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I'm new here and not sure if I'm posting in the proper place, so here it goes. Heck, my puppy hasn't even been born yet. However, I'm trying to get equipped with as much knowledge as possible before we bring the pup into our family.
What is the census on putting the puppy in the crate at night? My 12 year old wants this puppy to be sleeping on the bed with him. I'm not really too keen on the idea of having to move the crate from the family room(where I think we'll be keeping it), to my son's room.
I'm wondering if the puppy is in the crate during the day between 7 1/2 - 9 hours during the day(7:30am - 3:15 or 4:30pm)and say from 11pm to 4:30am,this just seems like an awful lot of crate time. Would it be adviseable or not to leave the puppy out at night to be with my son or are we looking for problems to arise? I guess it depends on the puppy itself, how well it will adapt to our family and routine, but I'm just not really 100% on this crate training business. Since I've never crate trained a dog before I am experiencing some anxiety over how much is too much. I know to keeping the puppy safe is the number one priority and keeping my home intact along with my sanity is tied for number 2.
Thanks,
Blondie
What is the census on putting the puppy in the crate at night? My 12 year old wants this puppy to be sleeping on the bed with him. I'm not really too keen on the idea of having to move the crate from the family room(where I think we'll be keeping it), to my son's room.
I'm wondering if the puppy is in the crate during the day between 7 1/2 - 9 hours during the day(7:30am - 3:15 or 4:30pm)and say from 11pm to 4:30am,this just seems like an awful lot of crate time. Would it be adviseable or not to leave the puppy out at night to be with my son or are we looking for problems to arise? I guess it depends on the puppy itself, how well it will adapt to our family and routine, but I'm just not really 100% on this crate training business. Since I've never crate trained a dog before I am experiencing some anxiety over how much is too much. I know to keeping the puppy safe is the number one priority and keeping my home intact along with my sanity is tied for number 2.
Thanks,
Blondie