CRATE TRAINING YOUR PUPPY


THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS WITH A NEW 
PUPPY AND IT’S NEW OWNERS ARE HOUSEBREAKING 
ISSUES AND PUPPIES CHEWING ON ITEMS THAT ARE 
UNDESIREABLE. THESE ARE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT 
ISSUES THAT ARE THE NEW OWNERS RESPOSIBILITY’S 
IN MAKING A PERFECT FAMILY MEMBER.   BUT THEY 
ARE THE EASIEST PROBLEMS TO SOLVE WHEN THE PUPPY 
IS CORRECTLY CRATE TRAINED AND HOUSEBREAKING 
CAN BE FUN AND EASILY ACCOMPLISHED IF YOU FOLLOW 
SIMPLE RULES.

USING A CRATE IS NOT CRUEL.  IT SIMULATES A DEN, 
SAFE HAVEN AND HIS OWN SPECIAL SPACE FOR.  YOUR 
PUPPY HAS ALREADY BEEN PRE-CRATE TRAINED BY ME 
TO HELP IN THE TRANSITION INTO HIS NEW HOME AND 
ASSIST YOU IN HOUSEBREAKING YOUR NEW PUPPY.   
A DOG WILL “NOT” SOIL WHERE HE SLEEPS, THIS BEHAVIOR 
GOES BACK TO THE DOGS INSTINCTS WHEN HE WAS A PREDATOR 
IN THE WILD.   FIRST IF THEY ELIMINATED IN HIS DEN OTHER 
PREDATORS WOULD SEEK THEM OUT FOLLOWING THE SCENT 
AND PREY ON THEIR YOUNG.  USING THIS NATURAL INSTINCT 
REALLY MAKES HOUSETRAINING EASY.

SO WITH THIS THOUGHT IN MIND THE TRICK IS TO PROVIDE 
A SMALL ENOUGH AREA SO THE PUPPY WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH 
ROOM TO POTTY IN HIS BEDROOM.

YOUR CRATE SHOULD BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE ADULT DOG 
TO LAY DOWN COMFORTABLY.   I TOTALLY RECOMMENT THE WIRE 
CRATES WITH A WIRE GRATE IN THE BOTTOM,  JUST IN CASE THE 
YOUNG PUPPY DOES ELIMATE HIMSELF WHEN YOU ARE AWAY OR 
DURING THE NIGHT.  REMEMBER THE PUPPY HAS BEEN KEPT CLEAN 
ALL ITS LIFE USING THIS METHOD.  IF HE WERE TO HAVE BEEN KEPT 
IN DIRTY CONDITIONS IN THE LITTER BOX, OR ALLOWED TO BE ON 
DIRT OR CONCRETE  RUNS  IT IS VERY HARD TO HOUSEBREAK HIM.  
IF KEPT DIRTY WHILE GROWNING UP THEN HE DOES’NT CARE IF HE 
LIVES IN A SOILED BED. 

*****  CRATES SHOULD NEVER BE USED TO PUNISH******  
THE PUPPY HAS TO LOOK AT HIS CRATE AS HIS SPECIAL PLACE 
JUST FOR HIM TO RELAX  IN  NOT   A    JAIL!!!!!!  THIS CRATE SHOULD 
ONLY  BE USED WHEN YOU ARE TOO BUSY TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR 
PUPPY AND REST TIME.   THE REST OF THE TIME HE SHOULD BE IN YOUR 
COMPANY, BEING CUDDLED, PLAYED WITH AND SOCIALIZED IN HIS 
NEW HOME WITH YOU.  THIS TEACHS THE PUPPY MANY THINGS.  
THAT HE IS LOVED AND SAFE IN HIS NEW HOME.






KEEP THESE THINGS IN YOUR MIND CONSTANTLY THAT PUPPIES
 ***MUST*** RELIEVE THEMSELFES ***BEFORE*** AND WITHIN 15 
MINUTES **AFTER*** EATING, IMMEDIATEL UPON DRINGKING, 
AFTER PLAYTIME AND ***WAKING FROM A NAP***. 
 
****NEVER, NEVER*** 
PUT YOUR PUPPY OUTSIDE BY HIMSELF.  THIS WILL NEVER 
WORK IN THE HOUSEBREAKING PROCESS.  PICK UP YOUR PUPPY 
AND CARRY HIM OUTSIDE TO THE SAME PLACE ***EVERYTIME**** .  
WHEN YOU SET YOUR PUPPY DOWN, SAY ***GO POTTY***  
LET YOUR PUPPY WALK AROUND AND AS SOON AS HE RELIEVES
 HIMSELF OUTSIDE ***** PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE AND GIVE A TREAT*****  
ONLY BRING YOUR PUPPY BACK INSIDE WHEN YOU ARE TOTALLY 
SURE HE IS FINISHED.   IF YOU DO YOU ARE ASKING FOR AN ACCIDENT 
AND THE PUPPY WILL ONLY BE HAPPY TO OBLIGE.   EVERY TIME YOU 
PLACE YOUR PUPPY BACK INTO HIS CRATE PRAISE AND GIVE A TREAT.

