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Yorkiedaze · 04-12-2007, 09:14 AM

To eliminate bad smells, just clean out the crate and floor with alcohol. I put alcohol in spray bottles and keep under all my sinks to clean sinks, counters an such with. Works to kill germs and bacteria, which cause bad smells.
I also wouldn't keep the puppy in a crate all day. That could lead to some serious kindey and bladder problems.
I would attach an expen to a wire crate, cover the crate with a blanket to make it den like, put a wee-wee pad at one end and attach a water bottle to the pen. Give a couple of chew toys too, and see if you can't find someone to come over to let the puppy outside at noon. Leaving a puppy in any pen for 8 and 9 hours a day without someone to look in on it every so often is so wrong.

04-12-2007, 09:14 AM	#24
Yorkiedaze My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca. Posts: 12,228	To eliminate bad smells, just clean out the crate and floor with alcohol. I put alcohol in spray bottles and keep under all my sinks to clean sinks, counters an such with. Works to kill germs and bacteria, which cause bad smells. I also wouldn't keep the puppy in a crate all day. That could lead to some serious kindey and bladder problems. I would attach an expen to a wire crate, cover the crate with a blanket to make it den like, put a wee-wee pad at one end and attach a water bottle to the pen. Give a couple of chew toys too, and see if you can't find someone to come over to let the puppy outside at noon. Leaving a puppy in any pen for 8 and 9 hours a day without someone to look in on it every so often is so wrong.