We have three dogs total, a 6.5, 5.5, and nine months. Our older dogs are housetrained and have always been allowed in the house all day. We started out by having the puppy in our bathroom for the first few weeks with wee wee pads and his own toys, and eventually allowed him into the house with the other two (which we now recognize was done too soon). My concern is how to now go about crate training the puppy when the other two dogs will still have free reign of the house. He is a very high energy, exuberant puppy and I am concerned that he will act out if in a crate. Should his crate be in a room the other dogs are in or confined to a part of the house the dogs are not allowed in during the day? We are anxious to get him crate trained as his behavior is destructive. They are only allowed in our kitchen and living room, but he gets into trouble. He is a 95 pound lab puppy, very lovable, but very high energy and I worry that being in a crate means he won't get to play as he has been.
2006-11-03 09:42:14 · 7 answers · asked by Sara M 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Make the crate training a positive experience. I start by giving my dogs all of their meals in the crate.
LIne the crate with towels or blankets that can easily be washed when dirty.
Get a kong from your local pet store and fill it. If you freeze it once filled with plain yogurt, bits of cheese and hot dog over night and then put it in the crate when you leave for work, it will keep him busy and happy getting the goodies out of the kong for quite some time.
Start slowly. Toss some treats in the crate and let him sniff the crate. Treat for any interest in the crate that he may show.
Once he will go in the crate with the door open, close the door and treat through the crate door. Do not make a fuss over him going in or coming out of the crate, as this will heighten his excitement.
Start with small amounts of time, like 15 minutes while you do what you need to do near the crate. Do not talk, touch, or make eye contact with the dog while he makes a fuss. Once he quiets, walk over and calmly let him out of the crate.
Never let your dog out of the crate when he is making a fuss! This will teach your dog that fussing will get him what he wants, and he will always do it.
You can keep the crate in an area of the house where the other dogs are.
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2006-11-03 09:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by libertydogtraining 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First thing to remember is, the carte should only have enough room for him to stand, sleep, and turn around in. Any extra room and he will only use one side as a toilet and the other to sleep, it will also give him too much room to hop and run. Dogs like to feel and safe and cuddled and a smaller space will also feel safer to him. If your crate is too big, just put a box or something similar in there to take up some space. Put the crate in a quiet room away from the other puppies sao he's not staring out watching the others play. When they go out to potty, let all out at once. This will show him what it's for.
2006-11-03 10:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by MasLoozinIt76 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My black lab is now 2.5 years old. He usually goes to work with my hubby and gets to be outside all day, but sometimes if it's raining, he stays at home for a few hours alone until hubby gets out of work. My dog enjoys being in his crate for the most part. It's where he gets to chill out and relax alone, play with his toys and sleep. We started crate training from day one of course. Fortunately, the breeder we got him from already had him used to crates and even traveled with him alot. We got him when he was 8 weeks old.
Everytime your put your puppy in there, give him a treat, and make sure to always have a different toy in there everyday. I like to rotate the toys - keeps it exciting for my doggy, to see what new toy will be in there that day. Make sure you praise him lots when he goes in and when he comes out. I would put his crate away from the other doggies, that would be awful for him to have to watch the other dogs playing free all day and not him. If you can, put him in a room with a tv or a radio for him to listen to, dogs like the sound. Give him a blanket with the scent of your other doggies on it too, so he can feel connect with them when they are apart.
I have never let my dog roam free without us home - he'd destroy everything, because he'd get bored. So he'll be crate bounded when alone for the rest of his life most likely, but that's very rarely, and like I said, he enjoys the quiet time. Good luck.
2006-11-03 10:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can start by making the crate seem like a very exciting and safe place for him/her to be. Put lots of toys and puppy-safe bones as well as blankets and maybe a puppy-safe pillow in the crate as well. You can also start feeding him/her in the crate so he see's that when he's in his crate he's happy and safe from the other dogs.
2006-11-03 09:51:20 · answer #4 · answered by kortnor 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your canines is jelous of the intruder, and getting any interest is larger in its' eyes than perhaps no longer something. you need to reassure her, that she's no.a million canines on your coronary heart and residing house. Why no longer purchase her a particular canines bite or toy which would be for her on my own, and take a while to play with it and her. Tossing it around the residing house for her to retrieve it and convey it to you. otherwise, purchase the piddle pads and retrain it. putting it close to the door and taking the domestic dog out greater. you need to continually attempt taking her for a stroll and leaving the customer at residing house, making it a particular cope with on your canines. And giving them the two a cope with once you get residing house, so as that the customer isn't ignored thoroughly. Or while you're brave, take them on leads at the same time in the event that they does no longer pull you in 2 distinctive instructions. because of the fact she has been housebroken, it must be a private situation she has with the customer and resents it being on her turf. This perhaps an argument, if she's have been given an Alpha character and pissed off.
2016-10-15 08:33:37 · answer #5 · answered by tsang 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SET HIM UP TO WIN!! PLAY HARD IN THE AM FOR 20 MIN.. TO TIRE HIM OUT BEFORE CRATE TIME ... THEN REST HIM FOR 15 MIN. THEN FEED IN THE AM THEN CRATE... AFTER WORK PLAY HARD FOR 20 MIN TO TIRE HIM THEN REST 15 MIN THEN FEED DINNER THEN GIVE HOUSE TIME WHILE ALL ARE HOME THEN PLAY BEFORE BED TIME (BUT WELL AFTER DINNER AS TO NOT CAUSE BLOAT) THEN WHEN HE WHINES IN THE CRATE TAKE HIM OUT TO PEE ONLY THEN BACK TO CRATE.. NO FUSS NO TALKING EXCEPT TO SAY OUT SIDE PEEPEE AND BED!. IF YOUR SURE HE WILL BE SURE.. BE HIS LEADER.!
2006-11-03 10:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by sillygoose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u want to potty-train ur dog, u should do this. if ur dog goes inside, instantly take them outside, even if they are not done. after a while, they will learn
2006-11-03 09:58:13 · answer #7 · answered by Moochie Bean! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