Oh boy! I'm sure I'm in for an interesting journey with my little guy. Tomorrow is "Doodle Day" so I'm trying my puppy-proof my place tonight before he comes over. Harassing my cat ought to keep him busy, at least for a little while.
Catherine --- In [email protected], "Shannon Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HI Cat, > > We have a 7-month old doodle who we still leave in the crate when we're not > home. She sleeps next to our bed at night, but still manages to destroy > things if left alone for too long! We're sticking with the crate until she > stops chewing up papers and toys! > > Cheers, > Shannon > > _____ > > From: cat_clay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [labradoodles] Re: Hi everyone, I'm new > > > > I'm about to be the parent of a 5-month old doodle who will come to > me with his own crate. I understand he's "doing very well" with the > crate training but at what point can you leave them out of the > crate? How do I ease him out of it? Obviously, I don't want my > little guy living his life in a crate while I'm at work! Your advice > is much appreciated. > > --- In labradoodles@ <mailto:labradoodles%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com, Jonathan Schechter > <jpschechter@> wrote: > > > > Crate training is definitely the way to go...we found that by > being extra diligent during the day...taking our 9 week-old (when we > got him) doodle out about every 2 hours during the day and praising > him along with a treat, worked very well. He was fully housebroken > in 3 weeks...had one "accident" when we took him to our mountain > house that I believe was altitude related (notoriously known to > affect GI tracts of dogs and humans) and that was it. They are a > smart breed and will learn quickly. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Emily <ebuechler@> > > To: labradoodles@ <mailto:labradoodles%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:57:08 AM > > Subject: [labradoodles] Hi everyone, I'm new > > > > > > My name is Emily and my husband is Tim. We are from Ohio and just > > added an adorable 14 week chocolate labradoodle to our growing > list of > > animals. (We also have a Maltese and a Terrier mix). We named him > > Dierks Bentley (for obvious reasons to all you country music fans) > and > > he is a DOLL. > > > > We are crate training him, housebreaking is going slow but not > tooo > > bad, definetly not as bad as with my Maltese! > > > > Hope to get to know everyone here and get some training advice. > > > > I will try to post a picture in the photos section! > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
