We are planning on getting a puppy currently narrowed it down to a beagle (ive had beagles before so know what to expect) or a cocker spaniel (which i have no experience with). I grew up with collies and DP had a german shepherd so we are an experience dog family however i have never crate trained a dog before so am wondering if anyone can offer me some advice.
We have 3 children under 5 so my thinking with the crate is that it gives puppy and children a safe space away from each other when needed however we can very easily make a space in the house that is a puppy/childfree zone so is a crate actually needed?
We have been planning, discussing and preparing the children for getting a puppy for about a year so this is a well thought through decision, im a sahm and all 3 children are usually at school or preschool for chunks of the week now so i have plenty of time to give a puppy (which is why we have waited until the youngest started preschool to get a dog) we arent able to rehome due to having such young children which is why we are going down the puppy route.
Please can you give me the dummies lesson in crate training
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smilingthroughgrittedteeth · 30/04/2020 08:26
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