 crate training schedule
hi all - i'm fairly new to this site but i have a 17 week old yorkie puppy named elvis. he is a handful and we are currently crate training him so he learns to use the bathrooom outside. he has not had an accident in over a week and i'm so proud b/c we are finally learning his "cues" when he needs to go to the restroom!!!
anyway, my question is both my husband and i work full time (8 to 5). we come home for lunch to let him run around, feed him, and use the restroom. i walk him in the morning and sometimes at night too and after work, i try to let him be outside of the crate as much as possible (unless i can't closely supervise him). he sleeps in his crate at night too.
for those who work during the day, do you keep them on the same crate schedule on the weekends? we have been crating him some on the weekends, i feel like he spends too much time in the crate already, but if he is out all the time he gets into so much trouble and wants to get into everything around the den area we keep him in. any thoughts? |