We are expecting to bring home a cockapoo puppy in two weeks. After watching a ton of videos and podcasts I'm thinking about the following to start off with :
size adjusting crate in the living room covered with blanket which is where we spend most of our time.
size adjusting crate covered with blanket in our bedroom
paper liners in the crate until we get potty training under control. was going to use washable pads but heard a horror story about puppies chewing them up.
hand towels on top of both crates (just expecting a fair number of potty training mistakes in the early going)
Snuggle Puppy with extra heat packs in crate only
toying with the idea of a heating pad on top of the crate under the blanket but that also might be overkill with the snuggle puppy + heat packs (although the heat packs could get expensive after a while)
36" square play pen with washable potty pad underneath
2 x puppy kong (what goes in the puppy kong? seems like most people are freezing a mixture of dog food kibble and peanut butter? when does the dog get it?)
Kasa pet cam (I've had enough issues with wyze that I'm ready to try something else)
The hang up is the potty training – my wife and I work full time and I have two sons, one who works part time and one who goes to school. I'm hoping I can convice the part time worker to help out after we leave and before he goes to work – that should leave us with only 3 hour unattended crate windows which is not ideal but should still work (I think) but hence the towels and disposable paper liners.
What have I missed?
Thanks in advance.
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