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jennzy · 03-13-2011, 11:13 PM

I need your advice... I have an almost 4 months (she'll be 4 months this weeknd). Today was my first day of work since I got Coco. I got her on Friday and on saturday and on Sunday we worked on paper training and play pen training as well as her name.
She did really well! Whenever she needs to pee I take her to the peeing area of play pen and she pees.

She does really well in her play pen. I'll put her in there at night and when im busy doing house work & can't watch her or running errands. Her pen is approx 120cmx120cm. (she whines for a minutes then either falls asleep or plays with her toy)

So this was our schedule today.
wake up at 6.55am pee & poo
play for 20 mins.
7:20 eat breakfast in the play pen. during that time i go and wash my face because she takes ages to eat because she needs to paw out her food.
7:35 I take her to the roof and run around for 10 mins.
7:50 we play in the room.
8am i put her in the pen and i get ready
8:10 we play for a bit and try potty. but no potty. She ususally falls asleep after our meal play and potties when she wakes up. We play again and try potty 5 mins later. no luck. she's sleepy at this point. 8:20 i turn on the TV and i give her a frozen Kong after i kiss her bye.

12:40pm I get home. To my surprise she made a huge mess of her playpen! she peed on the pee pad once and just at the edge of the pad (I have two that is about 120cm long) & somehow she threw her bed across the pen. I let her out of the pen to clean up. (big mistake on my end.) i didnt see her squat and she peed outside (next time while i clean up, i should hold on to her)
then I tried feeding her lunch. But she's not interested in eating so we play (actually more like running around... i run and she follows me because she doesn't like to play up there yet...But she seems to be enjoying as long as I keep on running.) for 15 mins upstairs in the roof.
I put her back in the pen and tell her to eat. She eats then we play for 10 more mins.

Then I leave at 1:40pm and I get home at 4.40pm (so i left her in 2 4 hr blocks with a break.)

Few steps I plan on doing
I ordered more of the pannels so I can make the pen bigger to include a partial block and an entry way to the potty area so she doesn't throw anything in the potty area. I plan on sewing her bed to the bars so she can't throw it & taping or purchasing those pad holders so she doesn't move it or scrunch it up. I also plan on purchasing some puppy relaxation CD via itunes and have it play.

Any other advice?

I am still looking for someone check up on her in between but living in Korea, it's really difficult.

p.s if you plan on writing that i am horrible and other negative comments, please keep that comment to yourself because in all honesty, no one wants to hear negative comments.

Thank you

03-13-2011, 11:13 PM	#1
jennzy YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: TOronto, Canada Posts: 804	puppy alone for 4hrs advice I need your advice... I have an almost 4 months (she'll be 4 months this weeknd). Today was my first day of work since I got Coco. I got her on Friday and on saturday and on Sunday we worked on paper training and play pen training as well as her name. She did really well! Whenever she needs to pee I take her to the peeing area of play pen and she pees. She does really well in her play pen. I'll put her in there at night and when im busy doing house work & can't watch her or running errands. Her pen is approx 120cmx120cm. (she whines for a minutes then either falls asleep or plays with her toy) So this was our schedule today. wake up at 6.55am pee & poo play for 20 mins. 7:20 eat breakfast in the play pen. during that time i go and wash my face because she takes ages to eat because she needs to paw out her food. 7:35 I take her to the roof and run around for 10 mins. 7:50 we play in the room. 8am i put her in the pen and i get ready 8:10 we play for a bit and try potty. but no potty. She ususally falls asleep after our meal play and potties when she wakes up. We play again and try potty 5 mins later. no luck. she's sleepy at this point. 8:20 i turn on the TV and i give her a frozen Kong after i kiss her bye. 12:40pm I get home. To my surprise she made a huge mess of her playpen! she peed on the pee pad once and just at the edge of the pad (I have two that is about 120cm long) & somehow she threw her bed across the pen. I let her out of the pen to clean up. (big mistake on my end.) i didnt see her squat and she peed outside (next time while i clean up, i should hold on to her) then I tried feeding her lunch. But she's not interested in eating so we play (actually more like running around... i run and she follows me because she doesn't like to play up there yet...But she seems to be enjoying as long as I keep on running.) for 15 mins upstairs in the roof. I put her back in the pen and tell her to eat. She eats then we play for 10 more mins. Then I leave at 1:40pm and I get home at 4.40pm (so i left her in 2 4 hr blocks with a break.) Few steps I plan on doing I ordered more of the pannels so I can make the pen bigger to include a partial block and an entry way to the potty area so she doesn't throw anything in the potty area. I plan on sewing her bed to the bars so she can't throw it & taping or purchasing those pad holders so she doesn't move it or scrunch it up. I also plan on purchasing some puppy relaxation CD via itunes and have it play. Any other advice? I am still looking for someone check up on her in between but living in Korea, it's really difficult. p.s if you plan on writing that i am horrible and other negative comments, please keep that comment to yourself because in all honesty, no one wants to hear negative comments. Thank you __________________ <Mickey & Coco> Last edited by jennzy; 03-13-2011 at 11:15 PM.