NEVER TAKE THE PUPPY OUT OF HIS CRATE WHEN IT IS WHINING, 
CRYING OR BARKING.  CORRECT THE PUPPY BY TELLING HIM 
“NO BARK” IN A STERN VOICE, DON’T YELL”  WHEN HE IS QUITE THEN 
TAKE HIM OUT TELLING HIM  “GOOD PUPPY” .  IF YOU LET YOUR PUPPY 
OUT WHEN HE IS MAKING NOICE THEN YOU ONLY TEACH HIM TO YELL 
AND YOU WILL LET HIM OUT TO PLAY AND GET ATTENTION.    YOU ARE 
SENDING HIM A MIXED MESSAGE AND WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
 CORRECT ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN YOU 
WANT TO SLEEP AND THE PUPPY REALLY REALLY WANTS TO PLAY.

ONLY LET YOUR PUPPY OUT WHEN HE IS QUITE AND NEVER AFTER 
HE IS PUT DOWN FOR THE NIGHT.  THE FIRST COUPLE OF NIGHTS THE 
PUPPY MAY CRY VERY LOUDLY BECAUSE HE MISSES HIS MOM AND 
LITTERMATES.  DO NOT LET YOUR PUPPY SLEEP IN YOUR BED UNTIL 
HE IS TOTALLY HOUSEBROKEN.  IF YOU START THIS PRACTICE NOW 
YOU COULD POSSIBLY MISTAKENLY TRAIN THE PUPPY HE CAN 
NEVER BE LEF T ALONG, AND YOU WILL REALLY HAVE A MESS 
WHEN HE DOES HAVE TO BE ALONE.  SOMETIMES THIS MAKES A 
DOG VERY DESTRUCTIVE,  TEARING UP EVERYTHING IN SIGHT 
BECAUSE HE IS FREIGHTENED TO BE ALONE.   I RECOMMEND  
EITHER PLACING THE PUPPY AND HIS CRATE IN YOUR BEDROOM 
SO HE CAN SEE YOU AND YOU CAN COMFORT HIM .  OR YOU CAN 
PUT THE PUPPY IN THE KITCHEN OR SPARE BATHROOM WITH THE
LIGHT ON, A RADIO WITH SOFT MUSIC  AND A SOFT STUFFED ANIMAL 
(MAKE SURE IF YOU PLACE A STUFFED ANIMAL IN HIS CRATE THAT 
THERE ARE NOT SMALL PIECES THAT THE PUPPY CAN CHEW OFF 
AND CHOKE).  

WHEN  PREPARING PUPPY FOR BEING CRATED FOR THE NIGHT MAKE 
SURE THAT THE PUPPY HAS EATEN AT LEAST 2 TO 4 HOURS SO HE 
WILL HAVE TIME TO DIGEST HIS FOOD AND WATER.  PLAY WITH 
YOUR PUPPY AND WEAR HIM OUT BEFORE BEDTIME, AND TAKE 
HIM OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT HAS TOTALLY EMPTIED HIMSELF 
BEFORE BEDTIME. TAKE HIM OUT AS LATE AS POSSIBLE FOR HIS 
LAST NIGHT OUTING. PLACE HIM IN HIS CRATE PRAISE HIM GIVE 
A TREAT AND TELL HIM GOOD NIGHT.

DON’T GO BACK UNTIL ABOUT 4 OR 5 AM PUPPY BLADDERS 
AND BOWELS ARE JUST NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO HOLD IT 
ALL NIGHT.  KEEP THIS POTTY TIME  SHORT AND SWEET DON’T 
MAKE IT PLAY TIME.  DON’T LET HIM THINK THIS IS FOR FUN 
THIS IS TOTALLY BUSINESS AND PUT HIM BACK IN HIS CRATE 
AND LEAVE HIM ALONE.  IF YOU MAKE IT PLAY TIME THEN AT 
5 AM HE WILL WAKE YOU UP JUST FOR PLAY.    THIS EARLY
 MORNING POTTY TIME IS JUST LIKE HAVING  AN INFANT SO 
ITS JUST A FACT OF LIFE WITH A NEW PUPPY.  
AT ABOUT 4 TO 5 MONTHS OLD THIS SHOULD BE 
ABLE TO HOLD IT  BETTER AS HIS BLADDER AND 
BOWELS ARE GETTING LARGER.  

ONCE HE LEARNS THE ROUTINE AND IT SHOULD TAKE 
ABOUT 2 TO 4 NIGHTS HE WILL LOOK ON THE CRATE AS HIS 
SAFE HAVEN AND BEDROOM.  YOU SHOULD SEE HIM GOING 
TO HIS CRATE FOR NAP TIME ON HIS OWN.  



*****  REMEMBER HIS CRATE IS NOT A PRISION ********

USE YOUR BACK BUTTON TO RETURN TO PREVIOUSE PAGE