Moon River
Well-Known Member
We lost our 14 year old spaniel in the summer and after a bit of reeling around we started to think about getting another dog. We (I!) decided we should be sensible and look at getting a new puppy in the spring to make toilet training more bearable with the better weather coming in, so of course what we actually did was find a lovely litter of labradors that are now 5 weeks old and put our names down for a new little boy puppy who will be coming home just before New Year. Cue panic. It's been a long long time since I had a puppy, everyone seems to do crate training now which definitely wasn't a thing on my radar last time round. Is this really the best way to go? Options are crate, think it would have to go in the main living area as not enough space any where else, and/or baby gate on the kitchen for keeping puppy in one place when required.
If I buy a crate what size do I go for? I'm looking at 36" size ones as being lab sized, but then reading about keeping the space small and increasing as puppy grows. I think I've finished hyperventilating about not being able to bring a puppy up well, for the minute at least.
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If I buy a crate what size do I go for? I'm looking at 36" size ones as being lab sized, but then reading about keeping the space small and increasing as puppy grows. I think I've finished hyperventilating about not being able to bring a puppy up well, for the minute at least.
Puppy spam attached.