Dealing with Puppy Crate Training
An essential part of house training your dog is crate training.
Beginning crate training early in your dog's development, before your dog has a chance to develop habits that need to be changed, is often easier.
Directly following basic obedience training is the recommended time to begin to crate train your puppy.
It is important to state that crate training your puppy is not the equivalent of putting your puppy in a jail cell, although some dog owners may feel that way initially.
After properly adjusting to its crate, your pet will prefer the privacy of its crate for sleeping, eating, and relaxing.
Dog owners may encounter obstacles during puppy crate training that they are unsure how to overcome.
Obstacles encountered by dog owners and the ways they have been overcome are listed below.
Starting puppy crate training at the same time as potty training and obedience training.
If a puppy is unable to following an obedience command, some pet owners mistakenly place the puppy in its crate.
Avoid using the crate following a training failure so the puppy does not view confinement to the crate as a form of punishment.
Puppies may avoid the crate because they feel they are being deprived of companionship with their owners.
Putting your puppy's food next to its crate, and creating a comfortable place for your puppy to rest and sleep, helps your puppy see positive aspect of the crate rather than feel isolated.
After the first few times when the puppy is place in its crate, begin to guide the puppy to the crate until it is able to enter on its own.
During the early stages of crate training a puppy, it is common for owners to find that the puppy does not seem to want to stay in its crate.
Although it may seem that this is due to the playfulness of the puppy, there could be a problem with the crate itself.
Try looking for a way to modify or exchange your puppy's crate, if your puppy does not want to stay in its crate when sleepy, or when food is offered.
When a crate is conducive to relaxation, sleep, and privacy, your puppy can begin to enjoy its exclusive den.
A puppy will eventually begin to appreciate time on its own once it associates the crate with the ability to rest, sleep, and eat away from distractions.
Dealing with Puppy Crate Training
By: Israel Reynolds
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