Well we have had our pup for a while 3 weeks and 2 days now. We were going to wait until spring had official sprung here in Ontario before we made the addition to the family but it just didn't seem to happen that way. We found out that my wife would be on shut down for 3 weeks so we thought this would be the perfect time to get a dog.
And so far we have been very fortunate. Our dog is so good. I mean he still loves to chew ANYTHING and has "wacky doodle time" at very strange times of the day but all in all, we are have been very happy.
Well today is the day my wife went back to work. So we have to keep Link in the Crate a lot longer than we ever have before. I am worried he will rebel a bit and that he will grow to hate his crate.
I mean, he's in it at night from about 10pm until 4:30am when my wife gets up for work. Then he goes back in it at like 5:30 until I get up and take him out at 6:45. Then he's back in until about 10:30 or so when we have asked my wife's mom to come over and let him out and play with him for a while. And lastly he gets out for good between the hours of 12 and 2 when my wife gets home.
I just feel like we are keeping him in there for so long. Especially when he is used to being out all day with the occasional trip the crate for an hour or so during the day while my wife was off.
Is this ok...? Are we doing everything the way we should?
I guess I just feel guilty
And so far we have been very fortunate. Our dog is so good. I mean he still loves to chew ANYTHING and has "wacky doodle time" at very strange times of the day but all in all, we are have been very happy.
Well today is the day my wife went back to work. So we have to keep Link in the Crate a lot longer than we ever have before. I am worried he will rebel a bit and that he will grow to hate his crate.
I mean, he's in it at night from about 10pm until 4:30am when my wife gets up for work. Then he goes back in it at like 5:30 until I get up and take him out at 6:45. Then he's back in until about 10:30 or so when we have asked my wife's mom to come over and let him out and play with him for a while. And lastly he gets out for good between the hours of 12 and 2 when my wife gets home.
I just feel like we are keeping him in there for so long. Especially when he is used to being out all day with the occasional trip the crate for an hour or so during the day while my wife was off.
Is this ok...? Are we doing everything the way we should?
I guess I just feel guilty