How to House Train a Puppy : Choosing a Crate Size for your Puppy : Tips for Housebreaking Puppies

Learn how to choose the correctly sized crate for your dog in this video.

Expert: Tracy Tenner
Contact: www.extracareanimalhospital.net
Bio: Tracy Tenner has been training dogs for over 25 years.
Filmmaker: Hiu Yau

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Pets & Animals

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• house training puppies
• house training pets
• house training puppy tips
• puppy house training
• house breaking puppies
• puppy raising tips
• home puppy tips
• house training dogs

[sarahhaspowers]

alot of ppl keep there dogs in crates over night. it doesnt hurt them

[izzie128]

My dog hates her crate, she barks and barks when she's in it.

[strukelj]

@SuperHappyVegan

and FYI, when you said "because it will chew your belongings, then you have clearly not trained it properly, and it is probably bored". This clearly shows you don't know what you are talking about. Dogs do NOT chew stuff out of boredom. It is from separation anxiety and they get stressed out. Another reason for some to crate their dog. Some dogs stress out when they have the run of the house and you're not home. In a crate, they feel safe and secure in a quiet dim room

[strukelj]

@strukelj

Most people with ur mentality, like a couple girls I know, do the exact opposite than they should when there dog does something wrong. They lower there voice and bring the dog close to them and say no no doggy, you shouldn't do that, that's bad. It;s all about tone, hence the startling them. They instead, make there dog feel good and warm at that moment, so they associate doing said bad behavior as something good. They're dogs are not well behaved and chew her stuff all the time

[strukelj]

@strukelj

But I'm sure you'll respond with a claim that a 10 week old puppy won't pee all over the house when i'm gone right, because I can train him that way. Without citing an actual way to do it I imagine. And as for yelling. When you catch your dog in the act, like chewing on the couch, you want to make a very loud yell to startle them, like OH NO, so the get the point. Any trainer will tell you this, not just the "self proclaimed" ones.

[strukelj]

@strukelj

My dog is a year and a half now and is house trained to perfection. Washroom in the morning, washroom after work, and washroom before bed. The only physical way you can stop a dog from peeing in the house when they are just a puppy is by crating them. Mind you this is from a scenario from a dog owner who leaves for 8 hours. My dog doesn't need a crate anymore and I saved a lot of aches and cleaning by crating him when he is young.

[strukelj]

@SuperHappyVegan

First off where are you getting hitting and yelling from? This is a prime example of someone who needs to feel self righteous and lecture someone on an issue that isn't even present. Secondly, if my dog was never crate trained, he would of been urinating all over the house 6-10 times in an 8-9 hour span while at work. No amount of training will stop a 10 week old puppy from that, it is purely physical.

[SuperHappyVegan]

If someone leaves their dog in a crate while they are at work then they should not have a dog. If its to stop your dog from getting out, you need a new fence; if the dog can escape than it is obviously not secure. If you keep your dog in a cage because it will chew your belongings, then you have clearly not trained it properly, and it is probably bored. If you can't provide your dog with enough stimulation, or for some reason aren't capable of training it properly, then you should not have one.

[SuperHappyVegan]

@strukelj Training a dog really isn't that difficult; if you can't train a dog without the use of a cage, or yelling and hitting, then you don't deserve to have one. Seriously, if you know so little about dogs that you have to cage them to stop them doing things YOU should've trained them not to do, you shouldn't have a dog!

[ilovemypugdog]

My beagle was crate trained and LOVED being in her crate! It was her little den. Dogs are natural den animals.  It seems cruel at first, but oddly, they learn to love it. Its extremely convenient as well, for trips, etc.

[TheJurkans]

Nice Hospital

[rlholo]

@strukelj There are many unqualified (self proclaimed) "professionals" in dog training. Have patience and work with the dog - that way you don't have to hit him OR lock him in a box. Crating is a recent thing. It is popular because it allows people to be lazy. Anyone who gets a dog should know it's a big responsibility and a lot of work early on. You stop him by startling him (a clicker) and lovingly redirecting his actions. The problem is that people get dogs who don't make time to train them.