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Originally Posted by bettyeanne An alternative that we use for Toto is an X-pen. We never confine her to any of her crates unless absolutely necessary ... if we leave her in the car for a few minutes we zip the door of her portable crate where she can't be seen by people in parking areas. But when we are at home, we never ever crate her. If we have to leave her home [which is rare] we just close the gate to her X-pen which gives her lots of room and has all her comfy things ... wee wee pad, water/food, bed, toys, etc. Even though our home is "puppy proofed" we still can't stand the thought of her having all that freedom and noone there to supervise!  |
Bettyeanne, What you do is exactly what we do for our Schatzie. Play area for dinner nights out with my husband, doggie soft carrier when I run into our dental accounts for my business, or her purse if I know Im going to be in an acct. for awhile and I hide her. (they must think it's just my purse) and I do have a hard sided crate in the house but she hardly ever goes into it. However, she does go into Annabelle's crate and will sleep next to Annabelle for a nap, or take her toys. LOL
Regarding puppy proffing, we even have safety covers on our wall outlets...I guess one can never be too careful right??