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2 month old maltese puppies left alone for 8 hours in a crate?

maltese puppies left alone in a crate because i have to workany advise on what i can do for the better of her?

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1. Find a dog-sitter of some sort.
2. Look for a day care for dogs (they do exist) or find a sitter for him some do in home care
3. well my aunt has other family members watch the puppy so it isn;t lonly and locked ina crate
4. thats waaaay to long
5. Come home during breaks and let her go potty! She cannot hold her bladder that long!
6. This is not good. Babies left alone suffer greatly. They need exercise, toys and a gentle person to be with them. Find a dog sitter to spend at least 6 hours a day with them.' Is it not possible to take them to work with you? Taking babies home and then abandoning them can make them unsociable. Got an aunty or grandparent who would care for them and play with them? They need to eat and be taken outdoors immediately after. Consider your resources and give the puppies what they deserve.
7. Put her in a exercise pen with food water bed and one end and a potty pad at the other.Until she is house broken.Give her toys to play with and a old sock.Also leave the radio on for her.And if you can check in on her on your lunch break take her out side to potty
8. Well are they weened from the mom? If they arent you need to get someone to feed them. If they are you just make sure they have water and lots of toys to keep them busy. When you get home you need to take them out side first thing so they will get used to going out side to potty. Play with them and love them lots. The best thing though is try to find someone to watch them.
9. Way too long for puppies to be locked up. Better would be to put them in an x-pen or baby gate a room off, leaving toys, water, blankets for them. You should NOT have gotten young pups like that when you have to leave them alone all day - but is there no one who can come in during the day to let them out at least for an hour? This is very cruel and the pups will not be well adjusted, that's for sure. Young puppies need a lot of time and attention their first year - perhaps you should consider turning them into a breed rescue so they can find homes where someone is there for them a lot more. They can't possibly hold it that long, young pups have little elimination control, so they are sitting in their own poop and piddle --- almost as bad as a puppy mill - what were you thinking of? Sorry, not what you want to hear, but it really is cruel to the pups to keep them locked up in a small area all day.
10. Can you block off a area or small room . Put down lots papers for easier potty clean up. Perhaps a laundry room, bathroom. They are at age to run and play a lot. Maybe find someone to come in once day to take them outside.
11. NO...............this is inhumane and cruel. No interaction, no getting out to pee, no attention......that is just plain cruel. Here are some ideas.... Return them to the breeder...........then if that doesn't happen, try to get a friend, family member, neighbor, or Aunt/Uncle, Nephew, Niece.........anyone to help. Otherwise you should give your dog to a shelter for your particular breed for them to find the puppies a new, loving, caring, devoted....home.
12. A two-month-old puppy can only be left alone/hold its potty 3 hours at the most. Dog walker, pet sitter, family member or church friend. I use a crate* to potty train with, but only for potty training and then I break it down and store it. I put blankets and a small food and water dish in the crate. Dogs don't potty where they eat and sleep. When they are first little, I only expect them to hold their potty for 4 hours, and then 6 hours, then 8 hours and so on. So when they are first little, I set a timer or alarm clock to wake myself up at night to take them *out. I only allow my puppy in the bedroom* or the living room, only one room at a time. They have to graduate to more space. If I allow them to have full run of the house, it will overwhelm them. I take them out the same door each time. I tie a dinner bell to the door handle. Do not use a jingle bell as they could get their toe caught in it. So when they are little, I ring the bell for them, and then open the door to go *outside to potty. When they get bigger, I take their paw and whack the bell and open the door to go potty. Eventually getting to the place where the puppy will ring the bell and let me know when they need to go potty. Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to let them know what behaviors please you and what doesn't. So when my puppy goes potty, I give her a treat*, and clap, and make a fuss and praise her. So she learns that going potty outside makes me happy. If she has an accident, make a disgust sound like “tsst” and take her out right away. I never yell* or spank* my puppies. Take them out when they first wake up, after they eat or drink, before nap, finish romping, when their activities change, or when they are sniffing around. Some puppies go pee right away, but may not go poop until 10 minutes later, so wait for the poop. I have a little play time here, because sometimes I think they are done, and they are not. Puppies train at their own pace. While I may have a puppy that hasn't had an accident in several weeks, I don't let my guard down. I don't expect my puppies to be "fully potty trained" until one-year-old. If they have a setback, shake it off, and start over. I only have my puppies in the crate when I am not watching them. When I am sleeping, cooking, ironing, doing chores, basically when I am not watching her. All other times, she is out of the crate practicing being a "big girl." This is the time I train her how to behave in the house. So we are practicing "no barking", 'no biting", "no jumping", and "don't eat the furniture." I also have to practice "playing inside" so she doesn't knock over things. You must keep the puppy in sight when they are little because they don’t know the difference between newspaper and carpet, and you don’t want them sneaking off and getting into trouble. Some puppies can sleep through the night around 3-months-old, but their bladder is grown around 6-months-old. REVISIONS: *I use a crate to train with. It is the method I prefer, compared to other methods I have tried. I noticed that if they are in the crate, while I am doing chores, they are o.k., because the crate allows them to see me and be re-assured. The crate can also be a comfort when stored in the basement for dogs who live in areas where thunderstorms and tornados are an issue. . However, use the method that works best for you.....a laundry basket, a cardboard box, a woof-woof house, x-pen, child gates, whatever works for you. *Outside, pee pad, litter box, whichever method you are using. When the puppy is first little, keep the pee pad, litter box near the food and water dish, so the puppy can eat and drink, and then go potty. You can move it away as they get older. The pee pad has a scent that smells and initiates potty. Sometimes a pee pad makes a sound that scares some puppies, so you might want to use a litter box if that happens. The pee pad allows a puppy to walk around, but a litter box keeps the puppy in one place. *Bedrooms, I use the bedroom and living room for training, because it works for me. Choose rooms that work for you, but watch for rooms that are damp, or drafty. While my puppies sleep in the bedroom during training, once they are trained, I let them sleep where they want to. They don't have to sleep in the bedroom forever. *Treats. While I use treats for training, you don't have to. I like Charlee Bears for training (a little cracker for a little mouth,) I use them for training, but once they are trained, I cut back on them. *Some puppies will go potty in the same spot each time. Some puppies have to be told to go potty. A command like "go out" for pee, or "go finish" for poop, might work for you, keep saying “go finish” until the puppy poops. This is a good thing to train if you travel with your dogs. By using commands, the puppy won't get confused when you are visiting someone, on vacation with you, or when you get to a new home