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The Advantages of Housebreaking by Crate
Puppies can be really well trained with a simple process of using a crate. In
fact, housebreaking usually only takes a week or less with puppies if done
correctly. Puppies are instinctively opposed to urinating or defecating on their
beds. So as long as you don't have the crate so large that the puppy can mess up
one side of the crate and sleep in the other, your puppy will try very hard not
to mess up the spot where it sleeps once it gets the idea that is where it
sleeps.
Housebreaking by crate simply involves keeping your puppy in the crate when you
are home and then letting it out at scheduled feeding times and for potty and
play breaks. Each time your puppy is let out it needs to be taken to the
designated potty spot and told to "go potty." Make sure you always follow with
immediate, overwhelming praise whenever the puppy completes its task. The puppy
should not be left unattended during this brief training period, either in or
out of the crate. That is the one difficulty of housebreaking by crate. Don't be
afraid to leave toys in the crate when housebreaking by crate, because this will
give the puppy an even greater sense of homemaking and security in the crate.
The advantages of housebreaking by crate include the fact that you are the one
responsible to make sure the puppy gets out to potty at the proper times. Don't
punish the puppy if it messes the bed, as this is pretty much your fault. The
puppy wouldn't do that if the puppy could help it. Just clean the bed
immediately and go back to the training as usual. You need to realize that while
the puppy is very young it doesn't have full muscle control of bodily functions
and needs out often. If a crate trained dog later makes a mess in its crate you
should be aware that this is a symptom of either psychological trauma or a
health condition that may require veterinarian diagnosis.
Whatever you do, make the crate always an enjoyable place to the puppy. In fact,
you probably shouldn't ever lock your dog in the crate by itself, lest it come
to fear the prison-like atmosphere. The idea is that the crate is a safe place
when the puppy is not interacting with you, eating, or going potty. You want
your dog to think of its crate as its own home. Don't make your puppy do or
suffer anything that you wouldn't have yourself do or suffer through if the
situation were reversed.
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