Dog Bed
We've been putting Kirbs in her kennel at night to sleep. When is it best to move her into her bed? She is doing rather well with housebreaking. We haven't been going through 3 rolls of paper towels a week anymore. :) She does fairly well if I take her out early and decide to sleep late. She'll just roam around and end up back in our room with her chew toys. She will be 6 months old at the end of this month. Any suggestions?
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Permalink Reply by Karen Dadisman on
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I'd leave her in her crate until she's about a year. She's still a baby and might get into stuff to chew even if her house training holds. Keeping her in her crate will most likely encourage her to sleep all night and a sleeping pup doesn't need to potty while an awake pup is more likely to have accidents if she doesn't get let out.
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Permalink Reply by Kimberlie on
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I agree i would wait a little longer, We just started ours with success at 10 months, we did try at 6 months, and 8 but without success(they would get into stuff constanly be waking us up. We allowing them out of the crate and sleep in their bed, once a week. So far no accidents or problems. For now the beds are beside ours, this way (since im a lite sleeper) i can tell if they get out of the bed. Make sure when you start you do nights/morning where you are not sleeping in. We plan to transition till they can confidently sleep in bed in the bedroom with no problems everynight, then do the same thing all over again with them sleeping in the living room.
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Permalink Reply by Carla on
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I would agree with others with at least a year - Casey was still causing some damage when left to her own devices at around 8/9 months. They go through adolescence and seem to forget everything you just finished training around 6-9 months.
Since I'm naturally a very untrusting person, Casey is still crated at night (now almost 14 months) but we're planning on giving her some more freedom in the next few months, provided she proves herself trustworthy.
My aunt has a 9 year old labradoodle that is still crated nightly, so I guess it depends on how comfortable you are.
But I would definitely not give them that much freedom at 6 months - you'd probably regret it!
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Permalink Reply by Monica, Orion, and Laika on
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Starting at about 3 months with Orion and at about 3.5 months with Laika (she's a little more mischievous) I would let them sleep in bed with me at night. They never had a problem sleeping the whole night in their crates and I typically have to wake them up in the morning, they don't get me up, so I figured they could sleep in bed with me. Locked in my room and typically up on my bed (sometimes Laika sleeps on the pillows on the floor) I have no problems with them. Laika is now a little over four months and Orion will be six months on september 16th. They sleep the whole night and after I've gotten up and showered they're still sprawled out asleep on the bed, then I get them up for their morning potty break. I've never had anything destroyed or any accidents during the night but they're enclosed in the room with me. Also, when I'm at my apartment during school I live by myself and when I'm at my parents house during the summer I am the only person who sleeps upstairs so there are no reason for the dogs to want to get up since no one else is up. I'm not sure where your pup's bed will be but if its in your room and you know there won't be other distractions to get her up (people walking through the room or by the door, etc.) I'd give it a try. I started letting them sleep in bed with my about one or two nights a week and now leave them out every night. So maybe try one night and she how she does and make sure anything destroyable is off the floor just in case!
By the way I still use Orion and Laika's crates when I go out for class, etc. other wise they'll destroy everything. If I know I'll only be gone for about 30 or so minutes I'll allow them to be out in a gated off area. I scheduled classes so I am never gone too long and have long enough breaks between classes that I can come back and let the dogs run around and go potty but sometimes they escape from their crates (like living with Houdini!) and done things like shredded toilet paper, or pottied on the floor, etc. So I definitely will continue using their crates until they're old enough to exhibit some self control while I'm gone (ha!) but they do very well at night :)
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Permalink Reply by Alison Prasavath on
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Noodles was in his crate until he was 1.5 years old. That is when he decided he no longer needed it. Noodles has a bed, but he prefers sleeping in between mom and dad at night. I think he sleeps more on our bed and the couches than what he does on his bed.
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Permalink Reply by Tegan, Carol & John on
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Tegan is almost 11 months, and she is still crated at night. We haven't had any accidents for months & she's not destructive, but if she's not in her crate she hears the raccoons and opossums (and we live in a relatively urban environment!) in our backyard trees (usually around 2 a.m.) and just starts barking with outrage! If we keep her crated, she sleeps through the night. We've been trying about once a week for the last month to see if she'll get used to the outside activity, but not yet. They just make her angry.
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