Kathy has just gor two new puppies and is experiencing difficulties:
“We just got two 7 week old puppies – on is a Shih-Tzu and the other a Yorkie. I am having a hard time crate training them. We are putting them each in a “kennel taxi” at night with a towel, a toy and a wind up clock. The Yorkie doesnt make much noise but the Shih-Tzu will whimper off and on during the night. I check each of them atleast twice each night and they both poop in their crates. I know they are puppies, but what can i do to help them understand they cant sleep in their poop? We will be having to leave them alone during the day and dont want them to be sitting in their poop all day. We also put their crates out in the day time for them to get use to them, but they would just go inside and poop. Are we using the right kind of crate? HELP!!!!” (more…)