Puppy Gal's Recommendations

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Confine When Not Supervised

Confine When Not Supervised

Confine your English Bulldog Puppy to a safe area inside your home and be sure to keep windows and doors securely closed.

Your English Bulldog puppy is a baby and should be treated as such. They should not be left unsupervised either inside or outside. Puppies will be into everything just like a child and will end up getting in trouble; chewing, pooping, knocking things over, etc.

We suggest either:

- Use a kiddy gate to confine it to a small area of your home which has been Puppy Proofed and includes his "bed and things". For a bed they in particularly like a container. If it is summer and you have the room, the small size children's wadding pool is great!! If not, get a heavy duty plastic storage container made to go under the bed.

- If you elect to use a crate, I recommend a medium size metal crate, which can be ordered from J-B Wholesale Pet Supplies, Inc., item 164-0200-36 #36JB 36” long x 23” wide x 27” high. $54.95 plus shipping. In my opinion, this is the very best constructed crate on the market, period!!! Compare prices and I believe you will find they have the BEST price on all crates!!! Click Here

When you are home leave the door to the crate open so that your puppy can go in and out at will. Put his food, treats and toys inside the create, but again if you are home do not shut the door. This will cause your pup to think of his crate as a good place to be instead of a prison. If you are home enjoying yourself in another room and your pup is aware of this, it will begin to resent being in "jail". This feeling will lead to behavior and personality problems. Please note!! Excessive crate time will result in a severe personality disorder much like being chained up outside. Please, please do not do this to any animal!! Crating for 4 hours at a time or less is the most desirable. Therefore when you get a new puppy be sure someone can let it out for a potty break at least every 3-4 hours.



Information presented here is strictly my opinion based upon research and/or 50 years experience at rescuing animals of all sorts. Consult your vet and perhaps even get a second opinion from another vet about all you read on my website.