TripleD
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ray: Good Evening! Anticipating our new arrival tomorrow night into our pack. We currently have a 18 month old Chi and a 6 month old boxer/beagle mix. Both to which have been altered. The first worry I do have is the fact of leaving the puppy in his crate for longer than the "2" hour rule. If one was to have but no choice to allow the puppy to stay in his crate for say, 4 hours, what would be the best alternative? I had thought about fencing off our kitchen area, but would this teach them it was okay to use the kitchen floor? I will be using puppy pads. I've never had an issue in the past with dogs and potty training. Our 6 month old we adopted 2 months ago, and he has had only 2 accidents in house. From the get go, he has remained in his crate for at least 6 - 8 hours while we are working and have never had an issue. We have yet to leave him roam while we are not home. He's a bit more "adventurous" then my chi. My chi on occasion will go into his crate if I know we will be gone longer then 7 - 9 hours. Neither of them sleep in their crates, but sleep in bed with us. Of which, this didn't happen until they could hold it half way through the night. I just want make sure we do it the right way straight out of the gate. Duke is going to be one large dog and that's quite a bit of pee to clean!
Thanks!
Thanks!