Puppy Crating?

that is the most cruelist thing i have heard of !!!!!

DONT stick your pet in a crate how mean!!!!

just train it with love & kindness & patience,if you cant do that you should not have a pet!

Crating refers to placing the dog in a cagelike kennel. Its dimensions should allow the dogs to lie down, stand and turn around. Smaller dimension would make the dog extremely uncomfortable and too large a crate would enable the dog to use the remaining space for bathroom.

Most dogs hate to be be around or lie down with their own defecation and urine. Using this natural aversion to their own waste, crating helps in toilet training immensely. As long as you are consistent in taking the dog out for its potty breaks outside, dog learns to understand that business is to be done outside ONLY.

From my own experience, some dogs learn faster than others and in the beginning they will have accidents within their crate. I find that they REALLY hate it when their own wastes are right next to them. They learn to hold it until they are let out out of the crate.

My first puppy got the concept really quickly after about three accidents within the crate. She takes care of business ONLY on grassy areas, nowhere else.

My second puppy will not go in the crate now but for the rest of the house..it is a different story. We are still working with him on bathroom=outside.

Puppy should always be supervised and when you cannot watch it, it should be in the crate at all times to speed up the potty training. I wish you much luck and remember to get the right size crate.

It's simply a crate that you use to keep your pup safe AND since they don't like to eliminate where they sleep, it acts as a house breaking aid:

1. Get a crate that's large enough to allow for growth, but comes with a divider so that you can adjust the amount of room she has. You want to give just enough room that she can stand, but not enough where she can poop and step to the side.

2. Make your schedule for feeding, water, potty and STICK WITH IT. Allow for taking your new baby out additional times during the night when she's young, but by the age of 12 weeks, you should be able to cut back a little.

3. Keep you pup on a leash at ALL TIMES. This not only helps you get her potty trained, but keeps her safe. If you let her off the leash to do her business, she'll think it's play time and she may never go potty.

4. Praise and treat - this will work to keep your dog happy and motivated.

5. Do NOT let your dog run your house until and only until she's completely reliable. Keep your dog on a leash, even in the house, when you are not playing with her.

6. Consider training classes. It's money well spent, especially if you find a good, experienced trainer.

7. Patience - it took time for your mom to potty train you...same applies for you new pup.

Enjoy!

Usually a plastic crate with a pad for sleeping in. My dog Carin terrier has a crate for a Large dog so she has plenty of room. I use to keep it closed when she was a puppy so she wouldn't get in to things. Now the door stay open and she still sleeps in it.

Crating is to train your puppy to tolerate living in the crate. Dogs usually do not go potty where they sleep and eat. You can crate train them as soon as you bring your new pup home.

oh yeah, that works sooooo good cause i own a 4 yr old male dapple daschund hound, and hes the honoriest little man ever!! i also own a 7 yr old female min pin and when i leave---they go in there crate until i get back home. and no, its not mean or anything like that. the crate is kinda like a square box but its not all closed so you can see your dog when its in the crate

Crating is when you buy a crate from a petstore (it should be big enough for them to stand up in and turn around in (you can either buy one that'll be big enough for when they're adult and block off the back...or just leave it alone like I did, or buy one now and more as they grow)

Dogs will not want to relieve themselves where they sleep. With my two dogs one didn't do it AT ALL, the other did it until I realized he'd deliberately go on his blanket since it absorbed it. When I took that out he stopped (I've since put it back in).

You just have to make sure you don't leave them in there too long. The general rule is usally their age in months, plus one. For hours. For example a 5 month old dog can hold it for his age - 5 plus one..or 6 hours. NO DOG should be left in their crate and for longer than 8 hours.

You crate them when you're gone or when you're unable to supervise them directly. Make it a positive place, don't put them in it to punish them. My dogs know "go to bed" and I give them a small treat each time they go. I can be downstairs and tell them "go to bed" and they run up and paw at their crate door until it opens and will wait for me to get up there.

if you want something in a cage get a bird