I'm asking out of curiosity not to sound rude...I completely agree with your post...but how big is your crate that it can hold a potty area, bed area, eating area, and a sleeping area?
Did you mean play yard?
I have a large and extra large crate here for my small dogs-that's their bed for sleeping at night in my room next to my bed...not their play yard or the area they are in if they are left alone in the house-their crates are just to hold their beds (I have some visco foam square beds in the crates) to sleep in-all three of my furbutts can actually fit in one of the crates-but I'd never-...the crates are too big to even fit in their play yard so they have other beds in there...
Great point about pooh-eating! Yorkies are one of the breeds prone to it apparently! Quote:
Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  When crate trainig my Yorkies, they ALWAYS had newspaper or potty pads in the crate, together with all of the other needs of a dog - bed, food, water, toys, a handkershief of mine! I think that is a given. You cannot rely on any dog let alone a weeks old puppy to hold it until we get around to taking them out. In a small enclosure that they don't spend a lot of time in, they soon begin to dislike toileting in their little area so they start to try to hold it longer. If they are very young, they simply can't hold it and that's why you take them out to potty in your place of choise often. IF they stay too long is a small space, they may start to eat their poop or not mind it being there so the idea to get them out often is highly desirable and as I said in an earlier post, I don't think crate training involves the dog being in the crate except when you have something non-dog related to do or just need to take some brief "me" time. Otherwise, they are out with you lving their life. I think some people think crate training involves sticking your dog off in another room in a cold, sterile jail and leaving it there with no pee pads, bed, food, water or toys. Proper crate training as I learned it from many sources is nothing like that. |