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Question about bedding in crate and eating Hi all, I have a 15 week old puppy that I have had for about 2 weeks now. He is doing pretty well with his crate and house training. I had to take his bedding out of the crate because he would pee and poop in the bedding. He has not had any accidents in the crate since I removed his bedding. How long before I can reintroduce bedding to his crate. I would like for him to have something soft to sleep on. Also, he won't eat unless I sit with him by his food. I think he is afraid that I will leave him. I would like to be able to enclose him someway so that he will eat without my having to babysit him. I have tried enclosing him with a baby gate in the laundry room but he gets very upset and climbs the gate. I don't want to have to close the door to the laundry room because he gets frantic and seems to panic. I have got to figure something out before school starts because I won't have the time to sit with him in the mornings anymore. Does anyone have any solutions for feedings in the a.m. I have considered feeding him in his crate but I don't thing there is room. Any ideas would be appreciated. |
When we got our last yorkie.I had to feed her in her crate.Or the other girls would eat her puppy food for her.I had to feed her at first by hand but then she atarted eating her food on her own.But I had to change her to a different brand than what her breeder used.As for messing on her blankets Does she have too much room in her crate?Maybe block some of it off and give her a old soft towel to sleep on.Good luck she will get better as time goes on. |
When Kimbo was first learning not to potty in the crate, I kept 4 clean towels (all the same color and type) handy. If I even saw a hint of a pee spot, I immediately changed out the towel. I would have to do this 3 or 4 times a day. I even dabbed his tee tee with a tissue so that he wouldn't get a drop of residule pee on the towel!! I wanted him to really get used to crating in a clean, fresh environment. At night, I washed the dirty ones that I wasn't using in hot water. We'd start all over in the morning. It took him about 3 weeks to get good at it. I also had to block off some of the crate area with his favorite toys. His crate is small, but he's so tiny that he still had some room to potty away from where he was laying. I'm off work for the summer so I had plenty of time to sit and watch him in his crate. When he would start to whimper and circle, I would take him out and set him on his potty pad. If he pottied, he got lots of praise and 1/3 of a Cheerio. Now that we have very few crate accidents, if any, I can put nice bedding in there. I don't have to wash it every single night!! |
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