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08-04-2016, 02:17 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Bird City, KS, US
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| New family member We just were blessed a month ago with our Bella. She is 8 months old and we need to get her back on track with crate training. Her breeder crate trained her, but we have not left her side. How long is too long to be left in her crate? We also have a cat who refuses to accept her, how do we make this process smoother? |
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08-04-2016, 08:38 PM | #2 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| We all run on a tight schedule around my house, so crate training was essential for keeping things on an even keel. When I say "crate training", I am referring to those wire "cages" that are 26 x 38 inches....plenty of room for their little bed, some water and food, and the pee pad for potty. Mine are up in the morning at 9am, we do outside several times before 1pm, dictated by how hot it is outside. Everyone goes back to their crate at around 1pm, where they stay until 4pm.....this is when I do my housework!....at 4pm, they come back out, and everyone stays up, with several outside playtimes, depending on how hot it is outside......everyone remains up with family, interacting and playing and watching TV in evening until 11pm at night, when everyone goes back into crates overnight. I keep my dogs crated so in the event of an emergency or fire, I know where everyone is and dogs can be collected and evacuated rapidly. All my babies are on this schedule and they know exactly when they go down and when they get back up and this works great for us! We have done this time schedule their entire life, it is routine for all of them, and they look forward to each scheduled "event"! |
08-07-2016, 09:13 PM | #3 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: prescott valley az usa
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| I only have 1 yorkie unlike Yorkiemom1 who breeds beautiful Yorkies. Buddybear only goes into his Irispen when we have to go somewhere together, as we are both retired. However, when we first got Buddybear he was put in a cage at night away from our bedroom.....now he sleeps with us. As far as the cat goes, let him/her make the moves to accept the puppy. We had an orange tabby named Tigger and at first Tigger would investigate Bud on his own terms. I am thrilled to say they became best friends and would groom each other. Unfortunately Tigger had to be put to sleep and Buddy seemed to miss him for a while, but not truly mourn like some animals do.
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08-08-2016, 09:32 AM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Vandalia Il.
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