Tips on crating an inside dog.

Full size or mini schnauzer? The crate doesn't need to be big enough for them to pee in the front and sleep in the back, supposedly. But obviously big enough for them to move around.

Assuming mini schnauzer, I would probably get something 24x36ish. Perhaps a little larger.

Kill the cat

Yes the dog needs water to drink if you're going to be gone a whole workday.

Even if you Kill the cat, crate training can be great.

Let her sleep in her kennel at night. If that's her home/bed, the thought is she won't want to pee where she sleeps

Schauzers are smart. It'll be a quick process

Eta- 8-9 hours is a long time without water IMHO

You can teach the dog 3 easy commands in the first couple weeks. Mine learned “outside” (not really useful), potty (useful), kennel (useful), she also learned all the important commands but these 3 were taught just by using the bathroom. I woke up every 2/3 hours and let her out the kennel. The first week or so I picked her up and took her straight out. I installed a bell on a rope and would hit it on the way outside. Set her down and said “go potty”. She did I celebrated like it was the greatest thing ever and gave her a small amount of kibble not treats. I did the bell so that when we were home she’d go hit it when she needed to potty. Well she figured it out quick and she abused it. She’s a lab and likes to be outside so she’d hit the bell whenever she got bored.

Edit: if you want to teach sit and any other useful commands quick... Take one of her meals, and use it as reward during a 10/15 minute training session. My dog is no genius but we had sit, place, kennel and maybe heel down within 3/4 weeks. Sit was basically done in a few days. The others took more work.

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Assuming mini schnauzer

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Yes it is a mini. This will be my third one. I had one when I was in 2nd grade, but had nothing to do with training him.

My second one was pretty easy, put newspaper down in the utility room and would take him out as often as possible. He would use the newspaper at first but after about 4 weeks he would only go outside. This will be my first female and first to crate.

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1. The dog is a schnauzer, how big of a kennel should I get?

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Get one big enough for the dog when it is full sized to turn around in. If crate trained right, the kennel will be their "safe space" and they will sleep in it every day/night. If the crate is in your bedroom, they like it even more at night. Eventually, you may be able to leave the door open at night, and they will just sleep in the room with you. The dog will pee in it as a puppy home all day until about 4 months old, when their bladder is strong enough to hold for 8 hours.

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3. Do I leave the dog water to drink during the day in the crate?

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Absolutely not.

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5. Do you crate the dog at night when everyone is asleep?

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See answer 1 above, and get the open wire crate, unless you are traveling with the dog.

Good luck!

+1 on the wire crate. Temptation will be strong to let your dog out when it’s crying, but you really need to let it cry it out. It pays dividends in the end.

I’ll echo some of the other posts. No bedding in the crate for a pup. Maybe a light blanket that can be washed a lot. Good chance the pup messes in the kennel a couple if not a bunch in the beginning. Just gotta work through it. That and the whining at night. Just tough it out for a week or so, and the pup will be fine.

Can’t speak to specific kennel size but get one big enough for when she’s an adult. Darken it up with blankets on the outside and if possible or better yet you should get a divider for when she’s small. Doesn’t give her room to mess in the corner but also encloses the space which they like.

At about 1 year old we stopped kenneling our dogs up. Just got a dog bed by the bed and that’s where they like to be. We still kennel her up when we aren’t home. I’d try to find someone to check on her at least once when y’all are both gone for 8+ hours. If not you do what you gotta do.

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