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Originally Posted by weim2
Crates are the best for more reasons than I want to get into here. For safety and absolute ease of housebreaking please consider using a crate. My dogs love them well into adulthood. It is their quiet secure place away from the human world.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to discourage crate training...it's a great way to train the dog. I just wanted people who were unfamiliar with crate training that not ALL dogs end up loving their crates. Also, an eight-week old puppy is likely to cry for the first few nights when you put him/her in there for the night. This is not a discouragement...just further information. But crates are an excellent way to save objects when the puppy is going through the "chew-on-everything" stage and you have to leave the house.