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Posted : 8/15/2006 6:43:07 AM

I think puppy proofing is much harder than baby proofing. With human babies you don't often have to remove the diningroom chairs and table to keep the legs from being eaten![

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Please DO NOT leave your dogs home alone and unsupervised with bones. Too dangerous.

sherry DIckman

Posted : 8/15/2006 6:50:22 AM

It sounds like you got your answer to your problem. I myself am having trouble training my 5 1/2 month english springer we "rescued" from, what I call a professional "puppy mill" breeder." Anyway, in the past we have had really good lucky by placing a sheet NOT over the whole cage, but fold it in 4th and drape (I also have cut them) over the crate so that the dog cannot see you completely when you walk in. So, basically you are just covering the first 1/2 of their door and about 8 inches on the side. This has always worked to keep our dogs calm and they haven't peed when they have seen me. We have always made sure that their air "flow" was never blocked. We use a fan gently aimed "near, not on" the crate to be sure.

Good luck.

Sherry

Debbie R

Posted : 8/15/2006 6:25:32 PM

I think puppy proofing is much harder than baby proofing. With human babies you don't often have to remove the diningroom chairs and table to keep the legs from being eaten!

Please DO NOT leave your dogs home alone and unsupervised with bones. Too dangerous.

I really agree w/ glenda on this. You need to leave a kong and, maybe leave the tv or radio on.

Melaney B.

Posted : 8/21/2006 6:11:56 PM

ORIGINAL: Edie

Why dont you try leaving him out while you go to work? Without the stress of being confined to a cage he may not feel the need to pee.You wont know until you try. If he's fine all night uncaged then the peeing points to being caged IMO.

The only time i ever used my crate was at night when i went to bed and my puppers were always right next to me(next to the bed).During the day when i went to work they were confined to the tiled kitchen,family room area.Being in the crate all night was long enough,without subjecting them to it all day too.This IMHO would almost gurantee a stressed out,unhappy dog [&:]

This is just like letting the dog win! If you want him/her to be crate trained, you can't just give up! Besides, being in a comfined place makes a young pup feel safe inside.

Edie

Posted : 8/21/2006 7:07:31 PM

This is just like letting the dog win!

What are you talking about? Whats the dog winning at? Dogs dont think "ah ah i won that one".I really dont understand your point.
Crating a dog all night,and then again all day is not a winning position IMHO [8|]

Melaney B.

Posted : 8/22/2006 10:08:37 PM

I just used that as a figure of speech i guess, of course the dog doesn't know it "won" and that it this a "game" it is playing with it's master. i was just getting to the point that if you want to crate trwin, you should stick to it because i know that there is a lot of sucessful train trainer here and i was hoping this person could be one of them.

sorry about the misunderstanding, Edie! [

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