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Good luch with your new little one. I had a really great experience with a puppy chiuhuahua recently and plan to do it again when I get my new yorkie girl........I originally used an infant playpen.....(get one at a yard sale or flea market)....gives them a bit more room than a crate...and placed the pee=pee pads at the far end...away from her bed and food. She soon got tired and frustrated with the playpen so I bought a 2 ft high "yard-pen" at Pet-Smart....it is something like 4 ft square on each side.....it is easy to put up and take down.....I put the puppy in the pen with food and water at opposite ends than pee-pee pad. I also bought a heating pad and placed it SAFELY under the padding on her bed and turned it on 'low' and just left it on..SHE LOVED IT!!!!!!!! When I was away from home I put her in the pen....(on UNCARPETED FLOOR) and she would run to her bed and snuggle up. It took NO TIME to train her to the paper. I also kept a pee-pee pad in the living room and she always goes to it...the best luck I have every had in training a puppy. I'm afraid a crate is too small for long periods of time...unless you get a giant crate. I now keep a heating pad turned on low on the couch....she stays out of the pen all the time now and just stays up under that heating pad if not playing or eating.....or snuggling in my lap. (the heating pad is in a fleece dog bed pad with a zipper.) She will go outside if the weather is warm and dry....but really prefers to be in the house. If you have trouble with the puppy "tearing up" the pee-pee pads..Pet-Smart also has a "frame" to put the pad in to avoid puppy ripping / running. GOOD LUCK!!!!! |