I keep toys available. No sqeeky toy, so that may be a good one to get. He has a rope, a noby plastic bone and a terry cloth bear. I am trying to give him a little more freedom but with some restrictions as I have been crate training him for quite awhile now and don't want him to be cooped up all the time. Dispite that every day or two he will pee or poop in the house, even after I have just taken him out. I keep him on a retractable leash anchored to the couch so he can get on the floor and play (when he is not on the couch with me or in his crate but I can still keep a eye on him. That is the only reason that I keep a halter on him. Once he is housebroke it will come off. The halter that he chewed through was easier to get off and on as it was a step in one. The one that I still have is very shredded and about to be chewed through in a few days is a little harder to get on and off as his head has to go through one loop and with him jumping around takes more effort.
Every time that I give him more freedom he degresses on his housetraining and I have to go back to more restriction in his crate for a day or two. |