Crate training question?

Good question.

To prevent him to even start crying to be let out, you need to set an alarm clock. You're right, this young, they need to go out frequently to ensure proper training. When I first got my pup, I took up his water at 8 o'clock in the evening. Then, once I put him away for the night, I set an alarm for every two hours. If you're taking him out before he cries, he won't have a chance to try and get you to let him out. IF he starts crying, then yes, you shouls wait until he stops crying. If he does not stop crying, you must stay strong. The schedule will not make a big difference since it will change as he gets older (I.E. he will be able to hold it longer than just two hours, eventually through the night). If you do it by the alarm and not by his crying, no, he will not associate crying with getting let out since you'll assume you'll let him out BEFORE crying.

Good luck.

I would personally keep him in the crate still. He is still a puppy and if you were to let him roam freely he may very well get used to it and forget about the training he already has. Dogs are like kids, give them an inch and they take a mile. Keep him in the crate until he is fully trained not to go potty in the house or do anything destructive. My Pomeranian is much older than your dog, but since I've had her I've been training her since she never was trained as a puppy. It's tough sometimes to do things to train and discipline them, but don't let them get dominance over you. I also keep my dog in the kitchen while I'm gone or if I've gone to bed with a bed, food and water. It may sound harsh to some people, but it's the only way I can break her of thinking its okay to roam the house and poop and pee where she pleases. If you haven't noticed, dogs will usually not go potty in confined areas, so continuing the crate will be best I think. If he is up at night making a lot of noise, maybe try to exhaust him of his energy throughout the day, if that doesn't work and is truely bothersome, you may want to consider disciplining him if you are okay with that. Well good luck and he is still a puppy, it'll me a few more months before he calms down and is fully trained.

Hi :)

We now have a 14 week old pup that sleeps through the night fine (for 5.5 hours). Its likely that your new puppy will start crying at a set time, ours was around 3am (3 - 4 hours after going in his crate for bed). One of us would get up, leave the lights off and take him outside then either sit with him on the sofa for a while or put him back in his crate, make sure he's settled and go back upstairs. After around 2 weeks he was fine and he can hold himself through the night.

I have only owned 5 of my dogs from 8 weeks, I prefer 4-10 mos old pups and never let them out at night. After the inital night whining they slept thro but were picked up and taken out by 6 a.m. I also pull the water by 6 p.m. to help them hold it and no food after their 4-5 p.m feeding. A vigourous play time 30 min b4 bed then last out seems to hold them for the night.

I could be wrong here, but i thought when crate training a puppy, they weren't supposed to be released at all until the morning swings rounds and you let them out for a toilet stop.

The only bit i am not sure about is the puppys weaker bladder.

I know this is how we trained our dog, sometimes it would escape very rapidly from the crate then pee on the floor immediately :)

The dog did get upset though, but it stopped crying after a few hours and settled down.

Congrats on your Standard Poodle. I have two and I think they are such an awesome breed. If you are lucky like I have always been with Standards your pup will be potty trained before 5 months. They are very smart and will learn quickly. I have never had a problem with the crying until they were more in the 14 weeks, then they seemed to know, hey I don't have to be in here. If you are getting your pup between 8-12 weeks then the first week or two I have put them in a crate (a small one) with a blanket and a stuffed animal. The blanket helps to absorb the pee, since no matter what at this age it is going to happen. Within the first week or two I would wake up around 1:00am and 4:00am to let the pup out, give it a chance to go to the bathroom and praise the heck out of it if it does. If they already went in there cage, I would clean it out and put them back until morning. This way I could also tell how often they were going. After two weeks, I would cut out the 1:00am potty break and see if they could make it from the last potty break till 4:00am. I found that some would start to make it by this point and would go to the bathroom when I took them out at 4:00am. I would praise and give a little treat of cooked cold chicken. Now as far as crying, ignore that and just keep to your schedule. If you notice that they are still not making it on just 1 4:00am potty break, go back to two potty breaks and then try again. You really want to establish that you want them to go outside. Once they are more often then not holding it till 4:00am then you are doing good. If they are crying when you go to let them out, still let them out. A repeated schedule is the easiest way for a dog to learn. Once they are doing good with the 4:00am holding, then cut that out and just let them out in the morning. (Hopefully you are not late to raise in the morning lol). If they can't hold it all night go back to the 4:00am potty break, and then try again. I think you get the idea.

Here is another thing to remember. When you come to there cage to let them out, do not get very excited, do not talk in baby talk, do not do a high pitched excited voice. It is best to stay relaxed and when you let them out, it should be on a leash and you should calmly say "do you want to go potty" or whatever key word you are going to use, but always use the same key word. You don't want to get your dog in the habit of excited peeing. Sometimes a dog will relieve it's self just because they are excited to see you and you are acting excited and it will be to much stimulus for them.

Also another tip I use is when you are home and they are not in their cage but still very capable of going off somewhere and peeing. Leash potty train them. This has been one of the biggest things to cut out potty training time. Whenever they are out of the cage, they are on their leash connected to my waist. This way if they need to go they will either start showing distress signs in which you have the opportunity to say "do you have to go potty" and then take them out so they make the connection. OR they will go right there next to you, which gives you the opportunity to discipline them for it. Say NO firmly, bad potty. Then put them in their cage for 15 minutes. Take them out and back on the leash. They will quickly pick up that they need to ask you to go outside. Everyone ask, how do I get my dog to let me know they have to go out. This is a great way to establish this.

Hope this helps. Remember praise, reputition, firm voice.

Hi i have a puppy and for the first month or so i put a training pad cut in half to one section of his cage and then eventually he just stopped using it . they won't do anythin unless they are desperate because they don't like to go the toilet in there sleeping area.

Hi,

Here's how to crate train your dog, http://dogtime.com/housetraining-crate-training.ht...

Hope this helps.

Regards.