Train the puppy to behave OUTSIDE a crate!--sm
Posted By: nn on 2007-02-23
In Reply to: I need advice for crate training 10 week old puppy. Help! - Lori
you and the puppy will be much happier. How would you like to be stuck inside a crate all day??!!! JMO
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I need advice for crate training 10 week old puppy. Help!
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Yes, I have had a cat behave that way.
I don't want to frighten you. My sweet old cat was 20 years old, and unfortunately, she behaved the way you've described for about a month before she died. She would cry out, not as if in pain but more to announce that she was around. She would also sort of wander around the house, and I'd find her in places that were odd for her. She normally had a couple of favorite spots for lots of napping. She had a good appetite, though, until just a few days before she died. One morning, she just laid down, seemed to doze off and didn't wake up. She did live a long and healthy life, though.
If you feel uneasy, take her to the vet just to be sure she's o.k.
dog won't behave, can't read either ??!!
your post made me laugh out loud - he even ate the packet that said "DO NOT EAT" !!
BF has same problem with Rott/Husky mix, darn dog is too smart for his own good. Very well behaved when we are home, but when left alone barks endlessly, chews furniture, DVDs etc. Tried using nylon muzzle for 3 days,(please no flaming - I hated this idea), the dog hated this but began to behave afterwards. He really learned cause and effect.
that's how all husbands should behave..nm
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potty train
My older son, we let him in the house all day naked. He hated to be naked and that did the trick. Now, i am try to train my almost 3 year old. He uses the potty alot but it not consistent. We put on big boy underwear and he seems more aware not to go in his pants but we still have accidents. We set the timer every hour and have him go. If he is outside playing though an accident. We got him one of those little seats to put on the big potty. I never used a potty chair (as i wasn't going to clean it LOL). My daughter was alot eaiser, actually i had her doing #2 on the potty before #1, very strange I know. I also use bribery. Candy is a good thing when potty training. I know my almost 3 year old does not seem all that ready and more immature than my older boy was at this age but still have to try. He will go when he wants to and hops on the potty himself at times during the day its just the consistency that gets me. Good LUck to both of us, LOL! Please feel free to email me directly if you wish.
train of thought
No, it means if you say you will never buy a lotto ticket again....you will
How do you leash train a dog?
Okay, I have a boxer who is a little over a year old now. She is a wonderful dog, loves my kids, playful. We love her to pieces. However, whenever I try to take for a walk with me she about dislocates my shoulder and strangles herself to death. I try to reign her in and I've switched to using a shorter leash to keep her closer to me, but she still will stretch the leash as far as she can go and rip my arm off in the process. I say "NO" and scold her, but it doesn't deter her.
Thing is, whenever I pick up her leash, she's so excited and starts jumping cause she knows we are going for a ride in the car and a walk around the lake. She loves the leash and going on walks, but by the time the walk is over I am totally exhausted.
So what should I do to train her? She is very rambunctious and full of live which is one of the things we love about her, but sometimes we just have trouble handling her. A neighbor suggested obedience school because not only do I have trouble with the leash, but she's constantly chasing cats, my cats included, and she's too rough. She is just wanting to play, but she's just too rough. She also gets a little rough with my little girl, who is 8. She loves my daughter to death, they are best friends, but she will jump up on my daughter to love on her and basically almost knock her down with her weight. All my daughter's friends are afraid of her because she's always jumping on them and trying to be playful and it scares them.
She doesn't have a mean bone in her body. She just will pummel you to death trying to give you some love!
Bad idea to drive to NYC - take a train
once you get there - it costs a fortune to park and traffic is bumper to bumper!
my husband sounded like a train.
My nights were horrible. He snored, stopped breathing, and leg jerks all nigh. His doctor put him in a sleep clinic and he was diagnosed with sleep apnea. Now he uses a bipap machine with a mask. Not the most romantic look, but we both sleep great now with only the hummm of the machine. Have him checked.
