I am getting my puppy on July 10th. He will be about 9 weeks old. Anyway, thats in my summer, I dont have school. I will have two months with the puppy to start house training and crate training him. When i go back to school, unitl he is big enough and is reliable in thehome, he will be crated... for 7 hours. Ok, chill now.. I KNOW puppies cant be contained that long without food or going to the bathroom.
What we did with our family dog is that we did the same thing I listed above... and we had our neighbor come once in the middle of the day to feed and give water, play a little, then take out to go to the bathroom, then put back in crate.
I was wondering if I can do that with my maltese puppy? I know that if you leave a dog in a crate to long they can start to soil (they have no other choice) and eventually will stop caring why they soil, and will be harder to house train.
So basically, for about a month, would it work to have my neighbor come once during the day to let out, feed, water, play, and take out to go to the bathroom, every day? This is what we did with our family dog.. and she is very laid back, calm, and housetrained eaisily and has had no accidents.
thanks!
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Sounds like a good plan to me. The rule is that a puppy can stay crated for only one hour for each month of age. Your puppy should at 4 months of age be able to stay for 4 hours in a crate at a time. Never over 8 hours at any age.
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- How can you possibly imagine that breed has anything to w/it?
A pup is a pup-all require the same training.
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