Housebreaking - Crate Training A Puppy
One of the best ways to succeed in housebreaking, crate training a puppy from a very young age and quickly is to utilise crate training. Many people believe that by utilising create training as part of housebreaking you are being cruel to your puppy. Absolutely not.
A dog will actually get a lot of satisfaction and benefits from having been crate training and you may be surprised to learn that they will actually like it that you have crate trained them. Another general misconception that people have is that housebreaking by crate training a puppy is difficult. A dog will naturally avoid the temptation to wee or poo in the same area that it sleeps and eats, makes sense really! and this is why crate training is successful in housebreaking.
Crate Training Regime
Make sure that you keep a record of when your puppy most likes to ‘do its business’, eat and sleep as this will help you in assessing and determining when is the best time to tackle its housebreaking by crate training your puppy. Crate Training is not all about locking your dog away is a crate for long periods of time. Crate Training needs to be tackled with the same sort of care that you would expect to give another family member when teaching toilet techniques.
Just remember, housebreaking and crate training a puppy, when done correctly, will go along way to enhancings the life of your dog and you also. You are bound to have little mishaps along the way and your puppy may go to the toilet in its crate but keep up with your housebreaking crate training regime and you will get their in the end. There is probably a good reason why your puppy made the mistake and it will certainly not have been intentional.
I have found that housebreaking by crate training a puppy is, if not the best, one of the very best ways to ensure that your young dog soon learns where it is expected to relieve itself. You do however have to be consistent with the routine, but then that goes without saying for all types of training obedience and behavior. You may find that your dog does not like using the crate in the beginning, be patient, let it find its own way, leave it little treats or special toys so that it investigates for itself and ensure you give it lots of praise when it ventures into its own crate of its own accord.
Start off slowly and soon enough you will find for yourself that housebreaking by crate training a puppy works for you as it has done for thousands of happy dog owners already. For more details on how you can find out exactly how to crate train and housebreak your puppy visit Housebreaking A Puppy