Questions RE: Ex-Pen, Crate, Etc. - PLEASE Help!
 

First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their warm welcome (even though I have a yorkie/chihuahua mix) and advice on my thread last week. As you all know, this puppyis taking up all of my time when I'm not working, so I haven't had much of a chance to come back on here and properly address everyone who posted. :)

You were all correct in that it just took more time for him to adjust and be comfortable with me, as he now will take treats from my hand and runs up to me more often :) He still freaks if I go to pick him up, but as some of you said, due to his size (3.5 pounds) it makes sense that this is just a typical thing.

On another note, I have a question about the new pen I just bought for him. It is a precision 30"H pen and it SAYS it will EASILY snap on to a dog crate to give them extended play. This is exactly what I would like to do, as I don't want the crate in the middle where he would be able to climb on top of it and try to get out and hurt himself while I am at work. I feel like a complete idiot because there are no directions with the crate and so I am assuming this is an "easy" thing (as the box says), but I cannot for the life of me figure out HOW! Please don't laugh at my ignorance and just help :) LOL Also, on the picture it shows only the hexagonal configuration when clipped to the crate and I would prefer the long run-like 6' configuration instead so that he will have more room for his "zoomies." lol Is this possible?

In addition, I have read these little monkeys can climb the 30" pen and so I need to make a top for it. Can this be done with just a painting tarp (I happen to have one of those) and maybe binder clips or ties or something or will he be able to chew out of it? I want to make sure he is safe so that I am not worried all day at work :) So for now, until mommy figures this all out, the poor guy is stuck in his crate. Please help Pixel and Pixel's mommy so he can get out of jail and have more room and alleviate some of my guilt for leaving him while at work !! :) Thanks so much for any advice you have for me!!!

P.S. I have found that when we are on the couch together he REALLY enjoys running at me and bopping me with his nose and then running backwards until I "get him" and then he bops me again. LOL Do any of your yorkies do this?? It is the cutest thing!!! He also hoards stuff in his bed. I have found a piece of ice, acorns, leaves and treats I have given him - so cute!! Is this common too?
- Tonya

Your links aren't working right. Just copy the address, and don't use special font or colors, because I can only get Yorkietalk index page when I try opening any of your links.

I see you took all the links out, do you have a link to the X pen, not your other thread, but the manufacture?

Thanks! I edited it. There weren't supposed to be any links in there. I guess because I accidentally posted this in the wrong forum first and copied and pasted those codes showed up.

Hi Tonya, I can't help with your questions having never used an x-pen.
Just bumping this up for you in hopes someone can help.
Good luck with your little guy.

I don't know what type of expen you have but hubby undid the clamps that were holding the panels together and reclamped then to the crate. We didn't have "removable" pins. Our pen is 24" tall. Haven't had a problem with either of them jumping out...yet! lol. Here is a picture of ours.

yours looks nice and big compared to the one we have. It works fine now that Bronx is so small, but I think we'll need to get a bigger one when he gets a bit bigger. Do you mind if I ask where you got yours?

Thanks Archie! :)

I FINALLY got the pen put up and little Pixel is in it as I type this (let's HOPE anyway LOL). I have it attached to his crate and running along the sliding glass door so he can see outside. I think he will like this much better :) It turns out I was making it harder than it was by trying to use tools (socket wrench) to remove the pins when all it needed was my hand and more elbow grease :) I am attaching a picture here, though the quality sucks since I just used my cell phone. I will trim the tarp so hopefully it doesn't look QUITE as tacky and as you can see, he was in it for one second and already flung his potty pad around LOL I now have a frame for the pad to go in, so hopefully that will solve that problem :) You can almost see the peanut butter on the floor I used to coax him in the pen LOL

Mom to Hot Rod - Thanks! That's good to know and eases my mind a bit, since I put a tarp over mine and am worried he'll find a way out LOL He's part chi though, and I heard they are climbers and escape artists, so we'll see if he is still in there when I get home! :)

Thanks again for everyone's help!! I have a feeling I will be on here a lot now. Well, that is when I'm not cleaning up poop/pee or removing incorrect objects from Pixel's mouth - ha! lol

Hubby ordered in online a year ago so I don't know where. It probably was from Ebay. The panels are 2' x 2' and comes with 8 panels, stakes to secure it on the ground and a carry handle. From what I've seen online and in catalogs, you can get an extension piece which will give you 2 extra panels. If you look, we opened it up and attached it to his crate, this made it a bit wider. I've some that are taller. Fortunately we have not had any issues with either of them jumping or climbing out.