Grifforama
Mar 27, 2007, 07:32 AM
We have just brought our havanese pup home from the breeder. He is 8 weeks old.
I spent all day with him on Monday, as I could work from home, but this was only a temporary arrangement, and my wife and I are now working full time away from home.
He is very comfortable in his crate, and he has a pen with wee wee pads which he has been trained to use.
He has as much water as he should need and some food and some safe toys.
We have left the TV on low for the day.
We know that he will cry a lot today, but I have a couple of questions.
1. Should I come home at lunchtime to see him, or is this going to give him a false sense that I will always come home at lunchtime (which I can't do)
2. Should we start getting him used to staying in his crate with the door shut during the day ? In which case, I guess we should get a larger crate with space for the wee wee pads and space to play and sleep ?
Thanks Dave
I spent all day with him on Monday, as I could work from home, but this was only a temporary arrangement, and my wife and I are now working full time away from home.
He is very comfortable in his crate, and he has a pen with wee wee pads which he has been trained to use.
He has as much water as he should need and some food and some safe toys.
We have left the TV on low for the day.
We know that he will cry a lot today, but I have a couple of questions.
1. Should I come home at lunchtime to see him, or is this going to give him a false sense that I will always come home at lunchtime (which I can't do)
2. Should we start getting him used to staying in his crate with the door shut during the day ? In which case, I guess we should get a larger crate with space for the wee wee pads and space to play and sleep ?
Thanks Dave