I always advise owners to keep their very young
pups crated at night in the same room where they themselves sleep.
Hello Patrick You can start with Potty pads if you plan on keeping
the pup crated at night.
Not exact matches
Crate training involves purchasing a crate and putting your pup in it when you can not supervise him, and at night when you s
Crate training involves purchasing a
crate and putting your pup in it when you can not supervise him, and at night when you s
crate and putting your
pup in it when you can not supervise him, and
at night when you sleep.
If it's possible, placing the
crate next to your bed is ideal, in the first couple of months, so you can tell if your new
pup needs to go out
at night, or is in distress in any way.
At night, my personal preference is to have the
pup in a
crate beside the bed if possible — this way, you can hear if she whines to go out.
Ideally, your
pup should sleep in his
crate in your room
at night.
Due to the denning instinct a puppy or adult dog will not do their business where they sleep, so when the
pup is in the
crate at night they will let you know by whining or barking they need to be put out for bathroom time.
What I'd recommend is
crating your
pup at night — or even having her in your bed, so she's close to you, and you can wake up when she does and take her out when she needs a nighttime poop.
An 8 week old
pup will need to pee approximately every 30 minutes to an hour when not
crated during the day (
at night he'll probably need one, two or even three potty trips to begin with).
Thankfully our
pup liked his
crate and he was sleeping all
night after about week or two
at 10 weeks of age.
It is recommended to
crate your pup when you are gone, during Crate Training practice, and at night for slee
crate your
pup when you are gone, during
Crate Training practice, and at night for slee
Crate Training practice, and
at night for sleeping.