Puppy crate training works by establishing a training routine that will help the puppy avoid accidents. Make the crate your dog's safe space.
Picking the right crate for your dog is essential. We will touch more on this in the tips and tricks section. But choosing the crate that best fits your dog's needs and yours for training purposes is probably what will make this process much smoother. Make sure the crate is the right t...
But puppies also come with a pre-programmed need to be around their mother and littermates. The hardest part about crate training puppies is helping them understand that the crate doesn’t mean they will be separated from their family. Forgetting that puppies need their family is the biggest...
Potty Training Tips for Puppies & Dogs However, the crate shouldn’t be a permanent place to keep your puppy. Crate training works when you respect your dog’s need to eliminate outside, to play, and to exercise. Otherwise, it can be cruel. Getting Ready to Crate Train Puppy crate tra...
Crate training is an effective way to housebreak or potty train a new puppy or dog. The theory behind its success is that puppies do not like to soil where they are sleeping. So if a puppy is temporarily confined to a limited area, like a dog crate, he will resist the need to ...
Both my dogs were crated trained as puppies and they have the complete run of our house when we are out. As they watch us get ready to leave, they both go to their beds and that's where I find them when I return. Follow these tips on crate training a puppy and your dog should ...
Crate training is the fastest and most humane method of housebreaking puppies. Have you ever seen a dog under a table, chair or bed? Believe it or not dogs naturally want to seek shelter, even in a house. If you don't provide it, they will create it themselves in an effort to feel...
When we talk about crate training puppies at night, placing the crate in your bedroom is the most valid option. Hear us out why. Puppies are small and have been recently separated from their mother and siblings.Keeping the crate in your room near your bed can make them less anxious or fe...
A new home is a scary time, don’t add the stress of daytime crate training right away. But if you really want to introduce crate training to your puppy as early as 8 weeks, here are our tips: 8 Week Old Puppy Crate Training Puppies, as early as 8 weeks old, can be left behind...
Some pups do of course, but in general when you’re crate training puppies it can take up to 6 months or more of consistent, correct training, before a puppy is fairly reliable in his potty habits. For more info. and tips on puppypotty trainingin general, please visit myHousetraining A...