good idea taking the week of vacay & getting in the grove with the puppy. sounds like you are getting a good start with reading golden books etc.. it make a difference! good luck- they are wonderful dogs..
Newby in the works
Hello All,
I'm new to this forum and am anticipating the arrival of our first golden to be born around November 13th. I've never owned a golden before, so this is an experience that my family and I are soooo looking forward to! I've read so many books on goldens and my biggest area of concern right now is formulating a plan for crate training. I've never crate trained a dog before and even though I've read a lot on the topic, my main concern is how to go about adapting the puppy to the crate and being gone during the day at work. I know everything I read says to hire someone to come in to the home to let the puppy out. This would become an additional expense of approximately $240.00 a month at $60.00 per week. It seems a bit much, so I am contemplating working the night shift, for awhile, until I at least can get to the point to where I can leave the puppy crated for a longer period of time. Any thoughts, idea's or tips on the topic of successful crate training would be enormously appreciated.
Thank you sooo very much!
Blondie
I'm new to this forum and am anticipating the arrival of our first golden to be born around November 13th. I've never owned a golden before, so this is an experience that my family and I are soooo looking forward to! I've read so many books on goldens and my biggest area of concern right now is formulating a plan for crate training. I've never crate trained a dog before and even though I've read a lot on the topic, my main concern is how to go about adapting the puppy to the crate and being gone during the day at work. I know everything I read says to hire someone to come in to the home to let the puppy out. This would become an additional expense of approximately $240.00 a month at $60.00 per week. It seems a bit much, so I am contemplating working the night shift, for awhile, until I at least can get to the point to where I can leave the puppy crated for a longer period of time. Any thoughts, idea's or tips on the topic of successful crate training would be enormously appreciated.
Thank you sooo very much!
Blondie
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