When I go to work is it better to crate pup indoors or outdoors? I am saving to buy materials to build outside dog-run but in the meantime I must crate 5 month old while I am gone. No longer able to take with me. I won't crate outside in adverse weather but am wondering if beneficial at this early age to be out to get fresh air. I will be able to come home for lunch,(about an hour) but am concerned about dog getting seperation anxiety if alone. My backyard is fenced and I do have one other person living here to look after pup until about 11:00 and I'll be home around noon. Will he really adjust to this new schedule or should I blow what I have in the bank to purchase materials this weekend?
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When I go to work is it better to crate pup indoors or outdoors? I am saving to buy materials to build outside dog-run but in the meantime I must crate 5 month old while I am gone.
MHO is that he'll be fine indoors, and also that separation anxiety wouldn't be triggered by being indoors instead of out.
You're talking about a usual workday, right? And you come home in the middle to give him an outing?
If you tire him out before you leave with a good walk and then walk him again when you come home after work, he'll sleep most of the time you're gone, and he'll be safe indoors from anyone who might take a puppy, crate and all, from your yard. (At least I think that's the situation you're describing..........am I missing something?)
Yes, that is situation. I live in a better than average part of town and have neighbors who are out all day doing yardwork and such. I am concerned with theft but not as much as my feelings of concern over pups confinement without me being around. There might be days when I can take him. The yard is generally secure. 5 1/2- 6 foot privacy fence with only one gate that is able to be padlocked.
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.....I am concerned with theft but not as much as my feelings of concern over pups confinement without me being around.
I think he will be just fine in the crate indoors and having his outdoor time when you are at home.
He is still at the sleeping-most-of-the-day age, after all. His crate is his secure den in his secure home.
I believe that you are worrying unnecessarily about feelings of confinement. He has been crated anyway, right? Feelings of confinement happen when the dog doesn't get lots of structured exercise with you, and then I would call it more "frustrated energy."
Also, separation anxiety isn't a "feeling of confinement." It's anxiety about being left alone -- not about being in a crate.
Walk him well, never use his crate as a punishment, and don't make a big excited production about your coming and going, and minimize the association between your leaving and his being crated. (Have him in the crate when you're home sometimes, too.) Treat the crate as a pleasant place, associated with treats and security.
If you are not anxious about this, he is much less likely to be.
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