yeah, first three or four weeks, its whimpering at night, his crate was DIRECTLY next to my side of the bed, and i would "shhhhh" him to sleep, and talk to him, and really made him feel like he was ok, and not in trouble, i even got in it with him, put his toys in there... etc....
EXPECT: 1. mistakes in the crate (For at LEAST 4-6 weeks) 2. two or three hours of sleep at most during the night (he should get up and go pee that often) 3. a good period where he does well with it, then a bad period where its a game to NOT go into it. 4. excellent results, and a VERY happy life with him, it sucks at first, but TRUST ME dog, it gets better. DO NOT EXPECT: 1. perfection off the bat 2. him to like it 100% 3. no mistakes during the night (i woke up 3 or 4 times to an absolute brown painted mess :( and he then wore it on his nose for a short while) 4. to regret this, it works tw On 7/6/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The hardest part of crate training is NOT the cleaning up of the > "accidents" or trying to get them to go in there (they are naturally > drawn to cave-like dwellings), it is listening to them whimpering in > there at night, IMHO. You just feel so bad, you want them to come and > snuggle up with you, but you know you have to persevere... > > I let Libby up on our bed once. Just once. At 4AM, I woke up soaked > and had to get up to clean the comforter, sheets, etc. I learned my > lesson that night....and the rest of the day, while I cleaned the > mattress like a madman. > > Crate training is easy as long as you're consistent, and like Erika > said, never make it a bad place. > > I just free cycled her last crate that I hadn't used in years. > > Ray > > Tony Weeg wrote: > > nice. > > > > have you crate trained one before? or is this your first attempt? > > > > tw > > > > On 7/6/05, Michael T. Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>From: Tony Weeg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>good luck michael. > >>> > >>>time and patience are all it takes to make crate training work. > >>>my pit is the most potty trained dog i have ever owned, first > >>>and only that i crate trained, and now he can hold both #1 > >>>and #2 for well over > >>>12-14 hours! > >>> > >>>we started small, $50 crate, then as he grew, moved him up to > >>>a folding large one... that stores VERY nicely, and now he > >>>doesnt need it. > >> > >>Yeah, we will get the one that will fit him when he is full grown and use a > >>divider..... Petco has them on sale so I am going to grab one along with > >>some puppy toys, etc... based on the breeders recommendations.. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163145 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
