Good advice. I know my Mom still crates her beagle who actually seems to go to her "room" happily most times. I suppose I'll have to do some midday visits with him for a while. It's been a long time since I've had a puppy so I'm going to have to relearn a few tricks of my own! Thanks for replying.
Catherine --- In [email protected], Janet Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When Amy was a pup, we eased her out of the crate with a slightly > larger "crate" -- anytime we weren't directly supervising her, she > was in the kitchen with a baby gate across the doorway. When she was > accident-free in the kitchen, which didn't take too long, we started > letting her out into the rest of the house for longer periods of time. > > The hardest part was teaching her not to climb over the baby gate, > but a combination of the canful of pennies trick and just telling her > "no" whenever she got too close to it worked eventually. Eleven years > later, she still won't climb or jump over any kind of gate. > > (That said, I do know people who keep their dogs crated when they're > at work, often with a dogwalker coming in at midday, and it seems to > work fine. Remember, their wolf ancestors would be spending long > periods of time in their cave, tending their pups; the dogs don't > seem to find it onerous to stay crated.) > > Janet > > >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 > ><mailto:labradoodles% 40yahoogroups.com>[email protected], > >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: <mailto:labradoodles% 40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > >> 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! > >> > > > > > > > -- > NOW AVAILABLE! "Play Piercing," by Deborah Addington (author of "A > Hand in the Bush" and "Fantasy Made Flesh). Coming soon to your > favorite leather store, erotic boutique or bookstore, or order today > from http://www.greenerypress.com . > 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/
