Well, I'm the proud mum of 2 new pups, and I want to start their training.
Firstly, I'm wondering if they can share a crate, or if they need seperate crates. They always sleep together, and currently are curled up together in a dog bed and I was thinking they might be happier if they are in the crate together.
Secondly, I was wondering if anyone has any good links to sites with helpful crate training info. I googled it, but mainly came up with sites with people trying to sell crate training accessories instead of sites with tips and advice.
My older 2 pups have seperate crates and do well with it, but they were not litter mates, so they never had the connection that these 2 do. So for my third question...should all 3-4 crates be placed in the same room? Will this aggitate the dogs, or reinforce them socially? I want them to be as happy as possible, but do have to have them in their crates for about 4 hours a day while I'm away. (I came home yesterday to my fiances shredded shoe, and the day before to my torn apart gloves...my fiance has said that if I don't solve that problem they have to go!) I just never had the training problems with my older dogs that I'm having with these 2. Help!!!
Firstly, I'm wondering if they can share a crate, or if they need seperate crates. They always sleep together, and currently are curled up together in a dog bed and I was thinking they might be happier if they are in the crate together.
Secondly, I was wondering if anyone has any good links to sites with helpful crate training info. I googled it, but mainly came up with sites with people trying to sell crate training accessories instead of sites with tips and advice.
My older 2 pups have seperate crates and do well with it, but they were not litter mates, so they never had the connection that these 2 do. So for my third question...should all 3-4 crates be placed in the same room? Will this aggitate the dogs, or reinforce them socially? I want them to be as happy as possible, but do have to have them in their crates for about 4 hours a day while I'm away. (I came home yesterday to my fiances shredded shoe, and the day before to my torn apart gloves...my fiance has said that if I don't solve that problem they have to go!) I just never had the training problems with my older dogs that I'm having with these 2. Help!!!