Depends on the dog, some train faster than others - sm
I have had a few huskies over the years and found they took longer to train. My last one trained really quickly, less than a month I think, but the key in her learning fast was we had 2 other housebroken dogs. My DH said dogs learn from each other, and will watch what the other does. Makes sense to me and she trained a lot faster than my previous husky. We got a puppy lab back in 02/2004. She too trained fast (2-3 weeks) as we had my old husky and another dog at the time, again I really think she learned from the other dogs. I would not use the pads at all though. I used to work at PetsMart years (PT to supplement my FT job) though they sell them, etc. it really is not adviseable having the pads. It teachs the dog to go inside basically, has a scent that is supposed to attract the dog to them thereby helping avoid accidents on your carpet/floor. You have to take the dog outside first thing in the morning,last thing at night, and probably every 2 hours during the day until she gets the idea that if she has to pee she needs to go outside to do so. Do not rely on her to tell you at this point. My dogs, male and female, both pee 100 x when walking (seems that way, probably more like 5-6x), like to spread that scent around. Maybe walk a bit slower, stand about some more and maybe she will figure out she needs to pee while standing still and not on the run. Keep it consistent. I know what a pain it is to do this, have done it 3 times myself so far and will be doing it again in a year as my DH promised my daughter she could get a dog when she is 10 (in a year).
Zoey pulled, great for that, Britney has been a train wreck for
some time. I am glad her sister's show got cancelled. She supposedly is looked up to by these little teeners, not good. I have read there are money problems for the mother, good about that too, she has lived off both her daughters, let them get a regular job. Britney has been spinning out of control for at least over a year and hopefully someone will have her committed. If you or I, and not answering the courts with their demands for parenting clases, drug checks, depositions, etc. we would have already been jailed. It is no different with her. The mother is accountable probably for her sister's pregnancy, heard she let the boyfriend live with them, just trailer trash all of them.
Why not use a crate so he
can sleep in the house near his humans. 
crate
I was thinking about that. Because I hate to leave him because I am scared to see what he will have tore up when I come home. That is a good idea for company too because a lot of times he will growl at people he don't know. I used to put him in the extra bedroom until he tore the door up.
Sounds like you crate her a bit too much - sm
you also probably should not be covering the crate up so she cannot see. Visibility is a big issue with a dog. They need to see all around, sounds like you have one that is more of an enclosure with just door with visibility, not a good choice for a home crate. They should only be in a crate for 3-4 hours at at time. If you do not want the dog to have run of the house at night confine her in a room, not a crate. We use a baby gate and confine our 2 dogs in the dining room and utility room which are connected, so they have plenty of space to prowl around in. The one cannot be out in the house because it would kill our cat, the other one is fine, but still we keep them together. We have crates but I only use them for travel. Look up Matthew Margolis, he is a trainer with a newspaper column. Good luck.
Cleaning egg crate
Help! I just moved into a partially furnished mobile home. The bed has an egg crate topper on it. It has not been used for a long time - the place has been empty, on the market for long while. The previous tenant had a cat and I'm still cleaning up pet hair, including a ton of it on the bedskirt.
Anyway, the egg crate is very dusty - down in its valleys, but still in good shape, not shredding or anything. Is there anyway I can clean this thing? I thought about vacuuming it, but it would take hours because each little thing would have to be done separately. It is queen size and will not fit in the washer, but I might be able to launder it in the bathtub, then stand it upright and let it dry.
I bought a new mattress topper, but I would like to reuse/recycle this egg crate - packing material, maybe a couple of chair cushions, etc., - but it would need to be cleaned first.
Any ideas? Thanks.
How about crate training?
I have 3 dobies that I crate when they can't be trusted to obey the rules.
Agree he needs crate. He could eat something that
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I never have used a crate in the 20 yrs of pet owning. Seemed like jail.
Take them out after each meal. Wait until they poop and applaud with joy, go immediately back into house. Take them out before sleep and first thing in morning to pee, afterwards cheer with glee. If you know what is going in, you can expect what will come out.
