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06-11-2008, 03:10 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, UK
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| Crate in the living room vs. the bedroom When I was younger we crate trained our cockapoo with great success. We would put her in her crate during the day when we would leave the house, and at night were she would just sleep. We kept her crate downstairs in our family room next to the kitchen, which is where we spent most of our time, except for at night - our bedrooms were upstairs. I have always planned on keeping our Yorkie's crate in our family room/kitchen area when we finally get her in 2 months. My husband and I will be living in a small 1 level condo/flat and our room will be just around the corner from where we'd like to keep her crate. My question is that I've noticed a lot of you say you keep your Yorkie's crates in your room next to your bed. I had not wanted to do this because I thought that it would set them up for separation anxiety when we have to put her in there and have to leave her alone for a couple of hours. I'm mainly worried about this because last year my roommate got a miniature pinsher/pomeranian. She was only 2 pounds and the cutest little thing, but she would freak out if she couldn't see us. When we would try and clean or take a nap we would put her in my little bathroom that we'd close off with a baby gate. She also had her little crate in there. Anyways, if she couldn't see us, she would cry and cry. She wouldn't even play with any of her toys if she couldn't see us. Needless to say she was way too much for my roommate to handle, and 2 weeks later she took her back to Petland and had her readopted out there. So yeah, I just don't want this to happen to me - not that I would ever give her up if she was a pain in the but. I don't want a needy puppy... |
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06-11-2008, 03:31 PM | #2 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| I HIGHLY suggest two crates. One for bed and one for when you are gone. The bedtime crate, in my opinion, should be in your room. Your pup will have come from a "pack" where he/she slept with others at ngiht. and moving to your house is going to be a HUGE adjustment so i think that crating them next to you will help with their initial seperation anxiety from their mom and litter mates. I also think you should use an x pen during the day if you are going to crate the puppy for longer than 1-2 hours. He/she will not be able to hold it that long when they are young and will need access to water and food and thus pee pads. |
06-11-2008, 03:41 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ny
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| All 4 of mine sleep in their own crates in the living room ,On occasion they have gotten sick in the middle of the night and they will make sure I hear them if they need me....lol |
06-11-2008, 03:48 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kentucky
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| Both Crickett and Turbo (westie) sleep in their crates in the living room. They will let me know if I am needed. Turbo never liked being in our bedroom, I think because we run a box fan all the time, so we just never put Crickett in there either.
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06-11-2008, 05:28 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I always kept mine next to my bed and they do fine, as soon as they can be trusted they sleep with me.
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