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I am thinking about surprising difficult children with a dog.
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 530720" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>We have always crate-trained our dogs... but never left for more than 8 hours.</p><p></p><p>All of ours have been shelter dogs. It TAKES WORK to get them used to your rhythms and ways of doing things. Plan ahead, do NOT rush into getting the dog. </p><p></p><p>And get the right dog.</p><p></p><p>We've done 1-yr-olds, and 6-month-olds... and the 6-month-olds are "teenage" dogs, so... its an uphill battle with training (but worth it). Wouldn't get a senior dog, though... something 1-3 years old, "certified" housebroken (our first one was), and already crate trained. Anything else... will take about a month of NOT being gone all day, maybe longer, to make this happen.</p><p></p><p>Also research your breeds. I know nothing of "small" dogs... our smallest was 40 lbs. But... big diff between a grade dane and a newfoundlander...!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 530720, member: 11791"] We have always crate-trained our dogs... but never left for more than 8 hours. All of ours have been shelter dogs. It TAKES WORK to get them used to your rhythms and ways of doing things. Plan ahead, do NOT rush into getting the dog. And get the right dog. We've done 1-yr-olds, and 6-month-olds... and the 6-month-olds are "teenage" dogs, so... its an uphill battle with training (but worth it). Wouldn't get a senior dog, though... something 1-3 years old, "certified" housebroken (our first one was), and already crate trained. Anything else... will take about a month of NOT being gone all day, maybe longer, to make this happen. Also research your breeds. I know nothing of "small" dogs... our smallest was 40 lbs. But... big diff between a grade dane and a newfoundlander...! [/QUOTE]
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