you go to school, you are going to have to let him let himself out during the day… will explain below how.
Dedicate a bathroom to the pup for during the day. Cover the floor in newspaper and place their house in a corner for napping. Leave them during the day in the bathroom. They will have the comfort of their house to sleep in, but will go on the newspaper. The puppy will not be able to hold it for 7 hours until they are at least 5-6 months old.
This is what I did with my puppy. I moved her house (bought a new bigger one for her as she grew) to beside my bed during the night, and then pLAced it in the bathroom during the day.
You need to find someone to let it out a few times a day… and crate train.
Are your parents prepared for the grooming requirements as well as the other things that come with owning a puppy?
For shots flea and collars water dishes crates etc dogs are expensivenot to mention they.
For shots flea and poo multiple times day have him bite you ready to be parent.
From Nicole
Posted by gere
You know…as much as you might love the idea of adopting a dog, maybe you should reconsider. It’s a long time…from 8:00 til 3:30…to leave a baby dog at home, alone. Even if it was trained….it is all by itself and I’m sure it would be stressed. It would be different if one of your parents were at home all day. I think that pets…just like people, need some company.
gere