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In reply to the discussion: Dog - crate - sorry it's in GD but I need some advise [View all]UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)16. I was gone 12 hours a day so I made her a little 'apartment' in my kitchen. I had her crate,
her food and water and of course the pee area. My dog was too young to hold it that long so I had to go that route. Around the house I had her on a leash attached to something in the room I was in or attached to me so I could catch her in the act and of course just keep an eye on her....the worst thing you can do is give an untrained dog free run of the house.
For nighttime I set up a gate in my room (next to my bed of course) to mimic a crate and that's where she slept in the beginning and until house trained. Those gates are priceless. Ferret gates have come in very handy through the years.
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I have never had a crate for a dog. I have 4 cats now, but I had dogs in the past. I've
tblue37
Dec 2019
#30
Well...if you got a tall dog gate, one you could secure...you could put doggie in a laundry room/
Karadeniz
Dec 2019
#10
I was gone 12 hours a day so I made her a little 'apartment' in my kitchen. I had her crate,
UniteFightBack
Dec 2019
#16
Why must he be crated while you are gone? Dog-proof an area and put doggy wee wee pads down.
emmaverybo
Dec 2019
#27
Puppies though should not be more than 3-4 hours in the crate because their bladders
emmaverybo
Dec 2019
#37