Re: Question On Pads & other notes GH

[Gina Heitz <brier@oregonsbest.com>]

At 09:58 PM 8/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
> Everyone keeps telling me to get those puppy
> pads but to put where?  In the
> crate?  Around the house?  I want the pup to get trained to go
> outside so it
> just doesn't seem to make sense to put them somewhere in the house so
> the
> pup gets used to going there.  Any thoughts are much appreciated,
> Karin

Karin,

If you are talking about puppy puddle pads,  [?] my answer is: 
NO, NEVER, NADA, NIX, that's the extent of NO in my foreign language
vocabulary. <grin>   

For potty training I refer you back to the go home instructions all 28
pages I sent the Casino litter folks separately.  The pads I have
referred to are bedding for the crate.  We all want our babies to be
comfortable and have soft bedding, but most dogs prefer to stretch out on
a cool surface.  So I suggested that anyone who is still suffering
from  crate pad guilt, go buy a nice bathroom rug  that matches your
bath room and put that in the crate and when you figure out that your dog
too likes the cool floor of the crate and wads up the crate bedding you
have a nice new rug for your bathroom.  Hint:  if you don't
like your current bathroom decor buy a rug that clashes so you have an
excuse to do a remodel... :-))  Go Martha!!!  

Also as IIene pointed out newspaper can be used to be absorbent material
in the crate, but I personally don't like newspaper. Pups rip it up, eat
it, and the ink does come off. other suggestions: use an old towel or
your dirty old best T-shirt or get Patty to send you her flannel jammies,
I hear that Daisy loved them. :-))  

 But chances are, you are not going to have crate accidents anyway
if you follow the instructions on crate training in the go home
instructions.   Advise from others is always great, but if that
advise is contrary to what you read here on this list from the
experienced people here you are smart to question it and bring it to
us.  Good Go Karin!!!! :-)) 

>> Is it ok to leave a pup in a crate with the nylabone
unsupervised? Our dogs 
never had them and so I just don't know how they break down. Thanks!
Karin<<

Lori had great suggestions and I support her answer 198%, Buster cubes,
Kong, and regular Nylabone are great create companions.   If
you search the archives of this list you will find some recipes for
stuffed Kong that are decadent, to the dog anyway. :-)) 

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>> Home baked liver bars? Any recipe? <<

Yes but I need a break, if I don't send one to the list by tomorrow
remind me!!!  You also might find some of these in the archives too.

Best,

Gina