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I Am So Confused!!!!!!! I am so confused!!!!!!!!!!! ok, people say "use crate training" so i get my pup a crate. Then, people say "get a gate". soooooo.....I dunno what to do without feeling like i am doing something wrong, which is not a good feeling cause i don't want to be doing anything wrong to my pupup. :( |
I crate trained my puppy |
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Llamaface, You should do what works for you. Here you only get advise and then you pick what is best for your pup and yourself. I dont like crating my pup, but others swear by it and works for them. I use a baby gate to keep Gucci in a room when alone, the rest of the time she has run of the house. That is what works for us. |
i say train your dog the way that best fits you and your lifestyle and your baby seeing as no dog is the same. i didn't use a gate or a crate or anything at all to train my coco, he actually had full range of my home since day 1 and he always goes outside. my hubby trained him to ring the bell when he needs to go. i found that this worked best for me and coco. but like i said just train your baby with what's best for you and her and your lifestyle. |
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Thanks, And i LOVE that name!!!! GUCCI!!!! I named mine Louis after Louis Vitton. Haha. what a cowinkydink. |
I totally agree with the others...you have to do with want works for you...we didn't crate trained either of our girls...with Magic we kept her in the kitchen until she was pretty much trained and now she has free roam of the living room and kitchen but we have a gate up to stop her from going to the bedrooms and she quickly learned to go outside...Sailor immediately had free roam, living room/kitchen, and learned to use pee pads and not outside...we personally did not like the idea of a crate, but I know that it has worked for others...every puppy is unique and will learn on their own time, you have to go with what works for you and your Louis... |
Have you consulted your breeder for additional advice? If I placed a puppy, I would insist that the new parent contact me for advice. I am not saying it is bad to ask others such as we Yorkie lovers on this forum, but your breeder could be more specific. I train to the X pen but I have several babies in different stages of training. I can take those crates everywhere I go to visit, make them any size I want up to 16 feet in diameter. |
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This is a very diverse and opinionated web forum. Sometimes to a fault. Do what you feel is comfortable for your pet. I personally have a large crate with plenty of room, food & wter, toys and blanket. I tired the gates and my dogs either knocked them down or chewed on them or somehting. You have to find what works for you and your yorkie and and not worry too much about what some might say. |
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I suggested crating in your bedroom at night and gate him if you can't watch his every move until he is potty trained. I'm sorry, but I don't see where that was confusing. |
We use a mixture of crate and gates - we use crates in the car and gates in the house. Just pick and choose out of the advise you are given and do what feels right, and is convenient and works for you. |
I also crate my puppy at night. Actually, she sleeps right beside my 17 yr. old daughters bed...and has done well knowing someone is right there for her. ;) We go to bed late around here..and get up early. It works great. Its large enough for her to move around...I have a nylabone in there and soft toy and blanket on one of those short tiny fleece oval beds her breeder gave us. :) During the day we watch her like a hawk...lol We have some baby gates when I can't be right there as she goes discovering~ lol :p and even with that..I have a super play yard XL that the breeder used to keep the pups out of trouble..I use that too when I need to. She is used to that since she had one at the breeders when she didn't want them underfoot..in they would go..and out they could come. Much safer when you can't watch... Hope this helps. :) |
What exactly are you looking for here - I saw this..http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9769 and kind of wonder....Are you really looking for information because LOTS of people will help you if you let them. |
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I dont see why you would crate a dog all day? These methods are only used when you cant be home or to sleep at night. If you are home they shoudl be able to run around. |
All my Yorkies have been crate trained. That is what has worked for me. When puppies they would spend the night in the crate, when I woke I would immediately take them out , They would eat go out again play for a good hour or so then back in the crate. at least for 3 hours, then longer so they could learn how to hold there bladder longer. by six or seven months old they would be fully trained. It's not cruel, it's just going to make him or her a happier dog and owner down the road. I have four yorkies , a 3 yr old ,17 month old and a 19 month old. Last but not least 5 month old which she is almost trained. At this point I sometimes forget to put her in the crate and she dissapears on me just to find her sleeping in it.. You have to do what is convinient for you. alot of people make the mistake in not taking the time to train them, just to get fustrated and end up giving the pup away because they think they where not trainable. Good Luck. |
