ali s
I need someone to give me a list of dog's I could get for under 400 dollars, if someone could suggest a site for me that would be great My ideal list would be around 10-15 dogs.
Oh, I don't mean dogs for sale right now, I mean dogs that are generally sold for under 400 dollars
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You want a dog for under $400, not need one. A dog is not a necessity, it is a privilege, and if you can't afford a lot of money, then make sure you own all the necessities first, bedding, crate, toys, leash, look into the costs of vet bills, sterilization, training, immunisation, then have a look around for a dog. Also remember that many 'bargain' dogs are cheap because the parents where never health checked.
How do I crate-train my dog?
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I have a German Shepherd Labrador Retriever Mix 5 month old puppy that is a bundle of joy, love, and energy. Unfortunately, in the mornings I have class and I can't keep him out of his kennel because he likes to get into things (crayons, pencils, and his favorite, paper towels). I really would love for him to be kennel/crate trained because I have to bathe him every time he gets out because he pees in the kennel. He also wails while inside the the kennel. Very loudly! I leave early in the mornings and he ends up waking everyone up, including neighbors. I don't want him to be in agony and I don't want my family/neighbors to get fed up with my bundle of joy. Help?
Thanks! I've tried the treats thing, but putting the blanket in the kennel also leads to him peeing on it which has him laying in an awful stench. Is there anything else you've tried?
King Les or whatever your name is, quit commenting on my stuff. You're really annoying.
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Doggy people are notorious for misusing the English language.
Your question's misuse of the term "crate training" is a classic example, one FIRMLY engrained into the minds of the huge number of dog owners who don't understand dogs.
LEARN:
#1: A crate is inert, insensate - it can neither train nor be trained.
#2: Training a pooch to go into a crate is dead easy PROVIDED you don't upset the pooch by leaving the door shut longer than Pup is happy about.
#3: What you are wanting advice on is TOILET-TRAINING, pure and simple.
And from the sound of it you need either (1) a roofed security run for your pet, or (2) a safe room (no power points, no hoses, nothing Pup can destroy) thoroughly covered with layers of old newspaper.
Using a crate to toilet-train a pup is sure to result in a pup that cannot be toilet-trained until it is 8 months or older. Being shut in for longer than it can "hold on" DESTROYS the instinct we rely on to produce pups that don't mess everywhere.
Properly bred, properly reared pups have a built-in instinct to get away from their nest before piddle-pooing. Confine them to a small space so that they cannot get away from their nest works - PROVIDED someone responds to the pup's signal that it "needs to GO ! - And NOW!!!".
We cannot know whether it was your long absences that FORCED your pup to mess in her crate, or whether her BYBreeder or puppy-mill "manager" kept her in a tiny space (puppy millers want to get as many pup as possible from the amount of space they own - many of them stack crates 3 or 4 high, so that leakage from the crates above pollutes the crates below) or pet-shop staff did the damage. But she HAS learn that in her crate is the place to go toilet. It is quite possible that she now goes to her crate to mess even when she has the run of the house.
So GET RID OF HER CRATE.
Not a problem while you are home & awake, once you have learned her timing & signals for "Wanna go toilet" and can PREDICT when she needs to be carried to the designated toilet place. But when you are absent or asleep it IS a problem.
Hence the need for a LARGE area.
I have roofed security runs that are 4m/12+feet long between each gate & that run's raised sleeping box. That is plenty of room for a GSD to bounce around in to stretch its muscles, and plenty of room to be able to sleep in the open without having to lie in its piddle-poo (GSDs tend to prefer to sleep in the open so they can monitor the movements, scents, sights & sounds of their environment; but they go into a "cave" when the weather is miserable.
Before I built any runs I would use the garden shed or washhouse/laundry as the place where Pup was when I was asleep or away - just cover the lino-whatever with at least 4 layers of newsprint (from old give-away papers and newspapers).
My last pup came inside at 8½ weeks old and had the run of the house 24/7. She was paper-trained that afternoon, and so when I was asleep she trotted to where she knew the newspaper was waiting. NO "accidents". But I know how to let a pup know when I am pleased with her. (I wasn't pleased when she discovered one night that the toilet roll UNrolls - and IT GRABS YOUR LEGS!!!! So, for a few nights, the toilet door had to be shut before I went to bed.)
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