subject: Dog Crate Training - Appropriately Introducing Your Dog To The Dog Crate [print this page] The crate should never be used as a place of punishment. Don't send your canine to the crate for doing something you don't like. Dogs don't give each other time outs. Your pet will begin to associate it with a negative emotion from you. If this happens, getting them to enter becomes much more difficult. Do it right the first time and save yourself the headache of correcting improperly learned behaviors.
Dog Crate Training - Appropriately Introducing Your Dog To The Dog Crate
