Crate Training Your Puppy
We 100% recommend crate training your puppy.
* Gives them a place where they feel safe (even domesticated dogs will dig a den).
* Somewhere where you can keep them safe when your not watching them.
* Makes potty training easier.
* If you travel anywhere it is safer to transport them in one.
****How to crate train****
Start off right and start the night you bring your new puppy home.
Put the crate somewhere away from the bedrooms.
*You need to have a crate only big enough for your puppy to stand, sit, turn around and lay down in. Any bigger than that and they will potty in it. Puppies are smart and won't potty where they sleep. If they do potty in it, either it's too big or you left them too long without a potty break.
* Feed your puppy a few hours before its time to put them in the crate. Make sure to take them out to potty right before you put them in.
* Cover the crate with a thin sheet. If you have a box fan turn it on next to the crate (but not blowing on it....its to block noise both so the puppy doesn't hear you and you don't hear the puppy)
* The puppy will likely yell for awhile. DON'T take the puppy out while its yipping or barking. If its time to take it out to go potty, wait until the puppy is quiet for a minuet and THEN take him out. If you take her out while she's barking, you'll teach her to bark to get out.
* Don't use the crate as punishment. It's supposed to be a safe place the puppy likes.
* Usually after the first night or two the puppy will be getting used to the crate and quiet.
****If your puppy goes potty in the crate it is either too big or you left the puppy too long! Puppies are like toddlers. They have small bladders. Every puppy is different, there is no one size fits all answer. As your puppy gets older, it can go longer between potty breaks****
* Gives them a place where they feel safe (even domesticated dogs will dig a den).
* Somewhere where you can keep them safe when your not watching them.
* Makes potty training easier.
* If you travel anywhere it is safer to transport them in one.
****How to crate train****
Start off right and start the night you bring your new puppy home.
Put the crate somewhere away from the bedrooms.
*You need to have a crate only big enough for your puppy to stand, sit, turn around and lay down in. Any bigger than that and they will potty in it. Puppies are smart and won't potty where they sleep. If they do potty in it, either it's too big or you left them too long without a potty break.
* Feed your puppy a few hours before its time to put them in the crate. Make sure to take them out to potty right before you put them in.
* Cover the crate with a thin sheet. If you have a box fan turn it on next to the crate (but not blowing on it....its to block noise both so the puppy doesn't hear you and you don't hear the puppy)
* The puppy will likely yell for awhile. DON'T take the puppy out while its yipping or barking. If its time to take it out to go potty, wait until the puppy is quiet for a minuet and THEN take him out. If you take her out while she's barking, you'll teach her to bark to get out.
* Don't use the crate as punishment. It's supposed to be a safe place the puppy likes.
* Usually after the first night or two the puppy will be getting used to the crate and quiet.
****If your puppy goes potty in the crate it is either too big or you left the puppy too long! Puppies are like toddlers. They have small bladders. Every puppy is different, there is no one size fits all answer. As your puppy gets older, it can go longer between potty breaks****
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