 Crating Later in Life?
Has anyone had Yorkies that were given run of the house and then gone to crating them? My dogs were all very well housetrained and then a serious of events seems to have made them ALL lose their minds. My DH passed and I know the dogs all grieve as we do -- that seemed to be when they started having accidents. My old gal (17 year old dachshund) just cannot help herself and goes where ever she may be. That has sent a signal to the rest that it is now okay to forget their training. Top that off with the fact I kept a male from last litter and now that has made my adult male start marking all over.
I do not want to ruin the grout in my ceramic floors. I am sick of my house smelling that is why I am ripping out perfectly good carpet (other than the pee stains), While they are tiling, I am keeping them all in the laundry room/bathroom and they are going crazy. They have lots of room in there but they want to be with me every second of the day. I would like to let them out only when I am with them and can watch for bad behavior and then crate them or keep them in the laundry room when I am gone. Has that ever worked for anyone after their dogs had free roam rights? Do they ever get used toit and stop the pitiful crying & barking? I don't know if I can take that. Poor things! That is why they never crate trained in the first place. I had no will when it came to hearing them cry. I may get aggravated at them, but I love every one of them. |