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12-31-2010, 05:46 AM | #17 | |
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Also, the better companies will send you samples! Someone will come on and post a link to the dog food rating site; but I've forgotten how!
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12-31-2010, 06:03 AM | #18 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
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| Responding to your first post, yes take him out after he eats right before you leave further, 9-9.5 hours is a long time. Rent can go that long but it is the exception that he has to not every day. He is also 2.5 yes old. Would definitely suggest expen rather than crate or gate him into one room with a pee pad area. That way if he can wait he will but if he has to go he can do so correctly good luck! Last edited by RemydeHaviland; 12-31-2010 at 06:07 AM. |
12-31-2010, 06:17 AM | #19 |
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| Sorry for typos above typing on my iPhone just read your post about the attempted gating in the kitchen hmmm just a thought- remy has never been crate trained and does not do well being confined. however he is ok if you block an area to keep him out as compared to keeping him in. Example during holiday decorating when I had ornaments out everywhere I could keep him in our foyer by gating off rooms he could not go into Maybe try a different space? |
12-31-2010, 07:51 AM | #20 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Weymouth, Ma
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| So glad you have decided to use an expen, you can also find these at baby stores or craigslist, I have a plastic one that I use it can make a circle or a long rectangle... Id also see if there is a responsible teenager in your area that is looking to make a couple of extra bucks and walking your puppy after school, that way if you leave for work at 8 am am and high schools are usually out at 230 and your home 5 he will also get used to going outside and a good brisk walk will tire him out and maybe he wont bite the gate....Like others suggested leave a radio or tv on so he wont feel so lonely, some good fun safe toys and Im sure he will adjust. Good luck!! And wellness is a good puppy food, but dont just switch foods mix a little in with him current food and slowly transition to a new food.
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12-31-2010, 08:12 AM | #21 | |
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12-31-2010, 07:23 PM | #22 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Buffalo, NY, United States
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| In regards to food, I'd like to put in my plug for Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diet Potato & Duck Small Breed Bites. Rylie is doing really well on it and it is lower protein content if you find your dog has a problem with any of the higher protein foods (like Blue Buffalo or Acana, which are high quality too!). NB LID is grain free and high quality, but has lower protein content. However, it really is whatever food your dog personally does well on! Note: If you switch over to a new food be sure to do it gradually by mixing and don't just give an entire bowl of the new food one day. There are plenty of threads on YT on how to do it properly! I'd try to apple bitter spray the gate. Unfortunately, Rylie loved the stuff for some reason and literally LICKED IT OFF any of the furniture we put it on so it didn't work for us It works for A LOT of people though, so I'd try that. |
01-02-2011, 11:02 AM | #23 |
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| @Caw: AWESOME SUGGESTIONS! I will try them! |
01-02-2011, 06:01 PM | #24 |
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01-03-2011, 02:36 AM | #25 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney NSW Australia
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| I tend to agree with this opinion. Our Pepper is 1.5 years old, and is pushed to 'keep it in' for 8 hours, whilst we are work. When younger, he used to be in a puppy pen, until he started climbing out. After a friend's puppy broke her legs in 4 spots after climbing out of a pen, getting her leg caught, Pepper now stays in a locked room, with newspapers in a designated spot. And, if he can't hold on... well, he uses the newspapers. No problem for us! We then just clean up when we get home. I would question a dog being confined in a small crate for extended hours. Quote:
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01-04-2011, 09:26 AM | #26 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Milton
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| Just a note about the xpens! We have a new yorkie puppy, she will be 5 months old on the fifteenth. I had her in her xpen in another room with the door closed - it was at night. About 5 am I heard her barking and it sounded like she was at the door. I went in and she was out and the xpen was all sealed up. I was puzzled so I put her back in the pen and sat down to watch. In less than a minute, she had JUMPED out of that pen! Since then, she thinks she has wings! She is jumping on and over everything she can find! We have attached a sheet over the xpen and she had not been able to get out again but I worry about her taking a flying leap off the couch! She is a happy little thing but wow is she active! Any thoughts on calming her down! :-) |
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