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She is fast asleep in the pen now. She seems to get a little sooky to start when I put her back in the pen, then she settles down for a nap. I then wake her up again for another toilet trip. I think I will encourage her to play outside a bit more but under my supervision. Do you leave them in their play pen if you go out to the shops etc, or do you lock them in their "night den" (her night den is the bathroom) just in case? She is soooo cute btw!!! Love it!

She is spening one hour in the pen, then she gets taken to her toilet spot on the back lawn. She then gets 5 minutes to run around on the back lawn before she wants to go inside. She then gets 10-15 minutes of playing (chasing the ball, mucking around with Mum & Dad on the floor) and then goes back in the pen. Then it starts again. Sometimes she gets longer playing - depends how much time we have. Luckily my partner works from home so the play pen is in the office next to her desk. I read that they should be limited to only a few areas to start with, otherwise they get too much choice and freedom. This then creates play pen phobia. So we are gradually introducing her to the house. It's only day 2. So much to learn!

We have just got a 9 week old Retriever pup named "Missy". We are attempting to crate train her, but instead of using a crate we are using the "bunnings puppy play pen" (sourced from another thread) so we can keep an eye on her and she has a bit of room. However everytime we put her in there she gets quite stressed and whines and cries... We have her water bowl, toys and bed in there and it is inside so we can do other things and keep an eye on her. When she sleeps at night we put her in the bathroom and she cries only for a little while and sleeps from 11pm to about 6am, we were originally leaving her in the bathroom during the day and taking her out on the hour for toilet (with rewards) and then play. Do we persist with the playpen or switch back to the bathroom ? It is meant to be a place they like and she doesn't seem to like it at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated.