Should I leave the crate in the corner of the basement (its staying there while she sleeps at night) but when were all hanging out can she stay in the crate in the living room and observe, as long as we don't give her attention or let her out?
And when you say marker training, are you talking about with a clicker? I've never used a clicker, I've always used my voice saying yes and good girl.
If it is generally calm in the living room while you all hang out, I'd go ahead and bring her up after a couple days at home. But if it's more rowdy or the other pup is running around or something it then I'd leave her in the basement and go down there your self and just hang out in her vicinity.
While clickers are often used for marker training, the word "yes" will work just fine, too! Marker training is referring to the way you mark the behavior you're rewarding her for
eta - But I'd just keep it to the "yes" while training to keep it as clear and concise as possible for her.
Edited by Mara Jessup (02/26/2011 06:46 PM)
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Another question: If my dog is being obnixious (which she just started doing again) should I wait for her to be quiet to take her for a bathroom break? If I take her out while shes being rambunctious, she'll get that its how she gets out of the crate, right?
Yes, I'd wait for calm behavior. Remember that you want to be teaching her that calm focus gets rewarded. And you also want to catch her while she's being good and reward it. So if you notice that she is getting antsy after being in the crate for 2.5 hours (or something like that) take her out after two hours when she is still being calm before she gets the chance to be antsy.
Does she have anything to do in her crate? I like giving young dogs a stuffed kong to get them occupied in their crate. It also helps build on the idea that crate time is calm time - they go in and settle right down with their kong.
Yes, she has things to do in her crate. She has a stuffed kong and a rawhide. Shes just got some seperation anxiety (shes a shelter dog and has spent every waking moment with me since we got her. Its tough on her). But she'll get over it I suppose
I guess in my way of thinking if she's used to spending time with you and does good with it, I wouldn't isolate her too much from you.
Yes, give her down time in her crate and take things slow and easy with her, but completely separating her now is going to throw her for a loop. Limit interaction with the rest of the family, but let her spend good quality time with you!!
Now that I'm back home though, shes going to be spending a significantly less amount of time with me. Still a lot of time, but I still have a job that I'm going to be working. I want her to get used to not having me around. And I want her to sleep in the crate at night. I don't know, kind of confusing. I'm sure I'll find out what works and what doesn't through experimentation.
Yes, you do need to get her used to it. But I'd try to ease her into it instead of changing everything all at once. Crate her for a couple hours, then get out and do something very low key with her. Over the space of a week or two, work her up to spending the work day in her crate.
The point of social isolation is to give you dog a chance to decompress and realize that you are the pack leader. While she needs to decompress and get used to her new home, I'm pretty sure by this point she understand that you are leader. So maybe instead of isolation it would be good to get her out a quiet area and go for some nice long walks with her, hang out outside similar to what you did with her while you were on the road.
Thats exactly why I love this place. Everybody here is so good at putting things into terms that I can understand. That makes so much sense now that you say it that way.
When I go to sleep, I should just ignore her all night though right? Until I wake up in the morning. No breaks from the crate all night?
Once again, thank you so much. I really appreciate it,
Jacob.
You're welcome it's great to see people on here asking good questions to make their new dog successful!
At 7 months old she should be fine in the crate overnight. So yes, I'd just ignore her. However long she was used to sleeping for on the road with you is about how long I'd ask her to sleep in the crate. Maybe start off slightly shorter so you can be sure to get her out when she is still quiet in the morning. I'd take the water out of her crate for the night, too so she doesn't spill it or anything.
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