LOL-I know I do!!! He uses the PP intermittently, tonight he went poo and pee on the PP and we had a party!!! He then a little while later peed on the floor
. Not sure what is going on but the use of the PP is intermittent. Sadly, no, the X-PEN does not have a bottom. Just an enclosed gate. I really don't like it at all, it's hard to open, plastic, no bottom-I made a mistake in getting it-my DIL's suggestion. I guess it worked for her, but not for me.
As for keeping him totally confined unless I am actively paying attention to him, I am very ambivalent about this. I understand it is not forever, but between Cassie, and my dad, and the house and myself with no help other then me, I don't have a ton of free time presently to spend hours and hours with him.
Actually, that is a good question. I really don't know how much time I am supposed to actually spend with him--directly, or how much is enough. I mean between cleaning the house, taking care of the two above, my jewelry business, and bills, Drs APPts for Dad, etc. it doesn't seem like I have that much time, and with Cassie still growling and snarling at him, I give them separate time with me.
What do you think? I mean, I spend time with him grooming him, and playing with him in the playroom, and giving him his holistic meds and bathing him occasionally and trying to train him to walk on a leash, but that does not add up to a lot of time. It's about 15 minutes for each activity.
However when he is in his XPen, he has his toys, and I am right there in the kitchen with him and I talk to him while I'm cooking and cleaning and getting his food ready, etc. etc. So we are in each others presence, but it's not like it's my undivided attention. And I just think keeping him crated for hours and hours at a time when I can't be with him directly would be too much for him. I would feel terrible keeping him in such a tiny space for so many hours at a time. That is why I haven't done it. I'm so ambivalent!! How much time is enough to spend with him and keep him crated???? Thats the $64,000 Question! Anyone????
