Puppy apartments? Hi I'm new to this forum and I'm getting a 8 week old puppy next week. I want to potty train him so he can do his business inside of our apartment. Has anyone heard of puppy apartments? Modern Puppies - Potty Training a Puppy it's a crate with a divider that leads to a puppy pad. I'm thinking if I should get this and wanted to know if there was anyone out there that used this and worked. |
I have no experience with the puppy apartment. Mine is pee pad trained, and I used the play pen method. You place them in play pen with pee pads at one end and food dishes at the other. I would feed her in there and keep her in there until she peed, praise her, take her out. If you have a very young pup, it could take a little while for this process. The breed is notorious for being slow to potty train. There may be some other people on the site who have potty trained more than I. I have only trained two pets. |
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Those actually look like a great idea! I used a large crate with my first one and I just folded the pad up on one side. |
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From 8 to 12 weeks mother begins training in earnest. Begins to socialize the pup, teaches it where in the pack the puppy fits in. Mom begins to potty train it, teaches it how to play. The breeder begins to socialize it with humans, how to conduct itself. Puppy shots don't begin until approximately 9 weeks of age and the pup shouldn't leave the breeder's home until it's 2nd shot at approximately 12 weeks of age. There is wonderful information on the YTCA.org page on when the best age is for a pup to be transitioned to it's new home What kind of contract is your breeder providing. Is she providing you a guarantee for life threatening diseases and for how long. Does she offer a money back should a life threatening disease happen? Liver Shunt, etc. |
Welcome to Yorkie talk:D I watched most of the video in the link and that is a terrific idea:D |
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Dvlshangel- how does the playpen method work? Do you keep your dog in there all day or only when it's time to eat? I was just going to put him in my laundry room gated, with a bed and pee pads in there. |
Congrats and Welcome to YT !! That video was great , which I had heard of it sooner ! Sounds like a great idea. I always train my furbabies , the hard way, I made sure I will b home for at least a week sometime it takes a little longer, and that's all I do all day and evening is work with my furbabys , until it's train first on the pads and than outside. Good Luck !! And Congrats and ur new furbaby. bark@ulater!!!! manina,mileyandmax |
I don't think you need to spend money on the "puppy apartment" when you can get a crate and put a pad down on one side and a bed down on the other side...the diver is un-needed. As long as the pad and the bed don't over lap I'm sure the dog can figure it out. |
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it seems like a great idea but i think the exact same effect could be achieved by buying a three door(or 2 door) crate and buying a divider and cutting a hole in the divider and filing it down so its not sharp. the crate they use looks exactly like mine. As for potty training i put Gatsby is a closed off area with food and a bed at one end and potty pads at another |
I am bringing a new puppy home tomorrow. I too was looking at the puppy apartment but don't have time to order it in. I wanted to start off right. My little boy is 12 weeks old. I do have a crate and was thinking of making a divider out of cardboard. It only has one door. It is a good size crate though. I didn't know if just putting a pad on one side and his bed on one side would work. Didn't want to confuse him where he sleeps. The first night I have him home should I ignore his cries in the night if I crate him and put the pad on one side? With my other yorkie a I woke in the night for about two months to let them potty. Or if I do the pen method should I let him cry in the night? |
I don't let them cry during the night. I have always wanted them to know that they were safe and that I would respond to their needs. To that end, I've been known to sleep on the floor next to the crate for a time. I've always responded by getting them out and taking them to the potty pad. No playing, no talking and then taking them back to the crate. I don't let them potty inside the crate because that defeats the purpose of crate training. |
Donna you are a good mother. I appreciate your thoughts. I also would get up and let them out and only speak to them by saying "make peeps" and then put them back in their crates. Just like my kids when they were babies.....no talking just take care of business and then put them back to bed. I wanted to keep him in my bedroom as I have with my first Yorkie but now that I have menopause issues and my bedroom is at 62 degrees with the air on full blast I don't want him to catch a cold! LOL! So will keep him downstairs in my family room. I am worried though about that because with my air on I might not hear him cry. Thinking when I get up for nightly potty myself that I should just go down and put him out. I would really like to try to potty train in the house this time around. I have a block wall around my back yard, as we have a pool, and my puppies never went potty in the grass. Only on the concrete. My husband used to hate that as sometimes they would go by my patio furniture and the smell would come out when it was hot. So trying to avoid that this time around. Want to keep peace you know! |
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