MruffRuff, thank you, that is a most helpful reply.
Sunset and Apple, Yes, you are totally getting the wrong picture. I have tried to explain things as best I can.
- Dot has not spent any time alone in the basement since the first evening (I thought I made this clear in a previous post), except twice when the door was left open and she wandered down there when I was not paying close enough attention. (and subsequently she wet on the floor.
my bad, no punishment involved)
- Perhaps when I said we went upstairs, and she did not like it, you did not realize I meant we have a 2 story house with a basement. After the first evening and night, her crate has been in the kitchen. I do have things to do upstairs in the bedrooms during the day, but I could still talk to her, even though she could not see me.
- Dot is has been eating well since Tuesday.
- Dot is going potty in the yard, once a day; wetting in yard several times a day, practically each time she is walked
- She knows her name, sit, lie down, down, go on your bed (a large comforter in the living room) get the <insert name of toy here>, bring it here, drop it, no, go outside, and is working on shake hands.
- She is not pulling on leash so much, which I did not ask about here... I read Cesar's Way and where to position her collar and it worked a miracle! She now trots along side me perfectly.
- She is out of the crate almost full time now, but I don't just let her wander all over the house wherever she wants to go. She stays pretty near me anyway. When I said "gradually playtime gets longer", I meant playtime as time out of the crate, so she learns to hold it, and that our house is an extension of the crate.
- She is in the crate at night now, and accepting of it. Not thrilled, but accepting.
This thread has now answered my original questions, so perhaps it is time to let it go...
Thanks to all.
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