Re: Sleeping w/ me

Posted by: Heather Reid
Posted on: October 31, 2001 at 09:07:10

In Reply to: Sleeping w/ me
Posted by: Tracy
Posted on: October 30, 2001 at 21:09:57

Question:

: 2 questions: Our 5 mth old sleeps w/ us at night. We are trying to crate train. Could this cause issues? She will do well when we are in the rm with her, she'll go into her box and pee or whatever but at night she'll got right near the box and come back to bed. Someone said not to let her sleep with us until she is competely housebroken.

: 2. She is very clingy, even when I leave the area she is normally in and she has run of the room - not in the crate. She will whine in the crate and when she is alone for more than a minute. HOw can I make her more confident?

: Thanks!

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Hi Tracy!
1. If you are not going to wake up when she leaves the bed to take her out to potty, then she does need to sleep in her crate. You'll need to wake up if she needs to go potty while in her crate too though. Training in a box or on paper is just teaching her that it's okay to go indoors, and it is not very likely you will never get reliability in "hitting the target." Please check out the hundreds of other posts on this subject and consider actually housebreaking your dog.
2. I don't crate my dogs when I am home, except for when they were pups and I was in the shower. When I am home, they are out with the family. Wanting to be with you is totally normal behavior, as these are very human-oriented dogs.
Good luck!
Heather