Just an FYI on time outs: When you put a pup in time out it should only be a few minutes. I have never had a pup not want to go in a crate because I put them in one for a time out. I see this mentioned a lot. I have crates in almost every room of my house that my pups go in and out of...and some like to sleep in them. Many of them have experienced time outs in them ... they don't view it as a negative experience at all. I think the only way you can ruin a pup with crating is if they are in it for extended periods such as all day long while owner is at work and then again at bed time....YES, people actually do that. For the life of me I don't understand it, but we get a lot of owner surrenders and also applicants who think that is acceptable. |