subject: Crate Training For Puppies - 5 Tips To A Successful Crate Training [print this page] Crate training always gives a negative perspective to puppy lovers as an action that locked their puppies and being cruel for not giving them freedom to run around the house.
However the actual purpose of crate training is crucial to ensure the safety for both you and your puppy. A crate can give your puppy its own little home and space when your puppy needs a rest.
Unfortunately, there are lots of puppy owners did not know exactly how to train their puppy to get familiar with a crate.
If crate is not introduced well to your puppy, your puppy will be afraid of it and runs away from it.
So this is where the '5 Tips to a Successful Crate Training' comes into place.
Step 1: Pick the perfect crate.
Your crate have to be a larger crate so your puppy able to move around more and you have to think further as your puppy will grow, so definitely this crate must be usable when he grow up.
Step 2: Pick a correct spot for the crate.
Place the crate at a relatively higher traffic area such as living room.
This is to ensure your puppy know even he is in the crate but he is not left alone.
Step 3: Keep initial crate time short and frequent.
Work up to longer periods of time as this training progress to make sure your puppy get familiar with it's own crate. Start the first day with simple ins and outs. Soon when he get used to its own home, maximum you can leave him in the crate for 6 hours only.
Step 4: Make a good introduction of the little home to your puppy.
To ensure your puppy feels comfortable, place his favorite toy, food and also blanket in the crate. Allow your puppy to walk in by itself and close the door. Remember to praise your puppy for being a good girl/boy.
Step 5: Use a cue word such as "kennel" and "go to bed".
Train your puppy to move into the crate by using cue word or phrase will establish your puppy the fact that it is time to get in his own sweet little home.
One more thing, remember NOT to open the crate door if your puppy make unnecessary fusses when he is put into the crate until your puppy is behaving calmly. In this way your puppy quickly learn that making noises will not let you open the crate door.
Able to ignore your puppy demands will make you and your puppy be much better off in the long run.
There steps are proven effective and you will really get the results that you want.
