I have 3 kids with over 10 years of parenting experience but I’m way more nervous about this puppy we are getting 😂😂😂

Emily… you deserve more subscribers for this content…. Keep it up 💪💪💪💪

My puppy is getting delivered tomorrow, and I knew exactly where to go first for a training refresher! Thanks Emily for the amazing videos, and for continuing to be such a top leader in positive reinforcement training

Thank you so much for being so generous with your wealth of experience and knowledge. I’ve rescued now for the last 2 decades and haven’t lived with a puppy until 48hours ago. Our dream rural living, in the middle of 4 farms with horses and livestock outside each window and garden fence, we decided it would be fairest for all to start with a puppy young enough to environmentally condition to our unusual set of circumstances. He’s here, he’s beautiful and I’m hoping to make his prn and crate area more welcoming and comforting. I’m currently sleeping by his pen in our bedroom. Going to start working on separation tomorrow. He’s already showing he’s becoming really engaged with me..I don’t want him to feel worried about me not being next to him and would love to set him up for success. Thank you!

@kikopup

Жыл бұрын

Oh great. Sounds like a very good plan.

I haven’t seen anyone else cover this! Great stuff!

I like this concept of choices with the pen & crate

Very detailed and helpful tips for dog owners to set up the pen for puppies 🥰 we still have a gated area for our two years old dog so she can feel safe, relax and nap in while we are away or working in the office. It also gives me peace of mind knowing she won’t get into something dangerous when I am gone. thank you for taking the time and creating this great video!

Thanks for posting another fabulous tutorial. Excellent explanations & demonstrations as always. Thanks so much. Absolutely loving your channel & all what you do.

Very instructional, thank you! I'm preparing for a puppy in the early months of 2022 and these videos really help a lot in understanding what I should be aiming for.

All of your videos are really useful , but this is better to me, because I’m teaching my dog how stays calming into the crate. Thank you very much ❤️

I will be picking up a Labrador Retriever from the litter next week. I haven't raised a puppy since 1991. My other dogs that came into the home were adults. This video gave me some very good ideas,, especially the linoleum and how you raised the edges. Thank you

Very informative. You look like you’re in an orchestra pit looking up at the stage

Awesome tips, high quality video!!

I have been watching a lot of puppy videos. This one has been by far the most helpful because I’m going to have to kennel my puppy and a pen until I know she’s safe around my adult dogs. When she’s out my big adult dog will need to be on lead.

Another brilliant video!

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That is one relaxed pup, damn!

Great video! Question...when do you stop using the pen and just transition to the crate only or partial rein of the house. Is it when they get too big for the pen or when they are fully housebroken?

Emily! Excellent. I am going to add this as a link on my website!

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

Awe! I am honored!

Brilliant ideas, thanks! I have a puppy arriving early Dec (I always feel like I know less than zero when I start with a new puppy 😬😆)

Very useful information!! Thank you

Thank you, this was fantastic!

Love this video

Thank you for sharing that brilliant idea 😀 I need that 😍

Excellent! Very good tips. How do you bend and secure the flooring, please?

This video helped me so much thank you!

Thanks for this video Emily! It will be helpful for my clients.

@kikopup

Жыл бұрын

Oh great!

@corrinelopez9623

Жыл бұрын

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

Thanks! Great tutorial customized to different kind of puppies. Yust one question: When do you close the the door of the crate?

Hi Emily! Awesome tips!! As usual!! Question: what brand is the white folding gate/pen? Thanks!! Yes lots to think about. When I first brought my boy home I also got him a toy with a heartbeat so he wouldn’t miss his sister and mom as much. It became his fave till he ate it’s ear off and needs repair. Now he sleeps on my head:)

Great information!!

I want to set up pens for my dog...thanks for the video!!

Great video, thank you

Do you have a video on how to train your puppy to use the indoor toilet occasionally? I love the idea of having that option when the weather is bad or when there are fireworks outside. Thanks for your videos.

Hi Emily, I can’t tell you enough how I appreciate this video. You addressed solutions to some of the struggles I face. I’m going to use your method for my new puppy. You mentioned alternative to zip tie. What was it? My previous puppy chewed off zip tie and appeared in his poop. Also where can I find the bucket for the water? I love how it’s secure from spilling. As always I enjoy your video immensely ❤️

Do you find any difference between using a pee pad vs a pee pad tray vs artificial turf vs patch of real grass for helping dogs discriminate between their pee area and other indoor surfaces like carpets later on?

Thank you for this video! I was contemplating between a playpen made of metal/plastic or a collapsible one for my 6 month old toy poodle (2kg). May I know the dimensions of the playpen and how big should a playpen be?

You are amazing. Thank you so much.

@kikopup

Жыл бұрын

THanks!

This is perfect 🤩

Adorable I have 2 dogs!Dogs are the best.

Great video

Hello, We had the same idea about this crate n panel playpen setup. My son adopted a Mastiff mix, they have a large crate, I like the panels you have, I also like how it seems to connect directly onto the crate. Where did you find it?

So helpful! Another reason to train a dog to use a pee pad is if they ever have surgery or an illness where they aren't able to go outside or walk distances go down porch steps.

