Well, we've made it through our first 3 days and things are going well so far! She finally has a name. Her name is
Violet. It just "clicked" when we thought of it! She is a little luvvv girl!
I have a couple of questions - if you would be so kind as to help me. This is my first time ever having a dog, and I apologize if I sound amateur or stupid
1.) Violet is a little over 9 weeks. I work outside of the home 3 days per week and am gone from 7am - 5:30 pm (over 10 hours). Our current arrangement is that I have a very small kitchen that i have gated off, with her papers, food, toys, and her crate is in the adjacent laundry room.
When I leave for work on these days, do I leave her in her crate? Or can I leave her in the gated off kitchen? I'm worried if she doesn't have food/water for that long? I'm attaching a picture of my kitchen and you can see where her crate is, etc...
2.) The past 3 nights, I have put her in her crate at about 11pm. She has made it fine until about 5:30 or 6:00 am -- then she starts crying. I have just been getting up with her, taking her to papers, figuring that was probably enough time in her crate for being only 9 weeks - is this correct?
3.) When I have to do something in the house and can't carry her with me, I put her in our small, gated kitchen area. She has started crying when I put her in there and she cant see me or my daughter. Is it wrong to go in there when she cries --- i.e., are we creating bad habits?
Thank you all SO much in advance! What a tremendous resource you are!!
Cheryl (& Violet)