How to Train a Puppy While Working Full Time - QUICK Training Mini Goldendoodle F1B 

Video is a bit of a clickbait cop out. Yeah you kind of answer how you managed to do it but you know that's not why people are clicking your video. They want to know how they can be away from home from 9-5 and still make it work. Also, that dog is definitely not properly trained. It won't listen to you consistently even WITH food in hand and a well trained dog listens even without food. For those who actually care about how to be out of the house for the entire duration of your workday 8-9 hours. You have to take at least a few weeks off initially when you get your dog. You just have to. Early training works better and in the first couple weeks you really can't just take off, even for a few hours. You need to crate train and you need a small play space like a pen where they can walk around and stretch out a bit. Start crate training day one and start acclimating your dog to you leaving. Get your dog into the crate for 5-10 mins every hour. Don't sit right near there but just be around doing your thing. Don't give them attention. Then let them out and rewards them with treats and affection. Work your way up to 20 mins every 90 mins and then 30 every 2 hours and then eventually push the time up to 40 mins and 50 and 1 hour. After 4/5 days you should hit the hour mark and just work up from there. Once you hit the hour mark though you're going to want to start introducing being out of sight. So crate the dog and then during the duration, step out of sight for 15-20 mins. Make their crate comfy and give them toys that keep them occupied. You can also use camera monitors to see them. Keep pushing the time here until you can work up to a few hours out of sight. Once that's the case, start actually leaving the home. Dont say goodbye, dont make it seem like anything is out of the ordinary. Just crate them and get up and walk out as your normally do. Don't try to let the dog know something is about to happen or give them sad eyes because you feel bad. You can use a monitor to watch the dog. You will be just outside or nearby the door. If everything is going well then push the time. If your dog starts acting out then wait a few mins and try to come back when the dog is calm. He'll be excited but don't get him riled up. Calm him down and let him out of the crate. Give him some treats and pets and then continue about your day. The more you make it seem like your leaving is normal and teach your dog that you will come back and that he gets rewarded for being without you, he will start to accept that as the norm. From here you just continue to push the time limit using the crate and then after he can go a couple hours at a time then give him more space to roam in a pen and push further. You have to give your dog this type of stress many times a day so they learn to not stress about it. Their fear is that you're gone and they're alone. As they get accustomed to that feeling of being without you and then continue to see you come back and tha everything is okay, they will be reconditioned. Once you start going to work, ask if you can take a bit of a longer lunch because of your dog for a couple weeks and then head home to let them out to pee. This may involve you working an extra hour at the end of the day to make up for it but that's okay. Before leaving you need to take a walk and make sure they go to the bathroom AND get plenty of exercise so they are pooped out. When you come back, same thing. Getting all their energy out and playing with you is the equivalent for a dog of spending many hours just lounging around. They are far more stimulated and thus much more content with being chilled out for longer periods of time. If you are not able to make it home mid day then you need to hire someone to come and feed and or walk and or PLAY with your dog. I know it costs extra but it has to be done because there is actually a limited amount of time they can hold their bladders when young, even if you've already accustomed them to staying alone. Eventually you'll be able to push late lunches to leaving early, which means more time spent without you, and then go back to a 9-5 schedule. You may still need a mid day dog walker just in case but I like to have them come every few days kind of at random so the dog doesn't get in the habit of assuming he'll have someone in a few hours and then not be used to staying alone for the full time. Make it unpredictable so it's a surprise to the dog rather than a given. Eventually you can graduate from play pens to rooms or areas that you've sealed off (if you have that kind of space) and then eventually the entire house. Keep in mind this all has to be done along with other regular training, feeding, getting your dog truly well trained and off the crutch of treats for that particular task as soon as possible. It is indeed a LOT of work and may even cost $2000-4000 extra for that first year. And when you're home you have to make that time count so it doesn't just end with all that work your already done. Your life will be revolving around this dog and your social life will and should be essentially nonexistent outside of a few hours at a time (which coincides with helping your dog getting used to you not being around). But everything will be for this dog and if it doesn't benefit the dog, you can't do it. Do not get a dog unless you're prepared for this. Your life is going to change big time. Ideally you want to speak to your job about the possibility of working from home, offsite, or adjusting your hours/cutting your hours temporarily. This isn't so you can stay home with the dog instead (that would be counterproductive to training him to be without you), but so that you have the flexibility to make the duration of time he has to be without you gradually longer and longer as opposed to a sudden extra 2 hours because of logistics with work. I was able to get just about full flexibility as needed and could even take calls from home many days but I still went out to a coffee shop or library or even to work just so the dog would get training. I knew I could leave whenever but for the sake of training, I had to be out of sight of the dog for his own good.

