Yeah, I wish he explained more about that too but oh well I guess. I think they go into less details on the Shorts/Reels/etc. and probably explain further in other, longer videos I would think. But yeah.
The crate is perfect. .. now maybe I'm confused. If he isn't allowed any free roaming of the house, what can he get into?I'm honestly a little bit confused - don't introduce anything? Like... Just keep everything away every time he's loose?
Maybe I didn't communicate his living arrangements clearly. He does come in every night and when necessary due to weather, he sleeps in our living room in his crate. His crate is his only "Place", which he only knows as "Crate" and he is happy to be there. He is only about ten months old, so very much still a puppy. He is a GSD/Golden 50/50 mix, so he's got a good long while yet to grow and mature. He very rarely uses his mouth at all now except in active play on toys or when he wants to try and interact with something interesting, so I'm not concerned about that, because he also listens to corrections pretty well for that kind of thing.
When putting him out and bringing him in, he sits while being leashed, then he's given a command - "let's go outside" or "let's go inside", which he knows means going to the back door. Then he sits again, the door is opened, he waits, then we go "Through" the threshold. He sits again and waits while the door is closed, then he is either given the "Crate" command, or he is walked to the dog yard depending on whether he's going in or out. Then he is unleashed either in the crate or after being put on the cable, and settles by himself.
Anyways, the general idea does match the rest of what you said. He was led into the house by my husband, worked with a bit until he settled, then released. We didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just walked and sat around and pet him etc. as if it were a quiet evening at home. Only difference in the house was that some things were missing, and the chairs were blocking some plants.
Now, he never enters the house in a calm manner.That's what we're working towards. He gets very excited to do what he's asked and he does things extremely enthusiastically. Neither of us give him energizing body language when he is inside. It will take him a while to calm in general, I think it's mostly a maturity thing, but we are working on it when we can nonetheless. Ah, and we don't play with him in the house. There isn't enough space to do that anyways, haha.
There are certain things that he is "interested in", like soft floppy things and plastic things. He thinks that they are for play. Those are the kinds of things we removed before letting him loose inside, so that the focus was more on just being inside, and not a stressful hour of going. "Hey, no! No. No. Heyyyyy. No!" I will admit that he hasn't had direct access to these things for about the last three or four months, but they have been in his view around the living room.
I could barely get out of bed until I was about fourteen weeks along! My husband, who works from home but is very busy, would take care of his basic needs while I used all of my energy just breathing on the couch.
See if this cuts your training time.I'm honestly a little bit confused - don't introduce anything? Like... Just keep everything away every time he's loose?
Maybe I didn't communicate his living arrangements clearly. He does come in every night and when necessary due to weather, he sleeps in our living room in his crate. His crate is his only "Place", which he only knows as "Crate" and he is happy to be there. He is only about ten months old, so very much still a puppy. He is a GSD/Golden 50/50 mix, so he's got a good long while yet to grow and mature. He very rarely uses his mouth at all now except in active play on toys or when he wants to try and interact with something interesting, so I'm not concerned about that, because he also listens to corrections pretty well for that kind of thing.
When putting him out and bringing him in, he sits while being leashed, then he's given a command - "let's go outside" or "let's go inside", which he knows means going to the back door. Then he sits again, the door is opened, he waits, then we go "Through" the threshold. He sits again and waits while the door is closed, then he is either given the "Crate" command, or he is walked to the dog yard depending on whether he's going in or out. Then he is unleashed either in the crate or after being put on the cable, and settles by himself.
Anyways, the general idea does match the rest of what you said. He was led into the house by my husband, worked with a bit until he settled, then released. We didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just walked and sat around and pet him etc. as if it were a quiet evening at home. Only difference in the house was that some things were missing, and the chairs were blocking some plants.
Now, he never enters the house in a calm manner.
Id have him on a leash. Honestly id always have him on a leash. It’s a great way to teach puppies how to be calm in the house and to make sure they can’t get into anything. I would have all things as is (or maybe less if you think that would be too much) and just keep him leashed to you.My original question was just asking if, when we have him loose inside next time, what would be the best way of going about putting those "interesting" items back within his reach? Like, one at a time? Or just put them all back and see what he does? In hindsight perhaps it could have been better to not remove anything, but at least we didn't have to worry about prying something out of his mouth.
I agree. We never puppy proofed. They were leashed. If we couldnt be there they were put on rest time(crate or x pen) never really used the x pen. Because they caught on very quickly to what they should do.
aww you poor chicky, that first tri sounds like pure miseryThere are certain things that he is "interested in", like soft floppy things and plastic things. He thinks that they are for play. Those are the kinds of things we removed before letting him loose inside, so that the focus was more on just being inside, and not a stressful hour of going. "Hey, no! No. No. Heyyyyy. No!" I will admit that he hasn't had direct access to these things for about the last three or four months, but they have been in his view around the living room.
Considering that he was leaving quite a few potential problems things alone yesterday, I wonder if they wouldn't be such an issue.
The goal is that he can eventually be a normal, loose, inside house dog. Right now he goes back and forth between the crate and the dog yard because he is too energetic to not be supervised inside. Part of why he's in this situation is the first place, was poorly timed first trimester misery back in May-August.
If I hadn't been pregnant and/or barely able to left a finger for those first few months, I would have continued to be the one taking care of him and I would have been working with him inside every day.
My original question was just asking if, when we have him loose inside next time, what would be the best way of going about putting those "interesting" items back within his reach? Like, one at a time? Or just put them all back and see what he does? In hindsight perhaps it could have been better to not remove anything, but at least we didn't have to worry about prying something out of his mouth.
I hope it's a sign that your bub will be a really content one. The best part is, dogs don't care much for our sufferings, much less their own. He won't even view those forbidden things with the same eyes or attraction now that all his play time value is outside with the ball. I think it's a smart move to keep it this way - it gives him confidence to remain happy outside. I would probably go slow with having a free-raoming indoor dog .. at least until after the baby is a few months old. Some babies can be very hard on new parents in the first few weeks.
aww you poor chicky, that first tri sounds like pure misery
My son had two free-roaming dogs inside that would get very distressed when newborn Mia was crying. Mel also had an unexpected C-section which also added to their transition to parenthood, so having two dogs underfoot only added to the stress of both humans and dogs. The dogs remained inside until Mia started crawling and gathering unseen dog hair. Now both dogs are outside dogs. They still get their morning beach runs and some dog park days + my DIL has much less cleaning to do now that the little one just turned 12mths. Babies have toys that make sound etc, so that could also be something to concider with a free-roamer.
