Getting pup in 2 weeks and a little confused about how to handle the first few nights/settling in time. We definitely want to crate train and I feel confident about how to approach this gradually. What I'm confused about is how to settle pup in at night. We had always anticipated a crate (with door open initially) in the kitchen, which will have a gate on the door. We have been told by various people to ignore crying and whining. On the contrary lots of other people seem to bring the pup to their rooms in a crate so they can hear if they get upset or indicate they need to pee/poo. In which case the ignoring the crying is awful if it's to let you know they need the loo?? In our room we would have to shut the crate door as it's not safe with wires etc but as he wouldn't be crate trained I don't want to terrify the poor thing either! Any advice?
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iamthedanger · 26/08/2016 10:11
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