Does your puppy cry in her crate? Here are 10 tips to help your puppy learn the crate is a safe and happy place.
How long can puppies stay in their crate? In general, young puppies 8-11 weeks will need an elimination break every two hours. From 12-14 weeks, they can “hold it” for 2.5 hours; 15-16 weeks, 3 hours.
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5 REASONS TO USE A CRATE:
1. Helps with housetraining. Most puppies do not want to eliminate in confinement.
2. Keeps your household safe from chewing.
3. Keeps your puppy safe from chewing something dangerous.
4. Necessary if you ever have to board your puppy or your pup has to stay at the vet’s.
5. Keeps your puppy safe when you travel and stay in a hotel or another house.
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Monique Anstee is a nationally ranked obedience competitor and the founder and head trainer at the Naughty Dogge on Vancouver Island. She has distilled over 25 years of dog training experience into her first book, As A Dog Thinketh, in which she shares daily wisdom for all of your dog-related conundrums, including her hard-learned tips on how best to socialize a puppy. Read on for some great advice from a top Canadian trainer.
Dogs need to be socialized. That means that dogs need to see the world and handle it with social grace. We need to teach them the skills and habits necessary for participating within our society.
Unfortunately, socialization is now commonly misunderstood and misinterpreted to mean just interacting and playing with other dogs. While puppies do need to play with other puppies, this is a teeny-tiny piece of their education, but somehow it’s become the only piece that many people focus on.
Here is a list of excellent activities you can do with your puppy to properly socialize him or her. I call it my puppy socialization bucket list, and it’s one of my most sought-after pieces of writing:
Socialization is about teaching life skills to your puppy. I exposed my puppy to every possible skill that she might need to be a functional adult. With all of the exposure and success comes a level of confidence and bravery; they will get to the point where they believe they are invincible. Even when she gets into trouble, she knows I am right there behind her to help her with her difficulties.
When puppies feel overwhelmed or scared, hold them in your arms, rather than leaving them on the floor. They can watch from up high, and then they’ll start wriggling like a mad thing wanting to get down and do it themselves. Rather than asking them to try it, by taking that option away and making them feel safe they have to then demand they be allowed to try it. This is a difference between feeling forced into an experience and choosing an experience. And when they choose the experience, they will be braver.
My last puppy never did have one “bad” experience. Unfortunately, it will happen, and when it does, they know that I am there to protect and help them. As they go on their adventures in the world, both good and bad, we are a team, and I have their back.
I love this adorable French Bulldog treat jar from Torre & Tagus. It's a great and fashionable way of keeping all of my pups treats in one place. My favourite is the black jar, but it also comes in white as well. – CB
Do-it-yourself furniture retailer IKEA have found an innovative method of helping shelter animals find new homes and it’s gotten us excited.
How many Sunday afternoons have been spent strolling through sprawling IKEA warehouses using the mock living areas to visualize how that rug or that sofa would look in our homes? Well, if you find yourself at the Tempe, Arizona IKEA you might even discover a new best friend among the jungle of flat-pack shelving units.
It all started in Singapore with a partnership between IKEA and Homes for Hope. Cardboard cutouts of adoptable dogs were placed around participating stores, with barcodes that can be scanned to provide more information about the featured pooch.
IKEA Tempe has now partnered with Arizona Humane Society to help more animals find homes. An initial run saw six cutouts featured around the store, with all pets quickly adopted. Following the success, more cutouts will be making their way to the store beginning July 29th.
"We thought it was a perfect way to show people what their home would look like with a pet in it," IKEA Tempe's marketing director Becky Blaine told Business Insider.
Watch the program in action.
via Business Insider
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