Oh great. Sounds like a very good plan.

Awe! I am honored!

or actually the other night the coyotes were on my acre a huge group of them and my dogs had to go to the toilet before bed... so i let the big ones out with me and had the littles go on the pee pad in the bathroom... so much less stress for me worrying about them becoming a snack

Thank you!

Oh great!

@@kikopup We need a link to the Pen please 🙏🏽

THanks!

On amazon, heres a search : www.amazon.com/s?k=dog+water+bucket&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

I suggest sitting in there with him, yeah try using something low value.

Chews that are safe, long lasting, and reinforcing will help. Bully sticks, kongs/marrow bones filled with frozen wet food, etc

for the pen, having them set it up right next to where they are, and perhaps having multiple ones, so one near the family dinner table the tv area and the bedroom, that way you can put the puppy right next to you and reach your hand into the pen or step over to comfort the puppy if they started to worry about being in there, then when the puppy is used to the pen they can start the training, but first getting the puppy used to being in the pen when having company around it can make it faster to teach them to be alone in it rather than just being dumped in one had have the door shut.

I always say a disclaimer that there really isnt a "safe" anything, accidents can happen with anything you give your dog so you need to use common sense depending on your dogs behavior.

@@Redsammeh of course, like I said “I encourage lots of enrichment”! That encompasses everything you mentioned and more!

Avoid letting puppy chew on plastic water bottles! I learned the hard way a dozen years ago! Thankfully a happy end!

It really depends on the puppy you get, if you get a new puppy who is extremely anxious being left alone, then it will be hard. I suggest getting a puppy that is really comfortable being left alone. Otherwise if theres just one of you its hard to do stuff like go to the grocery store. When I got Epic I had to do an extreme plan of slowly bumping up the time she could be left alone and luckily my brother was living here at the time so I could actually go to the store to get groceries without a set back.

It really depends on the puppy. Having a baby gate can help if you have a house with many rooms and no doors, but you can just close the puppy in a room with you, or put a pen or barrier up so your puppy is in the same room as where you do the laundry or cook etc. I suggest taking the puppy out to the toilet then beginning the task with of course an eye on the puppy. The first few days are the days that the puppy is going to be reinforced for different things they interact with, so its a great idea to make sure they are the dog toys and not your stuff. So being extra careful in the first few days is the best idea. Some puppies come trained to be left alone, Halo could be left 3 hours easily when I first got him, so when I needed to walk the other dogs, I put him in his pen walked the dogs did stuff I needed to do, but epic my chihuahua, could not be left alone without panicking, so I had her in a baby stroller when I was cooking or doing laundry before she was ok to be loose with my other dogs or left alone in a pen

@@kikopup Thank you so much for replying! That all makes sense and I feel a lot less stressed now 😊 I've seen lots of people saying to just let them cry it out in the pen and I was dreading that so much, so thank you for giving me another way!

Hannah Wilson The stroller is amazing it’s like a moving crate when you need it. My boy loves it. He has a regular crate and now a room I leave him in as he’s 5 months. But the stroller is protection and he can socialize. Emily is the best you are on the right channel!

@@Anisky123 Thank you 😊 that would definitely be easier than moving his crate around all the time

@@Anisky123can you link a good stroller to purchase🙏

this is the one I have www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/everyyay-in-the-zone-steel-pet-gate-and-play-pen-144-w-x-28-h-3292281?cm_mmc=PSH%7cGGL%7cSPP%7cSBU04%7c0%7cOB-EveryYay%7c7ToihifihjCfwQNzxc75W9%7c%7c%7c0%7c0%7c%7c%7c18151225844&gclid=CjwKCAjw-IWkBhBTEiwA2exyO5kp-YB0kuJ_tZ0DgeSERn4xrZ7r2Y-gUHvTRlEN6YatBaRWVeGkzxoC1Z8QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

It’s just a roll of laminate from a hardware store. You can buy it in a roll for cheap

Teaching them to do a calm settle in the car while it's not moving did wonders for me. After that, if you have someone to help out you can have them work on it while the car is moving around. We keep treats on hand while driving still but don't have to use too many per drive at this point.

Emily is right, settle in car with engine off, on back seat and both doors open at first. Some pups are so sensitive that I have the owners repeat this step a lot, the close one door then the other and just sit and praise and treat in the quiet car. Finally, turn engine on but don't go anywhere. With some pups baby steps. These pups now love the car as it often means a fun destination!

It's just a piece of vinyl flooring, which I guess you can buy in any store where they sell flooring. It's inexpensive and easy manageable.

I forgot to talk about it, I got it at Lowes, they sell them in rolls, and they are light easy to carry and cut, but if the puppy gets ahold of the edge they can easily chew it. So the edges have to be out of reach

This is the pen I am using www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/you-and-me-convertible-walk-thru-pet-gate-and-play-yard Its not very tall, You can get super tall pens online or at pet stores.

Its a roll of lenoleum from Lowes

Check out the tutorials in the description on separation training

Its this one www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/everyyay-in-the-zone-steel-pet-gate-and-play-pen-144-w-x-28-h-3292281?cm_mmc=PSH%7cGGL%7cSPP%7cSBU04%7c0%7cOB-EveryYay%7cfjCwVGDj9cra1f4wh3dr4T%7c58700007477544051%7cPRODUCT_GROUP%7c0%7c0%7cpla-1456101190069%7c127872726646%7c15098816802&gclid=CjwKCAjw1ICZBhAzEiwAFfvFhBvSTbcAFRwjsS03tHKFoFfQ0L5vahhv--YdIbPMWtPtAPiZbYcsLRoCpEYQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I like it because when the puppy cant reach the top they cant climb because there are not cross bars, but there is no roof or floor and its more $$$ than just a wire pen.

I suggest doing all the separation training as choice based- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fr2EbKd6nM6xlqM.html then when you put him in the pen, be in the pen with him at first. You might need one on one help from a certified separation anxiety trainer if you are struggling malenademartini.com/