That is my experience.
Crates in my mind are used to spare the owner of an high energy dog. Walks will cure that. Long walks.
If no one is home all day, get up early and take him for a 30-45 minute walk and he will sleep all day awaiting your return.
Crate training is great when done right....sm
I had my dog completely potty trained before she was 12 weeks ago by using a crate and have known others to have the same success. The secret is this. Keep the puppy in the crate except for the times you take him outside to pee or to play with him. He'll learn that the crate is home and he'll not want to pee/dribble/poop etc. in it. Be sure you're taking him out every 2-3 hours during the day so he builds confidence that you'll take him out to go do his "business" then start weaning him back from there. Be sure to praise him each time he does his "business" outside and when you bring him back in, put him in his crate.
If the problem continues then have the vet check him to make sure there's not a problem with his system. More than likely it's just puppy excitedness!
Good luck with your new puppy. Also when he gets to the stage that he wants to eat your house up buy some bitter apple and spray it on your furniture. It has a scent in it that dogs don't like but you don't smell it. It also works in the yard if he starts digging.
Sounds like Bear needs a crate so you
don't come home to a destroyed house LOL. My dogs love their crates. How was the first day for you?
Originally it was for crate-training - (sm)
one of my cats who is averse to using her litterbox. In the meantime, my other cat decided this would do very nicely as her own, personal little 'condo', so she took it over. She likes it because everything is right there: Food, bed, water, & litterbox. Not to mention a great view of my birdbath outside! ;)
Dogs are denning animals. THey see crate as their den,
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Vari kennel crate if you can afford sm
Used this instead of wire, chew toys, water cup on front gate, they grow to love it as their "home" and you will wonder why you didn't buy one before, it more than pays for itself and you don't have to worry while away. I had several dogs who did hundreds of dollars worth of damage. I did not know about crating. Used sour apple spray for one dog, another like it! Talk to the pet supply store and look for ads, trainers buy crates up fast in the paper, I drove 100 mi. round trip for my Vari Kennel, plastic with wire front gate, not as ugly as the wire ones. If it's too big, put a cardboard separator until the dog gets bigger, then the bigger, the better they like it. They feel protected and actually want to go in there as time goes on. Good for when you have company who doesn't like animals as well. They also have fancier ones online that look like furniture but expensive.
Crate can be great tool in housebreaking and house
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Repeat after me ... Crate training is a GOOD thing!
Invest in a good crate and use it.
The crate will cost you less than the destruction in the long run. It takes a while for the dogs to get use to it but once they are they are much happier for it.
My Rotts each have their own crates and when we have company or if they just want their own space they will go to their crate and chew on their KONG or a pigear.
Whenever I am going to be gone for any length of time I put up my Rotts and when people come to visit and ESPECIALLY when I have other folks children in my house. Mine dont see it as punishment at all and have gotten to where at night they sleep in their crates with the doors open. Although I do have to say they prefer to have Animal planet showing on their TV in their room when I am gone for any length of time.
Good Luck!!!
Yes - 7 day crate training - works perfectly in one week (sm)
google it - it works great and you dont have to swat them or scold them - they learn in one week and we never had another accident after that!
Lots of teething toys and crate training - sm
Get her a good book or a video on raising a puppy. They chew a lot with puppy teeth. Some breeds chew more than others, I had a husky that chewed a table leg, I have had a lab/shepard mix that basically ate a couch....which we ended up putting the dog in the powder room with a muzzle on during the day. Eventually we were able to unmuzzle the dog, after 2 years or so, as she got older and less destructive. Felt bad doing it but it was the only way not to have her eat the plumbing, baseboards, etc. They are also destructive when they are bored. If she leaves the dog alone constantly it is going to get into mischief. A dog is a bit respponsibility, I hope she is up for it, and if she bails I hope you can take it in.
