I agree, sorry, but I am not a fan of crate training. Roxy and TJ are home alone too long for them to be zipped up in a crate. Because me and my DH work, the time we have with Roxy and TJ is too limited, I would just feel aweful if they were 'trapped' in a crate all day and could play.
Anyway, that's just how I feel...:D :D :D

this poem/story was completely rude and insulting.

i am trying to find help because my PUPPY whom my husband i I got TOGETHER AFTER we married is having accidents CONSTANTLY- destroying our NEW home and belongings. HE is not saying we are dumping her at a shelter. he is saying he wants her to start behaving my the new year-. my dog IS like my child- adn i will not allow this. if something came down to it where there were choice but to- i would give her to a loved one- not dump her in a shelter and that story is very insulting and judgmental.

that s how i feel- i am totally against crating dogs- but that is what everyone says i should be doing.

i keep Mads in a babygated room- and have been doing as you suggested with putting her in the pen to go potty-and i want to thank you because for 2 days she has been GREAT!!

Nicole, I hope that I did not insult you. I am just a sucker when it comes to TJ and Roxy. For their first year of being with us, they had to remain in their room - gated in - while no one was home. I felt so bad and I would come right away to 'set them free'. So the thought of being in a crate for 10 hrs, oh boy, I probably would cry for them everyday. I would have loved it if they were taught to hold potty and to only go outside, but, in my case - it just could never happen. I think we all have to train our dogs according to our lifestyles. We try our best, right? I just never give up (I go back to positive praise and treat reward) - even though we take lots of steps back, we have also come very far - slowly, but hey, I can't expect the world from them and us since we both work full time and have very limited time with TJ and Roxy M thr F. Nicole, I hope that she starts to improve. I think she will. Putting her back in a somewhat confined, small area is going to help. Now that I think about it, I remember a time when they both started to regress really bad with the pee. Everytime I turned around there was a pee puddle. This was when they were still gated in their spare room when left alone, but also, when I was home, I blocked them off in the kitchen too. This lasted a few weeks, but our house in large and they would hang out in the living room (at the other end of the house) and pee constantly on the floor. So I need to cut back on their freedom, even when I was home. When they had NO CHOICE but to pee in the box, I was right there for PRAISE and TREATS. Now, we are all good, they have a few pee boxes around the house and they know that is where potty goes. TJ will sometimes poop (in private) somewhere hidden, but I find it right away. He tries, but sometimes the man just wants some privacy...Anyway, keep us posted with her progress.

I completely disagree. What takes place in that story takes place every single day in this nation. It's not meant to insult or judge, but simply make people think twice before abandoning an innocent furry little soul. I don't see how it's insulting or judgemental, since it's directed at nobody in particular. It was written by an animal rights activist in the pure interest of making people think before they act.

I'm glad to hear you would never take her to a shelter. But since I did not know that, I thought it would be constructive to read the story since it really does make you think.

That story is posted on the website of the breeder in which I bought my puppy, and I think it's very noble of her to make people more aware of what goes on way too often.

Anyway, I wish you good luck, and hopefully the rest of the suggestions in my post help you, as they certainly helped me.

:thumbup: Well I would have to agree with the above. For some reason mine started to potty everywhere. and i have tried it all except diapers.
So now at nite they put on a baby oneze.(sp.??) (a baby t-shirt and with a snapp between the legs.)they are newborn size..kinda big.. and they also wear them when they potty in the house.. they get a treat when they potty outside
But it is working..two days no potty anywhere and they went to the door and let me know they wanted out. :bravo:
keep my fingers cross:xfingers:
I really never dressed my pups in clothes so they are not like'n it to well. and won't potty in thier panties.. :hands:
I do not leave them alone with them on either I am afriad they might get tangle in them