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Something ain't right here. LlamaFace sent me a PM, stating that they believed I knew quite a bit about OUTSIDE POTTY TRAINING. I went into exact detail on how to achieve this goal. Now, here we go again. I'm done with this one. I took the bait, now I just spit it out. |
i believe she's just looking for advice on how to train her baby in general, wich i stand by what i said earlier that she needs to figure out what works best for her. maybe she wasn't satisfied with the advice you gave her(pls no offense)i'm just saying that she might want more info or to hear different ways of training. |
Stitches, I really do apprecieate your advice but i am still in the process of finding out different ways to train my pup. I'm truly sorry if you are offended, but your information was reallly helpful. Thanks to everyone else for your support. I am just looking for information, not confrentation. Red98Vett, I believe this is a public Message board, thus, it doesnt matter what my intentions are. |
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The same thing can be said about pups. EVERYONE has an opinion. You seem a little at loose ends and by some of the comments I've read from you, you seem to be getting frustrated with the advice that you've asked for. When members are trying to decide if they can make a statement of what has worked or has not worked for them with their pup, it surely helps to know exactly what your intentions are. In a public arena, it is difficult to tell what people's personalities truly are. You're a relative newbie . . . perhaps a little more time on the board and being a bit more friendly might help you help yourself. The most knowledgable people on the board won't reply if you seem ungrateful. Take it all with a grain of salt or not . . . Read what you wish, use what you like, discard the rest, be grateful for the help. |
I personally find crate training beneficial but it has to be used responsibly. For the first two weeks I had Chewy in the crate. He came out and was taken to where he has to potty and then had supervised play and eating and then back in the crate. He was very small so he just slept while he was there. After a certain time they know the house and where to go to eat or to potty and then they can have relatively free reign. I have a small travel crate and will be upgrading to an Xpen soon, he deserves and has earned the space!!! It is important to not use the crate as a place to put the dog when you don't want to deal with it. It is very easy to say "oh he's biting or oh he's being a brat" and put him in the cage. Chewy only gets crated now when it is a safety issue or I know he's exhausted and needs to nap. Gates can be used to confine them to a space, i.e., the kitchen or bathroom if you are, say, doing housework or something. The only problem you may have is that your pup is older and I'm not sure how hard/easy he will be to potty train. Sorry for the long post and good luck! |
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I like cages 3 to 2 times bigger than what the dog will be full grown. I have not ever heard of an accidental death in a cage. My now 13 1/2 year old is left out because he does not move much and sleeps like 20 hours a day. If my husband did not give his cage away to someone who really needed it, he would be sleeping in it with the door open as my puppy is doing right now in her cage. I did have a foster dog that suffered from panic attacks from noises and so we would put him in cage with another dog for comfort and he was happy then. Prior to that he was burnt from refrigerator motor from crawling up under the refrigerator when being kept blocked in to a kitchen. I also don't like my dogs in the kitchen because when I am cooking I don't like them underfoot or near the stove. |
It is important to remember though that when using the crate for potty training, the less space they have the better. To give a training pup 2-3 times their adult size in space would be too much in the training period. |
I have heard great things about crate training - but I just could not (well, chose not to) do it. I used gates to block Kodah & Stormy in two rooms. At night I put Kodah in a laundry basket right beside my side of the bed & she always let me know when she needed out. When we got Stormy five weeks later, I bought a playpen that's plenty big for both of them & put it right beside my bed. They have done great! The first few weeks I would take them outside ALMOST EVERY HOUR during the day, and after two to three weeks they were 90% trained. We have a few accidents, but not many. This worked for me - but I get to stay home with mine! I think Kodah would have been easy to crate train, because she loves her bag that I carry her around in. I usually leave it on the floor & that's her favorite place to sleep. Kodah's favorite place is UNDER our loveseat! :rolleyes: I think CONSISTENCY is the biggest key! |
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