My wife and I recently got a new puppy (5 weeks old yellow lab), now the puppy is 8 weeks old and has really become accustomed to her environment. My wife is really bearing the brunt of this dog. My wife only works 3 days a week, so she is home the rest of the time; just her and the puppy. The puppy is starting to jump up on the sofa, grab things off of the coffee table, bite my feet, still not house trained...etc, so she obviously has to be watched constantly!
I know all these things will get better with time, but how do I keep my wife from wanting to get rid of the puppy in the mean time? We are crate training the dog, but I don't know if its ok to leave the dog in the crate when my wife is home, only to come out play a little bit every hour, and then go back in until I get home, when there will be two of there to watch her. Also, until we move in a few months, we don't have much of a yard.
2007-09-18
05:23:57
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