We have had a 3 month old puppy (Sheltie/Bichon mix) for about 2-3 weeks now. According to some of the other questions I asked concerning crate training, we've been approaching it incorrectly.
We are crate training in order to get puppy to understand to go outside, but we don't know how long she can hold it. During the week, we crate her for a few hours at a time (coming home for lunch to let her out, do her business, then crating her for another 3 hours until we return, and repeating). Seems to work well.
We were at first hesitant to crate her at night, since we didn't think she can hold it through the night. But, then I got seriously reprimanded by people here for that. I didn't want to crate her at night because we were concerned that we won't get up if she needs to go. Others have told me she can hold it through the night, others (and our experiences wihtout the crate) says she can't. Can she? What do I do? I'm very concerned and confused.
Serious responses please.
2006-08-09
03:14:58
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