Awww, congratulations OP! I wish you many years of happiness together!

Assume she isn't house trained at all (even if she is). It's a new place, new people, treat her like a puppy for at least a few days until you have a handle on it. Then if you find she's reliable you can back off.

If you've never had a dog before, I'd enroll in a basic obedience/clicker training class. A good one will teach you how dogs learn and how to train basic behaviors so that you have a skillset when you inevitably run into struggles down the road.

I'd also get pet insurance for the first year, before anything is a "pre-existing condition" so that if anything surprising pops up you are covered. You can cancel it after the first year if you find she is relatively healthy and not prone to eating socks

Do you intend her to sleep in the crate forever, or just while she's acclimating/house training? If the former, put the crate in the living room, but if you eventually imagine her loose in your room at night I would put the crate there for a few weeks and just deal with it. I removed my night stand and put a wooden cover of the top and the crate was my nightstand while puppy slept crated. Once he outgrew it, I reclaimed my regular furniture.

Anonymous wrote:Name her Dogly Parton

Best tip I've ever seen

I think it always helped me to stop and put myself in their place whenever I was frustrated. They communicate the way they do as part of their natural instinct and it helps to meet them half way.

Name her Dogly Parton

Anonymous wrote:Make sure you read up on the 3-3-3 rule.

https://blog.cuddly.com/pet-health-wellness/decompression-the-3-3-3-rule/?tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=23164101305&tw_kwdid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23158855839&gbraid=0AAAAADJbNpQ9Xy9mBTf3zsHLvQzimdonC&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxNa_4NWfkwMVbWdHAR3HWA9sEAAYAyAAEgISz_D_BwE

Yes! Thank you!

Make sure you read up on the 3-3-3 rule.

https://blog.cuddly.com/pet-health-wellness/decompression-the-3-3-3-rule/?tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=23164101305&tw_kwdid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23158855839&gbraid=0AAAAADJbNpQ9Xy9mBTf3zsHLvQzimdonC&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxNa_4NWfkwMVbWdHAR3HWA9sEAAYAyAAEgISz_D_BwE

Adopting a 16 month old dog today! First-time dog owner although have cared for others' dogs, did a rescue dog sleepover a few times to give their fosters a break, had a dog as a kid, etc. She's a pretty calm dog now with her foster, house/crate-trained, but of course will be in a new environment and not around all the other dogs she's been with in her foster home.

Would love ANY tips! I'm especially wondering where to put her crate. She sleeps in it at night (and I'll continue this at least for now as she settles in), but I really don't have room for it in my bedroom, just down the hall in the living room. Tips to help her acclimate from sleeping far from others?

THANKS!