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Originally Posted by Kirby  I talked to the breeder and she uses a 24" x 18" wire crate with a pull-out pan for easy cleaning. She puts a wee wee pad in there along with the food in a stainless steel bowl that attaches to the crate, towels for snuggling, a toy, and a doggie water bottle. I plan to use this instead of a play pen since that's what the puppy is use to using. She did warn me that the puppy will more than likely shred the wee wee pad. That will be interesting. I've read here that a crate can be used for the Yorkies safe haven and for keeping the puppy in to keep her out of trouble. I'm looking forward to it. |
A dog instinctively keeps his/her den CLEAN, I have read that putting a pee pad in their crate teaches them it's OK to dirty in their den/Crate. I used a childs gated xpen, inside I put her small crate with the door open, water bowl, food bowl, a pee pad a few steps across from her crate. I did this same setup at night but had the pen close to my bed. Once she could hold it all night, she started sleeping in her crate without the pen or pee pad.
She is now potty trained to go on pad or outside
I also did what you gals are doing, brought the puppy home surprising my hubby, he loves all 3
