[JadeD]

Some very good ideas. I think the crate one will probably end up being the answer. A crate small enough for the little dogs to go into and eat/drink and the big dog won't fit into.

I had a set up when I just had 1 Yorkie where his crate was set up next to a wall and the baby gate. Then I opened one end of it to make a "space" between the wall and the baby gate and his food and water was there and even when I put him in the other end of his crate and closed the door, he had access to the food and water. I put a blanket over the top of it and clothes pinned it to the crate and baby gate to keep the big dog from trying to get over it and to keep the Yorkie from thinking he could jump out and this worked great.

However, the puppies can go around the crate by the wall because they are actually cupboards with space under them and they fit under the door of the crate so this doesn't work yet for keeping them in that area and Monkey Girl Yorkie Puppy would just climb over it. I was using this for when they weren't in the crate, but then it was too much trouble to move the dishes and close the door.

It has been crazy around here with re-arranging the house every other day to accommodate the puppies changing needs. I set up an area specifically for them and Monkey Girl puppy climbed out of it the very second day. Over the exercise pen, over the baby gate. Out of the baby playpen. The smaller puppy can go through the bars of the baby gate. It has been crazy trying to figure out where to house them and they ended up with the older dogs of course.