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NEED HELP ASAP about method to use on housetraining..
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I am picking up my puppy Cairn Terrier March 9..and I am veryyyyyy confused on method of housetraining: here are my hours for work.. I live exactly 10min. from home..
Monday 7am-1:30 (at worst)..6-61/2hrs, no break to come home
Tuesday 7am-5 (12-1..I come home for lunch)
Wednesday 11:30am (mostly 12:00)...11:30 only if there is an emergency..I work in dental-----3:30-4:30 to come home for lunch..and home at 8:00pm
Thursday 7-5..(12-1...to come home)
Friday..7-1..no break (worst case 1:30) (in summer we end at 12:00)
My breeder says to do 1/2blanket and 1/2 newspaper in the front of the crate...I am not so sure about that.. isn't that teaching the dog to soil it's den?? I have also been told to get an expen and connect the crate to it and put newspapers at the far and..away from the crate in the expen......I think that would be better in a sense because the pup won,t soil it's crate...but how and when would you transition the dog not to go on papers in the expen??? I live in a raised ranch and the expen would be upstairs..I have to go down one level of stairs to get the pup out to still train outside when I am home...arn,t you still teaching the dog to inside(the expen??) will that confuse the dog on training outside??? I do not have anyone who can come over to let the pup out miday..the time spans are 5-61/2 hrs at 9wks old that I cannot be there.
Some people tell me ooooh the pup can do this and others say no way...I want to start of right...PLEASE HELP WITH SUGGESTIONS>> I am running out of time here...
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NEED HELP ASAP about method to use on housetraining..
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I am picking up my puppy Cairn Terrier March 9..and I am veryyyyyy confused on method of housetraining: here are my hours for work.. I live exactly 10min. from home..
Monday 7am-1:30 (at worst)..6-61/2hrs, no break to come home
Tuesday 7am-5 (12-1..I come home for lunch)
Wednesday 11:30am (mostly 12:00)...11:30 only if there is an emergency..I work in dental-----3:30-4:30 to come home for lunch..and home at 8:00pm
Thursday 7-5..(12-1...to come home)
Friday..7-1..no break (worst case 1:30) (in summer we end at 12:00)
My breeder says to do 1/2blanket and 1/2 newspaper in the front of the crate...I am not so sure about that.. isn't that teaching the dog to soil it's den?? I have also been told to get an expen and connect the crate to it and put newspapers at the far and..away from the crate in the expen......I think that would be better in a sense because the pup won,t soil it's crate...but how and when would you transition the dog not to go on papers in the expen??? I live in a raised ranch and the expen would be upstairs..I have to go down one level of stairs to get the pup out to still train outside when I am home...arn,t you still teaching the dog to inside(the expen??) will that confuse the dog on training outside??? I do not have anyone who can come over to let the pup out miday..the time spans are 5-61/2 hrs at 9wks old that I cannot be there.
Some people tell me ooooh the pup can do this and others say no way...I want to start of right...PLEASE HELP WITH SUGGESTIONS>> I am running out of time here...
So with that said, I suggest that you hire a dog walker on the days you cant get back home, a 9wk old puppy cant hold it that long they will ustually only be able to hold it for 2-3hrs. But if its in a small crate a dog doesnt want to soil there den so they will try to hold it as long as possible. I think the best thing you could do is when you go to work make sure he has been out to pee AND poop then stick him in his crate with a little water and something to keep him busy when he is in there, them on the days you cant be home in 3hrs you sould get a dog walker to come by to play with your puppy and take him out to the bathroom. Most areas have dog walker available you may just have to call around.