pixiepurls
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Hello everyone, we are expecting a puppy in June if all goes well. I have paid the deposit 
We've asked for a boy though I will take a girl if thats all thats left (I'm #4 on the list to get a puppy and she has two pregnant for sure, maybe a 3rd). I am crossing my fingers there are 4 puppies!
For previous sheltie's I've used plastic small crates when a puppy and placed the small crate in the bed with me at night so I could wake up when they cried and take to potty. I will sure be glad its summer and not freezing out! I will be home most of the time which will be great for potty training. Any recommendation for the "full size" crate for when the puppy gets bigger? I have the nice fabric collapsable kind, in a fairly large size. We used that on my Toby for when I would leave the house for a few hours or if we went camping etc.
I won't be able to let the puppy in it for a while I would imagine as I remember all the things my Toby gnawed on. Are there larger size crates I can convert or make smaller with a divider until the puppy grew larger? Or should I not bother and just stick with smaller knowing I have the larger on for when he or she is older? If I recall correctly to potty train with the crate you get a crate that can stand up in and turn around in but nothing more and obv don't leave them in it all day but I'll be home.
I remember when I would get tired of monitoring and need a break I would work on the computer and crate Toby under my feet to give me a break and insure he wouldn't pee inside while I was distracted. I occasionally put him in the bathroom with puppy pads if I would b gone longer then he could hold it and I remember months old = hours they can hold it. Is this still generally correct? It's been 13 years sense I've had a puppy so advice and tips welcome. I crate train, clicker train and will socialize and do obedience for sure during the first two years, worked out well with all my past dogs.
We've asked for a boy though I will take a girl if thats all thats left (I'm #4 on the list to get a puppy and she has two pregnant for sure, maybe a 3rd). I am crossing my fingers there are 4 puppies!For previous sheltie's I've used plastic small crates when a puppy and placed the small crate in the bed with me at night so I could wake up when they cried and take to potty. I will sure be glad its summer and not freezing out! I will be home most of the time which will be great for potty training. Any recommendation for the "full size" crate for when the puppy gets bigger? I have the nice fabric collapsable kind, in a fairly large size. We used that on my Toby for when I would leave the house for a few hours or if we went camping etc.
I won't be able to let the puppy in it for a while I would imagine as I remember all the things my Toby gnawed on. Are there larger size crates I can convert or make smaller with a divider until the puppy grew larger? Or should I not bother and just stick with smaller knowing I have the larger on for when he or she is older? If I recall correctly to potty train with the crate you get a crate that can stand up in and turn around in but nothing more and obv don't leave them in it all day but I'll be home.
I remember when I would get tired of monitoring and need a break I would work on the computer and crate Toby under my feet to give me a break and insure he wouldn't pee inside while I was distracted. I occasionally put him in the bathroom with puppy pads if I would b gone longer then he could hold it and I remember months old = hours they can hold it. Is this still generally correct? It's been 13 years sense I've had a puppy so advice and tips welcome. I crate train, clicker train and will socialize and do obedience for sure during the first two years, worked out well with all my past dogs.
(Surely the vet is not going to be stringing out "no paws on the ground" further and he'll be able to jump on and off bed on his own power. 
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