stop crating So how do you know when you can stop crating your Yorkie, I always fill bad when I leave that I have to Deiter away. He is 10 mons old. So when can I start trusting him to let him have freedom. When did you start letting your free, & did you do it slowly |
At about 5 months, we started letting Jeanie have run of the kitchen (with a gate up) and she doesn't have accidents. So I have read, and found by my experience, that if you give them a room to try out with first, then that's a good start. I have a dog walker come in half way through every day and take her out for a walk and piddle though, so it depends on if your dog will have a break in the day, and how long you are leaving him/her...... |
Coby is going on 7 months and we're doing the one-room-at-a-time thing too. My older dog didn't get the run of the house ALL the time until he was well over a year old, probably closer to over two years. It is/was for their own safety. Reggie isn't ever crated any more unless he's at someone else's house for the weekend. Coby doesn't mind his crate at all. If he sees me get my keys, he just runs right in there and waits for his treat. Now, if I get my puppy purse, he knows he gets to go too. But I am too afraid that if we're gone, they could chew a wire or find something that could hurt them until they're too old to be curious. If we're home and we can't watch him, he's either in the kitchen behind the gate or in his crate. I too look forward to the "free" day, but it's a ways off for us. |
I found it depende on the puppy. Nearly all of mine had free run by the time they were 10 months old. Cali even though she had free run of the house for many months would run to her playpen and go in and sleep whenever I said "Mommy's going to Nana's" and would stay there until I came home. I feel once they are potty trained and no longer chewing walls ets and the house is puppy proof they can be out. |
I think you can start gating him off in one room at a time now. As you see he does well in the room you can give him a little more freedom, until you're able to give total freedom. |
i have been wondering this exact same thing!!! thank you for asking. romeo will be 8 months on the 26th and i wondered when i could stop crating him when i leave home for errands. i don't work so it would not be all day long. |
Beau is an old man now, but he still doesn't like to have free roam when we aren't home. He has mild separation anxiety, so the minute we leave he tortures everything in our house including my bird. He's actually a lot more comfortable in his cage, so he probably won't ever have "free roam" if I'm not home. As long as he is okay with it, so am I though...so it all depends on the dog. |
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