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Originally Posted by T Doll  Although I completely agree with your post (as well as yorkie_mama22's post), the crate part seems to be confusing me a little. When you crate train/house break them, aren't they supposed to spend most of their time in their crate? I've read/heard that you only take them out to eat/drink, go potty, and let them out for short periods of time for play/breaks. I've also heard that you should crate your dog whenever you can't keep a close eye on him (like when you're cooking/showering/etc.)
I guess what I'm trying to get at here, is why does it seem like the OP's dog spends too much time a crate, when all of the crate training/house breaking methods teach you to keep your dog crated most of the time?
BTW, I orginally planned to crate train Mocha for potty training purposes, but I gave up on it because I didn't like putting him in his crate for such long periods of time (not to mention, he was also a shrieker!). So this question doesn't really apply to me, but it did spark my curiosity  |
I didn't crate train Tobie either so I can't answer your question. However, the OP's Yorkie is 7 or 8 months old now (according to another one of her posts he was 10 weeks old when she got him and she said she has had him for 4 or 5 months old now) and she is still crate training him? sooo 4 or 5 months spending most of his time in the crate... isn't that a bit much?
Again, I'm not a crate training expert and I didn't use the method so I don't know. That's just my opinion.