Puppies only nap off and on. In between napping they need stimulation like walking playing and also to pee. For these reasons, I attached an ex-pen to the front of the crate, making sure the door to the crate was open and secured to the fence so it wouldn't shut. I put a wee-wee pad at the opposite end and a water bottle attached to the fence. I put in a couple of chew toys. I covered the crate with a blanket making it more like a little den. For my first Yorkie, Zada, I had to lay two baby gates over the top of the pen because she would climb out. (This set-up was in the breakfast room on tile floor.) It's just very, very difficult to make a puppy stay in a crate all those hours. |