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Puppy training advice
Hi folks -
Been reading through the threads and appreciate all the great information found here (and definitely don't appreciate the crazies who post incoherent messages :-)). We brought home a new beagle puppy about two weeks ago. She is now 10 weeks old and we love her to death. She has been remarkably well behaved and is training well. I wanted to run by this group what we are doing to housetrain her and get any feedback. Here's the current setup: 1) Sleeps in the crate at night, in our bedroom. We let her out around 9:00p and go to bed around 10-10:30p. Usually around 4:00 or so I can hear her rustling so I take her right outside, she pees and then I put her back in the crate. She sleeps the rest of the night until 6:00 or so when I let her out again. I'm told at three months or so she should be able to make it through the night. Is this accurate? She would have made it through the entire night the other night, if I weren't nervous and insisted she go out. :-) 2) We feed her in the morning and immediately take her out afterwards. Sometimes she does her business, sometimes not. Usually she does, though. 3) When we are home during the day/early evening, we let her stay in the living room with us and we let her out every couple of hours. So far we've only had 1-2 accidents, and it has only been when she has bolted up to the bedroom (where it's carpeted) and she's gone really fast before we could catch her. 4) During the day, while we are at work, we leave her contained within the kitchen. Her crate is there, but open, so she can sleep and then there is a litter box with a piddle pad. She has been using the piddle pad exceptionally well during the day, and has had no accidents outside of that area. Given that we can't not work, we read that the piddle pad/litter box was the best solution for when we can't be with her for extended periods of time. I can't see leaving her in the crate with the door closed for 8-10 hours a day. It seems cruel and she is too little to hold it that long. I'd rather her go in the litter box then on the floor and since she is a small beagle, it's not messy at all. She doesn't really "ask" to go out when we are home we just take her every couple of hours. Will there come a time when she whines at the door and she'll just know to do that? She whines now in the crate when she has to go, which is good. Thoughts on our approach so far? Thanks, --Dan |
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