Some background.
-I work the graveyard shift. Goes to work before dinner time(6PM) and at home around 6AM.
-We don't have much room inside the house.
-I'm currently reading BEFORE and AFTER books by Ian Dunbar
-Also reading Digital Dog Training Textbook from dogstardaily.com
-I play a lot of computer games and having a puppy / dog will get me to take daily walks / runs.
- He won't be alone the entire time I'm at work and he won't be alone while I'm asleep. My Family will be with him.
Here's my "plan"
Follow the short term confinement and long term confinement methods described in the books above.
Here's my problem:
We don't have much space inside our place so the plan is to get a dog cage in our garage for his long term confinement, something like this: http://images03.olx.com.ph/ui/1/01/52/4619952_1.jpg (with bed/ water /puppy toilet and chew toys) where he will sleep during the night while I'm at work.
And then when I get home, he'll stay with me in my room with his bed or leashed to my belt for his short-term confinement (with the hourly trip to the doggy toilet) while I browse or play games and the occasional play time with him.
Then when I need to sleep (around 6 hours a day) He goes back to the long term confinement (dog cage) with his chewtoys.
Will this work?
Eventually my long term goal is to get him to sleep in his long term confinement(dog cage) during the night and allow him to stay the whole day inside the house even while I'm asleep.
-I'm still on the planning stages so I may have several follow up questions.
-I plan on purchasing everything first before the dog itself.
-I'm planning on getting a Siberian Husky. (While I do understand your concern regarding getting Husky for a first time owner, this is something that will not change) In other words, pretend that I already have a Husky and there is nothing we can do about it. Thank you and I don't mean this in a rude way.
-I work the graveyard shift. Goes to work before dinner time(6PM) and at home around 6AM.
-We don't have much room inside the house.
-I'm currently reading BEFORE and AFTER books by Ian Dunbar
-Also reading Digital Dog Training Textbook from dogstardaily.com
-I play a lot of computer games and having a puppy / dog will get me to take daily walks / runs.
- He won't be alone the entire time I'm at work and he won't be alone while I'm asleep. My Family will be with him.
Here's my "plan"
Follow the short term confinement and long term confinement methods described in the books above.
Here's my problem:
We don't have much space inside our place so the plan is to get a dog cage in our garage for his long term confinement, something like this: http://images03.olx.com.ph/ui/1/01/52/4619952_1.jpg (with bed/ water /puppy toilet and chew toys) where he will sleep during the night while I'm at work.
And then when I get home, he'll stay with me in my room with his bed or leashed to my belt for his short-term confinement (with the hourly trip to the doggy toilet) while I browse or play games and the occasional play time with him.
Then when I need to sleep (around 6 hours a day) He goes back to the long term confinement (dog cage) with his chewtoys.
Will this work?
Eventually my long term goal is to get him to sleep in his long term confinement(dog cage) during the night and allow him to stay the whole day inside the house even while I'm asleep.
-I'm still on the planning stages so I may have several follow up questions.
-I plan on purchasing everything first before the dog itself.
-I'm planning on getting a Siberian Husky. (While I do understand your concern regarding getting Husky for a first time owner, this is something that will not change) In other words, pretend that I already have a Husky and there is nothing we can do about it. Thank you and I don't mean this in a rude way.