First off I would wait to get the puppy with it's at least 12 weeks old. Then I'd make sure I had at least two weeks off from work to spend getting it use to his new home and to bond with. I'd never leave a young puppy alone for more than 3 hours at a time. You need to get the puppy house trained, and crateing the puppy for long periods of time will not be healthy if it tried to hold it's pee and poo, and so it would have to use it's crate, which in turn creates a bad habit. Can you buy an expen and attach it to the front of a wire crate. Have thick bedding inside and a blanket covering the crate. Attach a water bottle to the pen and have a wee-wee pad at the oposite end of the crate. Take the puppy outside every hour to run, play and potty for at least 15 minutes at a time. Have someone come over every hour to let the puppy out to run around and potty. A bored puppy will become a barker, a chewer, a destructive dog, a fearful dog and one that has seperation anxiety. Feed the puppy a little bit four times a day. This way the puppy will poo about two to three times a day and generally the same time each day.
Make a Vet. appointment for the day after you expect to pick it up to have it checked out. |