LyriK
Jun 29, 2009, 04:10 PM
Hello. 5 days ago I bought a 9 week old male Siberian Husky. I've been doing the following crate training process as I was told to do at the place I bought him.
-He is to be kept in the crate at all times, and taken to a spot with a pad for him to eliminate on every 2 hours. I put housebreaking aid on the pad.
-If he eliminates I can play with him for 25 minutes as a reward (has YET to happen).
-At night he stays in a pen with a bed on one side, some toys and a pad on the other side.
-They told me he is too young to be taken outside.
Now is this the correct way? Every 2 hours I take him to the pad, but he never does anything. He peed on it maybe twice out of the 5 days.. and 10 or more times he will eliminate IMMEDIATELY after I put him in the crate.. This really confuses me because they told me he will avoid eliminating in the crate.
Also today I fed him around 8:30 AM (his first meal) and he has not yet made stool.. and refused his other meals of the day.
He was given ample time to eliminate on the pad but 4 times today alone he urinated as soon as he was put back in the cage.
Also, do I leave him in the cage in his filth for the FULL 2 hour intervals I was told to do? Or do I clean it after only maybe half an hour?
I just want this process to go smoothly and I want what's best for him :\
-He is to be kept in the crate at all times, and taken to a spot with a pad for him to eliminate on every 2 hours. I put housebreaking aid on the pad.
-If he eliminates I can play with him for 25 minutes as a reward (has YET to happen).
-At night he stays in a pen with a bed on one side, some toys and a pad on the other side.
-They told me he is too young to be taken outside.
Now is this the correct way? Every 2 hours I take him to the pad, but he never does anything. He peed on it maybe twice out of the 5 days.. and 10 or more times he will eliminate IMMEDIATELY after I put him in the crate.. This really confuses me because they told me he will avoid eliminating in the crate.
Also today I fed him around 8:30 AM (his first meal) and he has not yet made stool.. and refused his other meals of the day.
He was given ample time to eliminate on the pad but 4 times today alone he urinated as soon as he was put back in the cage.
Also, do I leave him in the cage in his filth for the FULL 2 hour intervals I was told to do? Or do I clean it after only maybe half an hour?
I just want this process to go smoothly and I want what's best for him :\