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Beagle Pup - leave water dish out?
Hello all,
We are house breaking a new beagle pup and was wondering if we should be leaving water out for him all the time? He tends to drink a lot and go to the bathroom a lot. Unfortunetly we are not home during the day. He stays in our kitchen with his crate open (not crate trained yet). Recommendations? |
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On 19 Jul 2005 12:12:55 -0700, "Scramblur" ,
clicked their heels and said: We are house breaking a new beagle pup and was wondering if we should be leaving water out for him all the time? He tends to drink a lot and go to the bathroom a lot. Water should be available whenever you are home. Unfortunetly we are not home during the day. He stays in our kitchen with his crate open (not crate trained yet). Recommendations? Leave some ice cubes in his bowl during the day, but not water to guzzle. Are you having someone or yourself coming home in the middle of the day (you should - it's only fair)? Crate him next to your bed overnight - no water necessary. -- Janet B www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...bedience/album |
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Unfortunetly at this time, no. My wife hopes to be able to stop home
for about 45 minutes in the middle of the day. We really do feel bad. I know most everyone will say we should not have got a pet if we weren't going to be home during the day. We leave some music on for him. Anything else you can recommend? |
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"Scramblur" wrote in message
oups.com... Unfortunetly at this time, no. My wife hopes to be able to stop home for about 45 minutes in the middle of the day. We really do feel bad. I know most everyone will say we should not have got a pet if we weren't going to be home during the day. We leave some music on for him. Anything else you can recommend? A pet sitter. PLEASE don't leave this baby alone all day. And yes, s/he needs water ALL day. Pick it up when you're ready to put him in the crate for the night only. Of course, this thought process should be known to anyone who owns a new puppy. Please spend some time and money on this pup. Get Puppies for Dummies or Beagles for Dummies from Amazon/used. Good luck. -- ·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Laurie ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· *~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* Aloha!!!!! "There is no remedy for love but to love more"... ~~Henry David Thoreau |
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On 19 Jul 2005 13:34:26 -0700 Scramblur whittled these words:
Unfortunetly at this time, no. My wife hopes to be able to stop home for about 45 minutes in the middle of the day. We really do feel bad. I know most everyone will say we should not have got a pet if we weren't going to be home during the day. We leave some music on for him. Anything else you can recommend? You really need to either have someone come in and take the pup out, or take him to day care. There is more to it than being unfair. You are making the job of housetraining MUCH more difficult. Dogs have surface preferences for relieving themselves. By making it so he must relieve himself indoors on indoor surfaces you are teaching him that as a preference. To change that you need to have him relieve himself outdoors in far greater proportions then he ever does indoors. Ideally he would never relive himself indoors, and while that is a tough goal you can come close to it. At this point I can predict the next inquiry a couple weeks from now. You will be wanting to know why you can take him outside and he wil sniff around but do nothing and then immediately he comes inside he squats. This is what the situation you have set up is teaching him. It isn't a question of getting a pet when you work all day. It is simply a question of properly providing for the pet you get, and choosing the one you can properly provide for. A puppy is not the right choice for your situation unless you are willing to provide for those several visits during the day. Now that you have made the choice it is up to you to consider what that choice means. THe puppy needs the security of being inside the home where it feels protected and can smell its family and is where its family lives instead of being locked out of the home. OTOH the puppy needs to get out several times during the day. Somehow you need to accomplish that or accept the consequence that it may take many more months to ever housetrain the dog. -- Diane Blackman http://dog-play.com/ http://dogplay.com/Shop/dogplayshop.htm |
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On 19 Jul 2005 13:34:26 -0700, "Scramblur" ,
clicked their heels and said: Unfortunetly at this time, no. My wife hopes to be able to stop home for about 45 minutes in the middle of the day. We really do feel bad. I know most everyone will say we should not have got a pet if we weren't going to be home during the day. We leave some music on for him. Anything else you can recommend? HIRE someone to come in the middle of the day, Dog walkers exist everywhere. A radio can't take care of his elimination needs. It's not that you shouldn't have gotten a pet. You should have considered an ADULT dog instead of a puppy. But now you have one, so it's just time to step up to the plate and give him what he needs. -- Janet B www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...bedience/album |
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