Puppy eating cat food, cats eating puppy food...
So I have three cats and a five month old puppy.
Cats eat Felidae, Puppy eats Canidae... or at least that is how it is supposed to be.
Both species eat mainly dry, but puppy gets wet at night when she is in "her room" (kitties do not go in puppy's room at night).
I cannot keep kitties out of Candiae and I cannot keep puppy out of Felidae
Can I relax or is this going to hurt either of them?
Advice very much appreciated!
TIA
Puppy ... maybe
The plan was to have just one dog, our Sasha, the nice, healthy, solid white rescued Siberian husky. She has been enjoying being treated like a queen for the last week, even though one night she did start acting oddly, sniffing surfaces, as if searching the house for any sign of Misha. Though she knows perfectly well because I let her smell Misha's collar and told her she was gone. I could tell she knew what I meant.
But I couldn't help looking at rescues and SPCA and even a nearby breeder who has had Siberians who won best of breed at Westmister. It wasn't just me who was filling out applications ... DH did it too. And he heard from a Siberian rescuer in West Virginia who had a call from a lady who needs to rehome her 7-month-old Siberian puppy because she was forced to move into an apartment, and it's not good for the puppy. And she is beautiful! Her face is open and Kodiak-bear like, just like Misha's was. And if I get her I'm going to carry her everywhere as long as I can ... because she's still a little bit puppy at 7 months, and they grow up so fast.
your puppy
If you Google home-made dog foods, there are lots of recipes you can try that might be gentle on his stomach. Being a puppy, he is probably sensitive to a lot of additives. Good luck, I hope you find something gentle that he can digest until he gets a bit older.
We have a new puppy!! sm
We got the sweetest little puppy this weekend! We were going to just foster her until she got a little bigger and stronger, but she is doing so well in the first two days with us..and all the other dogs like her..so we decided to keep her. She is a baby basset hound. She was the runt out of 13 and only weighs 2 pounds at eight weeks old. All of her brothers and sisters got homes and she was left behind. She quit eating and drinking and just cried all the time. We brought her home and she has been eating and drinking and her little tail never quits wagging. Sure makes ya feel good to see her thriving now after just two days!! We now have a cat, a mutt, a cocker spaniel, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, and now her. They are all doing well together and nobody is being mean to her..so keep your fingers crossed! All of our animals are boys and this little one is a girl. The boys are fixed and she will have to get it to when she gets older, so hopefully they can all behave!
Thanks for listening...just had to share!
Got my new puppy!!!
I posted last week about a new puppy to replace my dog that was stolen. Well, I got lucky enough to get a full-blooded pekingese for free! She is 14 weeks old and so sweet...  We named her Remy (all our dogs are named after a brown liquor - my husband's insistence!!!).
She is not too happy with trying to crate break her  and she threw up last night 5 times in my car and twice after I got home (car sick or overate on the new food the lady fed her yesterday), but today things are going good!
Wish me luck with the training...
puppy
YEAH....
Poor Puppy--sm
Wow. I feel so bad for the puppy (I call all doggies puppies no matter what size or age they are). I did not realize that pets could get or have SLE. I wish you the best for finding something to control symptoms. give puppy a pet for me too.
Your sweet puppy
I'm so very sorry for your loss. It's so difficult to loose someone we love. Have you ever heard of the site, I believe it's called Rainbow's Bridge, the place where our beloved pets pass after they've left us? Please visit the site and register your baby....perhaps it will make you feel just a bit better after you do and be sure to read the poem...
update on my puppy
Thanks to all of you, who are concerned. Took her to vets, they gave her a treatment for Coccydia (spelling?) some kind of bacteria in intestinal tract. They squirted something in her mouth that looked like tooth paste. So hopefully this helps. I'm taking her back in a week for a recheck. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. She is 4 months old, so she had her vaccinations for parvo already.
