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Good morning,
I just recently acquired a 9 week old puppy. The popular name is a Teddy Bear Dog, it's half shih-tzu and half bichon. Since I work during the day I have a dog walker come twice a day to walk him for 45 minutes outside. Whenever we bring him outside he does take advantage of running around and more importantly taking care of his 'duties'
The question I have is this. During the day while I'm at work, should I leave him in his crate or section off an area of the house (w/ no carpeting) with the crate. I hate to leave him for 3 hours at a time (dog walker comes every 3 hours) in his crate. The first week we left him in his crate, this week we left him sectioned off in the house with the crate. What we noticed when we sectioned him off is that he did pee on the floor 2 of the 5 days.
Not sure if I have the right forum, but looking for peoples opinion/feedback.
Thanks in advance
I just recently acquired a 9 week old puppy. The popular name is a Teddy Bear Dog, it's half shih-tzu and half bichon. Since I work during the day I have a dog walker come twice a day to walk him for 45 minutes outside. Whenever we bring him outside he does take advantage of running around and more importantly taking care of his 'duties'
The question I have is this. During the day while I'm at work, should I leave him in his crate or section off an area of the house (w/ no carpeting) with the crate. I hate to leave him for 3 hours at a time (dog walker comes every 3 hours) in his crate. The first week we left him in his crate, this week we left him sectioned off in the house with the crate. What we noticed when we sectioned him off is that he did pee on the floor 2 of the 5 days.
Not sure if I have the right forum, but looking for peoples opinion/feedback.
Thanks in advance