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LITESISTER · 07-22-2008, 07:22 AM

I have a yorkie and a choc lab. My schedule was set for a long time and I would be home all day also my sons and husband would be home at night. Now that it is summer the boys 18 and 13 are home and I am at work in the day. My lab is ok with the change but the yorkie is running wild. The boys dont watch her like they should and she gets into everything I am worried. What can I do to confine her a playpen? She is alone from 11am-3pm.

maxlover · 07-22-2008, 03:36 PM

My husband and I both work all day so Abby is home by herself. When she was a pup, we left her in the bathroom with her toys, food, water and pee pad and it had a vinyl floor so I wasn't worried if she had an accident. She also had a little dog bed in there. She seemed to like her little den and pottied on the pad. After she was fully trained, she is almost a year old, we leave her out and put her pad in the kitchen. She also has access to the living room and sleeps on the couch most of the time. The hallway and back bedrooms are gated off, so she doesn't have complete run of the house. Maybe you could try a playpen or gate off an area for your furbaby. Good luck!

Jackie

07-22-2008, 07:22 AM	#1
LITESISTER Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 38	problem with leaving my dogs I have a yorkie and a choc lab. My schedule was set for a long time and I would be home all day also my sons and husband would be home at night. Now that it is summer the boys 18 and 13 are home and I am at work in the day. My lab is ok with the change but the yorkie is running wild. The boys dont watch her like they should and she gets into everything I am worried. What can I do to confine her a playpen? She is alone from 11am-3pm.

07-22-2008, 03:36 PM	#2
maxlover Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 118	My husband and I both work all day so Abby is home by herself. When she was a pup, we left her in the bathroom with her toys, food, water and pee pad and it had a vinyl floor so I wasn't worried if she had an accident. She also had a little dog bed in there. She seemed to like her little den and pottied on the pad. After she was fully trained, she is almost a year old, we leave her out and put her pad in the kitchen. She also has access to the living room and sleeps on the couch most of the time. The hallway and back bedrooms are gated off, so she doesn't have complete run of the house. Maybe you could try a playpen or gate off an area for your furbaby. Good luck! Jackie