Hmmmm this isn’t very “full time working” people just don’t get to go home every 2 hours! Sorry don’t mean to be rude.

I really thought this was going to be helpful for people who work an actual 9:00-5:00 and can’t go home in the middle of the day. Disappointed.

Here before the iM wAtChInG tHiS aNd I dOnT eVeN hAvE a DoG comments

I was working from home back in March 2020. I then decided to put a deposit on a poodle. My boss called me in August and terminated my employment. Now I just received an offer yesterday October 2020. The puppy was born 9/2020. I am supposed to get the puppy November 2020. Now I am trying to figure out, how this is going to work. I will be out of my home for 8 hrs a day.

Again another unrealistic video about working and crate training.

this is purely clickbait...your video really doesn't answer the question in the title ... you both work full time, but each of you had the liberty to come home for an hour at a time, plus you have a yard so you didn't really have toilet training issues... also as cute as he is... that is not what a "fully" trained puppy looks like lol

Huh? This really doesn’t answer the question of how to train a puppy while working full time.

2 - straight - minutes - before - actually - getting - to - the - video..... :P

Thank you for sharing! I will be getting a golden doodle in the next year but I struggle with getting a dog since I worked full time. But after seeing this video really changed my mind!

Sorry, couldn't make it through the video, you talk way too much about nothing

I thought this was a video for people that are at work all day. Kinda click bait.

how many likes this comment gets is how many people agree with the comment below me

Thank you for keeping it real! I work from home and I’m looking to get a puppy 🐶

That's right.. you're the one who got a mini and he seemed to grow beyond that mini. Good lord. Heeheeeeee

How do you feed him now that you leave at 8 am and come home at 6 pm?

You should make another pupdate. I wanna see how Theo is doing. He so freakin' adorable. We just got one week and half ago. I can't imagine my doodle getting any bigger. Haha. He 10wks old.

I don't adopt because I don't want pitbulls or pitbull mixes.

What food does he eat he is healthy looking

This sucks

Mini?

Hi Sabrina! LOVE your videos! We are going to pick out our mini Goldendoodle in a couple of weeks. Won't get to bring him or her home until 5 more weeks, BUT I have a couple of questions for you, if you don't mind. 1. Why did you pick Theo, in particular, among his siblings? 2. Was he laid back as a puppy for not? One more Lol. 3. Was he curly or wavy as a puppy-would love a pic of him if you could share. So glad I found you-just what I needed in preparing for our new mini doodle!

You you be able to share where ya got your pup from. I’m currently look for a reputable brand for our future goldendoodle

These videos are so helpful! Thank you so much!! Your house looks nice....does that mean I have a CHANCE at not getting my house destroyed?!! ;-)

Whats a good crate size for mini goldendoodle puppy? My puppy is 4 months

Super helpful, thanks again! I might've missed it but how often did he get taken out after being fully potty trained?

Getting my F1b mini goldendoodle in 2 weeks❤️ thanks for all your tips, Sabrina!!

Hi , we just bought a mini golden doodle 11 weeks old . What puppy food Theo used to take in that puppy age

Damn that dog is big that's a mini

What’s a good solid play pen?

Do you work right next door to your house?

You cannot let puppy outside in your backyard till they are FULLY vaxed So that is along x on pee pads in house

Holy preamble

This was great info ❤

My wife and I getting our F1b puppy in 2 months 😍😍😍

My dog sits without me giving her treats 😂 and she learned that within two weeks of me getting her.

i am glad this exsists

Sabrina, he's beautiful! Thanks for sharing I was so excited to see a new video of Theo

Great video! Could you do a video on a day in life with a goldendoodle?

We have a golden mini 12 weeks old , he is crate trained and sleeps from about 10:00pm until 6:30am no pee pads ever. Goldens are very smart I treat trained him to go outside. He loves Lil plates bitty beef treats.

That dog is very untrained. Need to work on his manners more