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[quote=Anonymous]This was a gamble, I know. I've been searching for a dog for 3 months after my older dog died last fall. Besides watching shelters I was watching craigslist. A couple was moving across the country and needed to rehome their dog, reportedly a pure bred husky (she has a malamute face, she's smaller, maybe 35 pounds at 11 months). There was no time to think about this, decision had to be made within 24 hours and I jumped on it.

She was reported to be housetrained but I expected there would be some issues given her young age, change of environment, etc. Haven't had a chance to talk a lot to the previous owners (they called the day after I took her, and I will call them again this weekend, right now they are still in transit). I don't believe she has ever been crated and I don't personally have experience with crating a dog. She's been good with peeing--did pee on the mat to the back door the first night, last night I put a pad down left over from my other dogs dying days and she peed on that during the night. I have not been able to get her to poop outside yet and haven't figured out what times of day she is likely to eat the most, seems pretty random. I can fill her bowl in the morning and she may nibble a few pieces or gobble the whole thing up, same in the evening. I've done what I can to restrict the area she can access. I work from home BUT I have no break the first 5-6 hours of each day. Anyway, I think a crate would be wise but I think she will freak out. (To top it all off, I had recently lost my wallet, had a little bit of cash to get me through but not enough to buy a crate--a replacement credit card just arrived so I can buy one this afternoon). Also not sure if I should remove her food if she doesn't eat it all at the time I give it to her--old good was a nibbler who would usually eat quite a lot in the evenings, he always had food in his bowl.
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