Quote:
|
Originally Posted by micksbabe I am trying to crate train my puppy, the problem is that I am nervous that he will get scared and hate his crate if I keep putting him in it and then leaving. I work from 8:30 until 4:30, but I go home for an hour from 12-1 so he gets let out.
Is it alright to crate him for those 3.5 hours I am gone? or should I put him in the bathroom with his crate?
Also at night I have just been leaving him in the bathroom with free reign (he has toys, paper, water, and his crate for sleeping), I am going to try to keep him in the crate during the night in my room so that he doesn't feel alone. I want him to sleep with me, but I don't want him to mess on the bed. I am wondering if this is better than just putting him in a room alone. I feel horrible when he barks and whines because he is just so young I am not sure he understands and it makes me so upset to have to listen to that.
Can someone give me some advice. I am going to try to follow that daytime schedule, but at 10 weeks is that to young to start putting him in his crate for that long? |
They get very comfortable with their crate. Since he is still a puppy, If you can come home and let him out at lunch time that's great. But after a while they can stay in their crate up to 6 hours some even longer. The older he gets he will be able to hold his business longer. They usually don't do anything where they sleep or lay. The crate will become a den for him and he will learn to enjoy it. Eventually he will just go in and sleep rather you're home or not.