Crate Training Your Puppy Fundamentals
Crate training is widely agreed by dog owners to be the best technique to house train a puppy. You certainly need a crate for puppy crate training. A crate basically looks like a cage. It is used to restrict the movement of your puppy to a specific area for a short period fo time, e.g. when you can’t fully monitor her. Your puppy should be in that crate at all times unless she’s eating, going for a potty break outside with you, or playing under supervision.
The crate is like your puppy’s den, a place where your puppy feels safe and at ease; it’s her private place where she comfortably sleeps, takes naps, or idles her time away. Based on dogs’ natural dislike of soiling their sleeping area, your puppy will not want to soil her own resting quarters, so she will hold her pee and poop until she’s let out of the crate.
Choosing a crate
It is necessary to select the right size of crate for your puppy. If the crate is oversized, it gives your puppy space to sleep at one corner, and do her business at the other corner. This then beats the entire purpose of crate training your puppy, and will delay the house training for several weeks!
When it comes to choosing the crate, get one that is big enough for your puppy to comfortably stand up, lie down or turn around. No worries though, there’s no need to keep buying new crates when your puppy gets bigger. You can save cost if you buy one crate that can serve as your puppy’s den until she grows up.
Get a large wire crate (for adult dog size), then block off some of its inside space with dividers when your dog is still a puppy. You can use a wire grille or board as divider. As and when your puppy requires a larger area to move around as she grows, you can remove the dividers to give more space to her. Alternatively, you can build a crate yourself and replace it with a larger model as your puppy grows.
Making the crate inviting
You can make the crate a welcoming and inviting place for your puppy to go. Try laying a couple of thick blankets or towels inside the crate, and place some toys and a chew inside. The crate entrance should be invitingly open at all times, but should be securely closed when your puppy is inside.
Remember: before your puppy is completely house trained, you wouldn’t want her to move around in the house freely to avoid accidents. If you let her to move around in every corner of the house before she’s completely house trained, you’re actually encouraging her to eliminate wherever she likes. The more times your puppy does this, the easier for her to repeat it, the tougher to house train her.
Where to place the crate?
Whenever you crate train your puppy, keep the crate close to you. The ideal place for the crate is the hub of the family: usually the kitchen, or anywhere the family gathers. Having the puppy crate near to you makes puppy house breaking easier for you, and at the same time helps to create the bond between you and your four-legged friend. Being new to the environment, it’s important that you make your puppy feel that she’s not alone, and that she’s now a part of your family.
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