I have the play yard...I love it and so does my pups...I'm not a fan of crate training...I just feel like its a jail for them...so I only use them for travel...I really didn't do any thing special to get my pups use to it...Bella and Harley both were only 12 weeks old when I got them, so I had to confine them right away in it, they had no choice..that was there safe place/confinement while I was potty training and couldn't watch them at all times. Ivy Lou was 8 mos old when I got her...I just put them in it...I had a bed/food/water on one end and a potty pad on the other side when they were puppies...they are all potty trained now so I only have beds and toys in there now....but when I started giving the pups some free run of the house I just left the door open...their food/water/bed was still in there so when they wanted a drink or to eat/sleep they just went in on their own...its their safe place "den" so even now if the 2 pups Ivy and Harley who are only 10 mos old, if they get spooked or scared...they run right into their play yard cause they feel safe in there...Bella is almost 3 yrs old...she gets free run of the house at all times now and the pups too...I only confine them now when I have to leave for a few hours...I trust, that they won't potty but I DON'T trust that they won't chew or get into something LOL...I guess really all I did was make their world revolve around that play yard, made it safe and fun for them...they ate, drank, slept & played in that play yard. |