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CindyP · 05-18-2006, 01:07 PM

I don't have a yorkie yet as I am still looking and wanting my Lacey to grow up a little bit.

Lacey is my 10 week old Maltese. We have a playpen and crate for her. The Crate is used mostly when I am driving her some place such as the Vets as she is a wild woman in the SUV. The Playpen is in my bedroom next to my bed and that is where she sleeps at night. I spend the days home with her and have a part time night job but my boyfriend is home with her by time I leave.My boyfriend is the supervisor for a concrete construction company so He has pretty long days.

I really like crate training and I think it keeps them out of danger when you can't be with them along with speeding up the potty training. With that said I am sorry but I agree a puppy has no business being in a crate for ten straight hours a day. I think a puppy is losing so much by doing this. Lacey like I said is 10 weeks old and she is at the age where her and I need to bond and she needs me right now to show her the world and socialize her to make her a good productive canine citizen. In those ten hours the puppy is learning nothing and making up it's own rules. Not to mention what if she had a hypoglucemia attack or something like that??

Lacey is not crated at all during the day unless she is in the SUV. She goes with me in the mornings to run errands and we stop by parks, friends homes, etc. for socialization with people and other animals. She naps from about noon til three in her pink bed in the living room in her x pen and I spend those couple hours cleaning the house. when she gets up we have our play time and our "learning time". I keep her with me at all time to watch for accidents so she can know that she needs to go on her potty pad or outside. Around six I bring her x pen to the kitchen while I cook dinner and she eats her dinner and plays with her toys in the xpen. She'll usually get another nap while waiting for us to finish up dinner and that's when I get ready for work. She then plays again from about 7:30 to 11 when I leave for work. Before I leave I put her in her playpen where she has a few toys, a bowl of food, a bed and a potty pad. My boyfriend leaves the TV on for her and a night light and she is right next to the bed. I get back home at 4 a.m. and I give her some canned food then. My boyfriend gets up at 5 and he'll play with her and feed her along with clean up any mess she might have made in her playpen and then puts her back down before he leaves at 6:30 and I get up for the day around 9. I only work 3 to 4 mights a week. I am not saying this is the only way to do but Lacey seems to be doing wonderful on this schedule and I couldn't leave her in a crate for ten hours.

If I would have to leave Lacey for 10 hours I would either take her to a daycare or hire a pet sitter to stop in at least twice a day to check on her and exercise her a bit. Would it be possible to hire a sitter?

05-18-2006, 01:07 PM	#27
CindyP Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 23	I don't have a yorkie yet as I am still looking and wanting my Lacey to grow up a little bit. Lacey is my 10 week old Maltese. We have a playpen and crate for her. The Crate is used mostly when I am driving her some place such as the Vets as she is a wild woman in the SUV. The Playpen is in my bedroom next to my bed and that is where she sleeps at night. I spend the days home with her and have a part time night job but my boyfriend is home with her by time I leave.My boyfriend is the supervisor for a concrete construction company so He has pretty long days. I really like crate training and I think it keeps them out of danger when you can't be with them along with speeding up the potty training. With that said I am sorry but I agree a puppy has no business being in a crate for ten straight hours a day. I think a puppy is losing so much by doing this. Lacey like I said is 10 weeks old and she is at the age where her and I need to bond and she needs me right now to show her the world and socialize her to make her a good productive canine citizen. In those ten hours the puppy is learning nothing and making up it's own rules. Not to mention what if she had a hypoglucemia attack or something like that?? Lacey is not crated at all during the day unless she is in the SUV. She goes with me in the mornings to run errands and we stop by parks, friends homes, etc. for socialization with people and other animals. She naps from about noon til three in her pink bed in the living room in her x pen and I spend those couple hours cleaning the house. when she gets up we have our play time and our "learning time". I keep her with me at all time to watch for accidents so she can know that she needs to go on her potty pad or outside. Around six I bring her x pen to the kitchen while I cook dinner and she eats her dinner and plays with her toys in the xpen. She'll usually get another nap while waiting for us to finish up dinner and that's when I get ready for work. She then plays again from about 7:30 to 11 when I leave for work. Before I leave I put her in her playpen where she has a few toys, a bowl of food, a bed and a potty pad. My boyfriend leaves the TV on for her and a night light and she is right next to the bed. I get back home at 4 a.m. and I give her some canned food then. My boyfriend gets up at 5 and he'll play with her and feed her along with clean up any mess she might have made in her playpen and then puts her back down before he leaves at 6:30 and I get up for the day around 9. I only work 3 to 4 mights a week. I am not saying this is the only way to do but Lacey seems to be doing wonderful on this schedule and I couldn't leave her in a crate for ten hours. If I would have to leave Lacey for 10 hours I would either take her to a daycare or hire a pet sitter to stop in at least twice a day to check on her and exercise her a bit. Would it be possible to hire a sitter?