Depending on your reasons for crate training an adult dog, you may have not planned to ever leave them in the crate while you are out of the house. But there are good reasons to add this to your crate training schedule. There may come a time when you need to crate your dog during a...
Crate training is a good choice for just about any dog owner. The only people who shouldn't choose this method are those that have very young puppies and are away from home all day or those that have unusually long work hours and can't come home during the day to let the dog potty ...
Wondering about the best way to crate train your puppy or adult dog? Or if you should even bother? Perhaps you’re worried that it might be cruel to confine your dog to a crate? (It’snotwhen done right!). Or maybe you’re unsure of all the benefits of crate training? (There...
The Dodo spoke with Irith Bloom,a certified professional dog trainer and owner ofThe Sophisticated Dogin Los Angeles, to get tips for crate training an older dog. Can I crate train my older dog? Any dog can be crate trained, whether they're a puppy or an adult or even a senior. But ...
At Suburban K9, we don't just stick to positive reinforcement alone in our in-home training. We have abalanced training approachthat teaches your dog the right way to behavewhen it comes to night crate training. Relying solely on positive reinforcement for nighttime crate training mayfall short...
Humans are dogs’ main attachment figures, most commonly. And a puppy is in a stage of dependence, unlike an adult dog. So the ideal daily crate training schedule should involve periods of naps and resting in the dog crate, in between periods of play, socialization or training. ...
How to crate train an older dog – Yours or adopted Maybe you have an adult dog and hadn’t considered crate training before? Maybe you’ve just adopted? Or maybe you’d never heard of it until now? Well it’s never too late to start! Crate training the older dog is harder than a...
Crate training actually works incredibly well when you’re housebreaking an adolescent or adult dog too. But it’s usually faster to crate train puppies as they haven’t had a chance to really develop ‘bad’ habits, and they pick it up so quickly and easily. ...
Your puppy will need a much smaller crate than a full-grown adult dog, though they will eventually become a full-grown adult dog. But it’s unreasonable to think you can keep upgrading your crates for larger ones as your puppy grows. This could get expensive very quickly. ...
When we choose a crate for an adult dog, the minimum size is determined by the dog, and the maximum size is usually dictated by the amount of space in our homes. But when we teach a puppy to love the crate as part of theirpotty training, we need to make sure that it’s big enou...