Crate Training – Really the Best Way for Potty Training Puppies?
November 11th, 2009 | 
Author: Crate Training – really the best way for potty training puppies?
Im not sure if you have heard of this before but crate training can be one of the best ways to potty train your dog or puppy. Its especially good to start out early and get on them while they are young. If your puppy is raised with the right training then you are far less likely to have any accidents. Later on.
The whole theory behind crate training is to put your dog in a adequately sized crate and make this his bed. Just like humans, dogs don’t want to sleep in their own waste one bit. So by making the cage the right size the dog will be very reluctant to wet his bed.
So does Crate Training Work?
One of the great benefits of this as far as training a puppy is that it teaches them that they can hold it. They don’t have to relieve themselves every time that they feel the urge to go. Now this helped me a lot because I go to work during the day and sometimes there wouldn’t be anyone to look after Kenny for a while. Since I potty trained him with a crate he now knows that he can wait until I get back home to go. He dosen’t have to go every time he feels it. Its also helpful for making sure that if you cant watch your puppy he doesn’t go all over the house. When your not there hes stuck in the crate so he doesn’t have the option of using the bathroom wherever he pleases.
Important
The most important thing to remember if you are going to crate train your puppy is to get the right sized cage. To small of a crate obviously has problems because you don’t want your dog to be uncomfortable. It is going to be his bed, you wouldn’t want to sleep in a 5 year-olds race car bed would you? Also to big of a cage can be an issue as well. If the create is to big it can hamper your potty training efforts because the puppy will just use one corner of the cage. If he gets use to this you may find that he uses that instead of learning to go outside. This can be a major setback in potty training puppies. You have to teach them right from the start.
Hope you take this into account if you are thinking about potty training your puppy with a crate. There are some great advantages to it so i would highly recommend it.
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