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01-01-2007, 06:16 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: england/uk
Posts: 39
| kennel training ???? Im having trouble potty training my 12 week old 'Lola', ive noticed most of you guys on here have a kennel......Lola does'nt she has her bed in the living room and food and paper (to wee on) in the kitchen......the two rooms conncect, i was just wondering if we SHOULD invest in a kennel..how does kennel traing work??? I'd feel mean leaving her in one when she can see us around! She wee's on her paper.....but also everywhere! I wipe up using a bleech spray....would she still smell her sent through this?? Omg..this is all new to me any advice please!!!!!! |
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01-01-2007, 07:57 AM | #2 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| we've ALL been there! crate training is mainly for nighttime... you want to buy a crate that she can grow into but i blocked the back off with towels so that layla had enough room to stand up and turn around.. any more room and she will pee and poop in there... as for day training... i haven't done paper.. layla goes outside... after she eats or drinks we go outside for about 10 min... if nothing happens she goes back in her crate for about 10 min and we try again outside until she goes.. then she is allowed free run of the house! and OH THE PRAISE when she goes.. it is a party! treats and love and kisses... now she is able to tell me when she has to go outside.. maybe somene else can help with paper training.. but the crate is great for overnight... layla LOVES her crate!! can't wait to go in at bedtime! good luck! |
01-01-2007, 05:34 PM | #3 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Minnesota
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| I am certainly no expert here, but I have an absolutely wonderful vet and will share with you what she told me. I am a huge pet lover. A yorkie, a German Shepard, 2 cats, a blue and gold macaw and of course fish. We are on a first name basis with our vet. When I first started to adopt animals, I felt that it was cruel to "lock them up". What she told us is that every pet should have a crate. Not only is it necessary for traveling, for safety reasons, but it gives the animal a sense of security, particularly as babies. She said that all beings (animals and humans) need their "own space". The animal will see their crate as their room. That is the way that we have trained all of our animals. I have a crate sitting in the corner of my dining room and all of the animals are trained so that when we say kennel, they go to their crates. This gives company a sense of security as well as the animals. According to our vet, baby animals, like baby humans, are scared from time to time. The crate becomes their security blanket. Our shepard, who we have had for 5 years, will go to her crate when the kids are noisey (I have 5 left at home). My yorkie, Cosmo, mostly is in his playpen, but I will crate him for travel. That is where he first slept as a baby so that he could have some quiet place and so I didn't have to worry about the cats "getting" him as a baby. |
01-01-2007, 07:54 PM | #4 | |
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