Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Any one got any puppies?

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Actually, you can house train a puppy by using a laundry room or some
other room where accidents are not that much of a worry. Simply put
down paper and have it cover the whole room. After a while, you take
some of the paper away, and then more and more, eventually, 8 -12
weeks, you can typically put the paper outside.

Puppies are easier to train than older dogs, but I would warn about
the plan of having them in a cage? Anyway if it is a nice large "pen"
then that might be one thing but a cage for 6 - 8 hours will typically
not work too well.

Also, to train a puppy takes time, think of it like you have a child,
a child's education is never ending, the same is with a puppy. While a
puppy is easier to, train, they also form a lot of their behaviors at
this age as well. 6 - 8 hours a day is like a liftetime to a puppy.

Maybe it would be better for you to look at a 6 month to a 12 month
young dog. They are typically able to stay home longer periods of
time, they still have the desire to learn at this point and they are
likely not to have too many bad habits you have to spend time
breaking.

On 8/2/05, Nimrod Levy <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/2/05, Jerry Gamblin <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > 
> > I've been looking but most of the dogs in the  animal shelters are
> > usually older dogs. We have heard (maybe incorrectly) that it would be
> > easier to house/cage train a pup.  The puppy will have to be in its
> > cage 6-8 hours a day and we don't think an older dog who isn't used to 
> > that would be very happy.
> > 
> 
> A puppy will be easier to train.  Older dogs can be trained as well.  It
> takes more patience and time.
> 
> Puppies are usually available in most shelters.
> 
> Sometimes you'll get lucky at the shelter and find an older dog that is
> already trained.
> 
> If you have a mud or laundry room or even a basement that can be closed off,
> you may be able to confine the dog to an area instead of putting them in a
> crate.  That usually works with older dogs (not while you are housebreaking
> a puppy).
> 
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