Crate Training a Puppy

Renowned dog trainer Ty Brown of http://www.DogBehaviorOnline.com teaches dog owners how to crate train a puppy. Learn tips and techniques that the professionals use to kennel train and house train dogs.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• crate
• train
• kennel
• house
• puppy
• dog
• obedience

[KaTiE9019]

As you said and most people say you want the crate to feel and be a den. Well don't you want it to feel like a den by putting a bed and toys in there?

[communicanine]

@KaTiE9019 - No, not necessarily. That would make it feel more like a den for a person, but not necessarily a dog. A bed can often encourage a dog to go to the bathroom and many puppies have chewed up beds or toys while in a crate and died due to choking.

[ANNIESTAYANNIEWAY]

@communicanine- when you crate train your dog it is most likeiy they see that as their place to sleep and know not to pee in them?

-how does this help with potty training a puppy? i' ve been asking this same question for like forever.

[communicanine]

@ANNIESTAYANNIEWAY - I'm not sure I understand the question because it seems as if you've answered it. The crate is a place where your dog doesn't want to go the bathroom. If your dog isn't going to the bathroom in the house that helps with the house training.

[MrBertieWoosterDog]

Although some comments below I don't agree with I do agree with the fact that this is awful crate training and if you put bedding in they will not pee on it unless left too long as dogs hate peeing on there bed

[communicanine]

@MrBertieWoosterDog - As someone who was worked with hundreds of puppies I can assure you that putting a bed in a crate will encourage lots of dogs to pee in their crate. All dogs? No. But a high enough percentage that it is worth mentioning. I can think of dozens of personal examples with clients where a dog was routinely peeing in their crate and just by taking out the bed we put a stop to it.

[cseychell]

I just got my whippet puppy three weeks ago and i m finding it so difficult to house break him, plus he already did a lot of damage when i leave him to go to work. I tried the crate once but he peed and pooed in it and he was a mess. Now the crate is always open and serves as his bed. Sometimes he even goes in it just to pee...and this frustrates me loads. My question is, can he hold not going to the toilet while in it? he is 14 weeks old.

[tylcarey]

This Video was fantastic. I have two dogs in the past and both of them I got as puppies and crate trained instantly with no issues. My fiance and I just adopted an 8 month old Shepherd Cross and my god the fuss she put up was epic. You're video was fantastic for her. Worked like a charm - 3 days in no more whining! Thank you for your help! 

[tylcarey]

I've had 4 dogs.. Never had an issue with crate training.. Now I just got a rescue dog. She's about 8 months and makes a fit like holy hell for about 15 minutes then gives up. Its day two of her with us.. I'm going to use your methods and let you know how it goes. Good video !

[123444mickey]

And also, if he does something wrong, like not eliminating when we take him out, how do we punish him if his crate shouldn't be used for punishment? How do we get him to stop doing certain things if we can't use his crate to punish him?

[123444mickey]

We just got a 15 week old cocker spaniel/poodle mix and he howls at night while in the crate. What we do is we usually leave him in there during the day because he cannot fully control his bladder yet, and we praise him and say good dog while he is in the crate during the day. However, at night he usually howls because we leave him alone in the night and he is a little bit scared of the dark, so should we continue what we are doing, because it does seem to be getting a bit better.

[pink32smooches]

how long is to long to keep a puppy in a crate im a student and have class in the AM - ?

[SuckMyPro]

Thank you very much!! this helped a lot. my 5 week old blue heeler started getting in with in 15 min of doing this :) i look forward to more videos

[webwolf404]

What that guy said was ridiculous. Either way, great great video. Though I disagree with your crate choice I totally agree with your methods, its nice to see traditional training without click crazy madness. Thank you for doing it old school my friend.