And thanks to everyone for posting the recalled pet food links. I did check out the food that I feed my animals when this first happened and I've been keeping up to date on this. So far none of the foods I feed are on the list. But I'm still a little leery about pet foods. I'm looking into cooking for the dogs. Got a doggie cookbook. Thanks everyone for being so caring!
Puppy mills
Just wanted to relay a story about my friend's dog, who came from a pupy mill. Her name is now Lisel, as my friend is German. She named her after the little girl in the Sound of Music.
Lisel was born in a puppy mill and fortunately for her she was finally adopted by my wonderful German friend, Ute. Ute and Joe are animal loving people and have had everything including many, many dogs, cats, horses, parrot, a goat, etc. Lisel had four homes before Ute adopted her from Daschund Rescue. She is a beautiful Wire-haired Daschund. Resue told Ute that this dog, who was initially named Zoie was a real problem for people and terribly hard to handle. Each time she was adopted it in failure and her return to Rescue.
Ute learned the history of Lisel's birth and life before she ever had a home. She was born in a puppy mill, and even after four homes and then being loved at Daschund Rescue she would literally scream when you approached. her. She was afraid of Ute's legs when they walked, and she would not permit her to go near her ears, neck and head. Hang in there. There is a happy ending.
Ute investigated and learned some of the practices going on such as just yanking them out of their wire crates by the ears and neck, and when they spirit moved them to clean the cages at all the animals were often not removed. The operator of the puppy mill took hoses with much pressure and just sprayed the cage with the dogs still inside. The list goes on and on.
I am happy to say that after almost a year my friend said that Lisel is playing on their beautiful propery in the country, running with her little brother and sister, Willie and Ali (both short-haired Daschund) and chasing bunnies and all kinds of fun things. She said she actually looks like she is smiling. I cried when I met her because I wanted her to love me like Willie and Ali do. Ute and Joe said to be patient, that it would happen eventually. She is a beautiful, wonderful dog who found the pot of gold. Ute and Joe refer to her as their Forever Baby. They did not give up, even though many times Ute would email me and tell me she cried the whole morning after trying to deal with Lisel.
We need our elected officials to start addressing some of these issues when they are running for office. I know some progess is being made, but we need much more. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I cried for joy when I read the last email from my devoted wonderful friends.
God Bless Lisel, Ute and Joe.
Puppy Mills
Puppy mills need to be closed down. But as long as people impulse by from pet stores, puppy mills will flourish.
The AKC should not register any dog from a PM. You know this won't happen as there is money to be made from the mills and also back yard breeders.
Sad thing is, the only ones who get hurt are the dogs and their owners.
Puppy mills
I happened upon this very informative link: http://www.stoppuppymills.org/
and found their videos to be educational and heartbreaking! No animal, not even animals being raised for consumption, should have to live their entire lives in tiny cages producing babies. This is the best reason out there not to buy cats or dogs from pet stores or online ads. If you want a purebred pet, a rescue organization for that breed is the best way to go. If you still want to purchase a pet from a breeder, find one that's registered with the USDA, or through the American Kennel Club or the Cat Fanciers Association.
My cat acts like a puppy (sm)
He destroys toilet paper, paper towels. He goes into the cupboards and drawers and get into chips and bread and whatever else he can munch!
He will also stand in fron the fridge and MEOW!
I am surprised he doesn't bark........lol
puppy mills
A lot of people don't know about this. I didn't know until I got my dogs 8 years ago. I do see a lot of puppy mills getting shut down on Animal Planet, but why the rest of them get to continue is I guess no one reports them. So if anyone knows of these places they should call their local animal control, which is not great, because sometimes they get put down, but to prevent these animals from living a life of horror, locked in a cage forever. I missed the first half of the show, I wish I would have seen it just saw the previews which were horrible enough.
