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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 368404" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>If you took an older dog that was used to being outside and roaming free and then tried to convert it in to a house dog, that would be different. But getting it as a small puppy, it doesn't ever have to get used to roaming and running loose. For the longest time I kept my larger mixed breed, Freebie, on a long tie-out on my covered front porch while I was at work - the rest of the time she was inside. I thought she liked beign outside better. The tie-out was long enough for her to get down in the grass but not long enough for her to reach the street. She was way too cold out there in the winter and way too hot in the summer and now she's terrified of thunderstorms and lightning. I have her in the house with the others now and she's very well behaved and much happier being inside.</p><p> </p><p>You really need to get a crate and begin crate training when it's a very small puppy. Mine stay in their crates while I'm away at work and they actually love having their own "rooms". I got them used to it by feeding them their breakfast in their crates before I left for work. They can each eat in peace and no competition over the breakfast. They're still out playing most of the time when I'm home. A crate becomes security for them, their own little den, their hide-away. They each have their own bedding in there and their own special toys and they actually go in on their own to nap. I don't trust <u>any</u> of mine to be out unsupervised while I'm away - too many things they can get in to and maybe get hurt. I do trust Ragan to be out long enough to make a quick trip to the store or something, but anything longer and she's in the crate too. A crate can really help with potty training a puppy too because generally they won't go where they sleep. You want to make sure the first crate is small enough that they don't have enough room to go potty on one end and sleep in the other! It can be done though. You will come to bless the day you bought a crate!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 368404, member: 1883"] If you took an older dog that was used to being outside and roaming free and then tried to convert it in to a house dog, that would be different. But getting it as a small puppy, it doesn't ever have to get used to roaming and running loose. For the longest time I kept my larger mixed breed, Freebie, on a long tie-out on my covered front porch while I was at work - the rest of the time she was inside. I thought she liked beign outside better. The tie-out was long enough for her to get down in the grass but not long enough for her to reach the street. She was way too cold out there in the winter and way too hot in the summer and now she's terrified of thunderstorms and lightning. I have her in the house with the others now and she's very well behaved and much happier being inside. You really need to get a crate and begin crate training when it's a very small puppy. Mine stay in their crates while I'm away at work and they actually love having their own "rooms". I got them used to it by feeding them their breakfast in their crates before I left for work. They can each eat in peace and no competition over the breakfast. They're still out playing most of the time when I'm home. A crate becomes security for them, their own little den, their hide-away. They each have their own bedding in there and their own special toys and they actually go in on their own to nap. I don't trust [U]any[/U] of mine to be out unsupervised while I'm away - too many things they can get in to and maybe get hurt. I do trust Ragan to be out long enough to make a quick trip to the store or something, but anything longer and she's in the crate too. A crate can really help with potty training a puppy too because generally they won't go where they sleep. You want to make sure the first crate is small enough that they don't have enough room to go potty on one end and sleep in the other! It can be done though. You will come to bless the day you bought a crate! [/QUOTE]
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