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[quote=Anonymous]We have a 5 month old puppy that we have had for 3 months.  It was much more exhausting than I realized at the beginning but it is now pretty easy.  We put a lot of effort into crate training and housebreaking.  I was lead and did 90 percent of the work for the first two months and I had moments of regret or “what have we done” but the chewing everything is slowing down, the Puppy biting is not really a problem any more and we have a routine that my kids (teen and tween) and DH help out with.  I take him out in the morning for a walk/play with other dogs in the park.  He gets a smaller amount of running around in our yard midday and then a longer walk/rousing game of chase the ball (not so good at bringing it back yet) at night.  The rest of the day is napping or chewing in the house, we make sure he gets a break in his crate every day and we go out as we are trying to avoid separation anxiety when the pandemic ends.

He is housebroken but we make sure he gets out every 4 hours or so at least.  It was every 1–2 hours in the beginning.  He is a great sleeper, sleeps from 9:30-7:30 most nights.

We have a corgi and he is the best, the whole family adores him.

Getting a smart breed helps with the housebreaking and crate training is invaluable as a sanity tool as supervision is constant in the beginning when outside the crate.  [/quote]

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