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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

Great video Emily! We have definitely made mistakes introducing our pup to his playpen. He still does not love being in there even when we sit or stand right besides it - He will not nap by him self, so getting him in there and enforcing calm behavior is the only way to get him to sleep - Though he will fight it for some minutes with whining and jumping up on the sides. Do you recommend using high or low values treats for this? I am worried that high value treats are getting him too excited.

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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

Thanks Emily, its very helpful! I saw some trainers that says thay if the dog get use to going bathroom on pads its harder to stop it and its increases accidents on soft surfaces like rugs or sofas. Is it true? And about general recommendation to disappear rugs because of natural tendency for doing on soft surfaces.. is this accurate?

This video was super helpful! Thank you, lots of great tips, I love your water bucket, where did you get it? 😁

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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

Hi Emily! I have a pen much like yours but she tends to sleep a lot of the time in it. How do I make it so she makes more choices to play etc?

I need to know how your puppy is so calm. I would not be able to sit there without him jumping all over me.

Hello, thank you very much for the video. I was wondering if you could tell me the make of your pen? Thanks.

Have you got a link to the pen you're using? I want to get one for my Malinois puppy that needs a little more space indoors than a crate. I can imagine I'll need to put some sort of grid on top when I have to go out. He can jump really well and is very persistent!

Just got a pen. Did exactly what you said not to do. Left him alone with his favorite chew thing, and he almost immediately dropped it and started whimpering for companionship. Now, of course, it's just a jail to him. I've got some work to do ...

Fabulous as always! What tips do you have for the common situation where clients don't have time to teach their puppy to be comfortably alone in the pen? I encourage a ton of enrichment, appropriate exercise, adaptil, etc. but clients really struggle with common situations where they have to subject the pup to something they haven't trained because the training takes a while (confinement, husbandry/start buttons, etc.).

@Redsammeh

2 жыл бұрын

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

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@kylamcroy1458

2 жыл бұрын

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

@jjsolly5039

2 жыл бұрын

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

Great video! I’m thinking about getting my first ‘own’ dog and I need some puppy refreshing since our family dog is 11 already. Do you have any additional tips for someone who lives alone with a puppy? And I’m still going to university, do you suggest having a puppy sitter or can I start leaving them alone for 3 hours after a few weeks already? Lol Bliss’s face at 13:44 😂

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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.

I've grown some grass in bins to use instead of puppy pads as an indoor toilet

My set up is similar to this, but… she sits and waits and waits at the pen instead of playing. We have had her for 2 weeks already. Any suggestions?

Great video and it couldn't be a better time for me! I'm getting a puppy on Sunday 😊 something I'm really confused about though is what to do when I can't be in the pen with my puppy like for example when I have to go to the bathroom, do laundry, etc. but my puppy isn't 100% comfortable yet being in the pen alone. I'm definitely going to do training sessions throughout the day in the pen to get him used to it, but until that point do I leave him with a Kong and hope that he doesn't cry or am I supposed to take him with me everywhere until he's more comfortable in the pen? Thank you so much for your videos! 💜

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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

@hannahwilson809

2 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@Anisky123

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@hannahwilson809

2 жыл бұрын

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

@alissahague4779

6 ай бұрын

@@Anisky123can you link a good stroller to purchase🙏

LOV THIS. I have a Q? You seem to male all merle BC'S. any reason why?

what is the link to the pen ?

Where did you buy the pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant find it anywhere

Is this the same area you put them in to go to bed?

Can u suggest the pens u are using that I could order online?

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Where do you buy that flooring under the pen?

@saravanroosbroeck5414

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

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

Can you please let us know what brand the pen is, is it wood or plastic? I have a little blind cocker rescue. I want to be able to set up a pen in the living room, so he can be around my other rescues without being in danger of walking into one of my other dogs. Thank you!!

@kikopup

Жыл бұрын

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

What is the name of this puppy pen

Can you talk about your laminated floor ?

@kikopup

Жыл бұрын

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

Hi Emily, i was wondering if you ever would like to cover some car ride tips! weve had our puppy for 3 weeks now and he still struggles with settling/not stressing in the car we try to take his mind off the stress with an edible chew stick (he isnt very toy motivated) which works, but we cant keep feeding him in the car all the time. any and all tips are welcome 😩

@stalkeralker

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jjsolly5039

2 жыл бұрын

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!

Can you do a video of your house tour

What is the flooring?

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

Its a roll of lenoleum from Lowes

Ooo dog-appeasing pheromone

My puppy will not stay in this. He will whine and cry. Any advice?

@kikopup

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the tutorials in the description on separation training

What is the name of dog playpen?

@kikopup

Жыл бұрын

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

@kikopup

Жыл бұрын

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.

Sorry, you seem to have

I hate that my puppy refuses to accept ANY methods these types of videos offer. He will go into the crate with his dinner, but as soon as the door closes he stresses out and refuses to eat. If he knows he's locked to an area in ANY way, he refuses to play, chew, or eat anything put in the pen or crate... :\ Makes things very difficult.

@kikopup

11 ай бұрын

I suggest doing all the separation training as choice based- kzread.info/dash/bejne/eouIm6aCZ8uzltI.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/

I came her from. Tictoc

the Truth flows from you like a fountain! I didn't think about the puppy pad thing and now she thinks they are super fun toys! uuugh not fun. an ounce of prevention as they say.

If you see pee pads just run away!