Even the local animal shelters are full of purebreeds because some people just bring them there after the puppy or dog they just paid a lot of money for from the pet store doesn't do what they want or chews something up, etc. Either adopt from the local shelter where the dogs have more than a 50% chance of getting put down, very few get adopted, and the luckier ones are the ones that the rescue groups have already rescued. They have a better chance of staying alive becasue they were rescued. So try the shelters first and then go to Petfinder.com to find the breed you want. The more dogs that get adopted from the shelters,the more room they have to put another one up for adoption.
Also if you have the time, space you can become a foster home for some of these dogs, all the rescue groups need volunteers to take in foster dogs until they can find them a permanent home and get them used to living with a family. There are so many of them in need.
Everybody that adopts an animal is making a difference, one by one, the more the better.
I like the puppy singing . . .
there ain't no bugs on me. I also like the Avis car commercials, the ones where the car goes on about the owner renting a newer car, the car is all hurt and bitter.
me neither, and I'm no puppy (nm=no message)
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Puppy pads. sm
My puppy is now 8 months old but she was pad trained. You can buy an accessory to hold a frame around the pads so the puppy won't chew them up. I think they have a scent to encourage puppy to go there. I have a chihuahua and that works for me; although I do take her out and she has learned it is perfectly fine to go outside too.
Where do you live? I am looking for a lab puppy and
my friend is also looking for a lab. Are they yellow, black, chocolate?
How many boys, girls?
another ... Puppy Pumpkin
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it's a puppy of COURSE it's destructive!
it makes me so sad when people adopt or buy dogs without knowing the responsibility that comes with them. even if she isn't in the "cute puppy stage" anymore. This puppy needs attention, needs exercise, needs play time, and even when those things occur she STILL might be destructive. The puppy needs training (like all dogs). she doesn't need to be on a "run leash" she needs to be taken on a run! i know this is probably better than a shelter, but not much... I have two dogs that i adopted, and they did all those things you mentioned. they are learning and exploring and curious! I did crate my dogs, that is what you have to do when you are not constantly watching them because you cannot discipline a dog AFTER the fact, they do not put two and two together. You have to CATCH them doing it, discipline, and CORRECt. For instance, you catch the pup chewing on the furniture you say NO or whatever to distract them, and then give her a toy she CAN chew on...
Crating is okay. i used to think it was awful, but now that is my dog's little bedrooms. of course you can't keep them in there all the time, please dont... but that is a suggestion for a couple of hours a day...
Puppy gifts
Training pads - and plenty of them!
Get a Poodle Mix Puppy
They don't shed and are so darn cute! I have a Malti-poo, part maltese/part poodle. Cutest, smartest little dog ever! And best of all, no shedding!!
You can't go wrong with a poodle mix. Good luck. I would be lost without my "babies" too.
puppy training
Start inching the pads closer and closer to the door, and eventually place the pads outside so she figures out that outside is where she really needs to be.
The piddling all the time when walking is marking territory - even in girl dogs. She's finding other scents and peeing over them to leave her own scent on it. If you have her spayed I think you'll find that happens less often.
When she has accidents in the house, is there a pattern to the timing of it? Her bladder is small enough that she needs to be either by a pad or taken outside every couple of hours. Do you have an area in the house that you can sort of confine her with baby gates or some such so the carpets are not an issue? Maybe keep her in the kitchen with lots of beds and cushions that are washable until she is old enough to have a little bit better control.
Good luck. I know all about animals doing things where they're not supposed to do them. Clorox Cleanup is my friend!
My new puppy is sick!!!
Okay, everybody, my new puppy that I love so much already has parvo and is in the hospital. She went in yesterday morning. So far, so good. No vomiting and no diarrhea for 41 hours, but they are not wanting me to bring her home.
Can someone tell me if she is not vomiting and has no diarrhea and she is eating, what are they doing for her that I cannot do here at home? I would rather her be here so that I can watch her. If she got sick again, the vet's office is only 1/2 mile from my house - couldn't I run her back real quick (it is a 24-hour manned hospital)?
Anyway, everybody do what you do - say a prayer, send good vibes our way, whatever your choice is! Just wish us back to good health!
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