Tag: crates

August 19, 2017 / Puppy Life

On April 1st, 2017, I drove to Welcome, MD to pick up Ayla. My breeder lived in Delaware, but she had been willing to drive a few of the puppies to the Maryland breeder whom I had first visited, and so I picked Ayla up…

August 24, 2017 / All

I now had a dog walker. I had a plastic crate on loan from my mother. I had purchased several towels (not a good idea – Ayla ripped through those) and fleece baby blankets (good idea, she leaves these alone) from Goodwill for bedding. And…

August 25, 2017 / Crate Training

To recap: I now had my puppy, but my puppy wailed like a banshee every time I put her in her crate. I recall several nights on Google at 2AM typing in keyword searches like “my dog won’t stop barking in it’s crate, what do…

August 30, 2017 / Crate Training

One other crate training rule that I implemented for my little banshee was that being let out of the crate was always followed by a visit outside, and we’d stay outside until she used the bathroom. I believe the turning point in our crating saga was actually due to three days of solid rain at the end of April.

September 10, 2017 / Crate Training

I was absolutely relieved when Ayla began sleeping through the night, around my 4th week of owning her. I was still waking up ungodly early – my gradual push back of our 5AM morning wake-up had to be reset once I removed the 1AM potty…