Feed dog inside kennel?

Question

I have a puppy I am training to sleep in a kennel and I am training him in other ways. I am new to kennels. He is a retriever and will also be trained to retrieve geese, etc in about 6 months. I read an article by a guy who trains hunting dogs to come to their kennel on command and sounds like he has done well. One suggestion he has is to feed the dog Inside the kennel and avoid any chew toys in the kennel. He works to make the kennel a refuge. What do you think of feeding the dog Inside the kennel and do you have any other suggestions on training? He is still not potty trained after two weeks (has an accident inside now and then) though we take him out often and give him rewards. That is also a concern.

Answer 1

Yes you do want to feed him in his crate. You will also want to be placing a time limit on how long he has to eat. You will understand why the first time you feed him on the way up to Canada for some early goose hunting. The nice thing about the crate is that they will travel in it, eat in it, sleep in it, and life will be much nicer for both you and the dog when you head for the corn fields.

Here is an article you will find to be a good read.
http://www.retrievertraining.net/crate/kennel.htm
Chris is the owner/moderater of
http://retrievertraining.net/forums/index.php
Very good retriever training forum, but it is down for maint this AM

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Answer 2

Well, as long as you only keep the puppy in the kennel at bedtime. The puppy will feel neglected and sad if you keep it in there except for nightime. And since it's just a puppy the kennel should be kept in your room while you sleep. You really should avoid swallowable bones i nthe kennel. Food, ugh maybe, just a little bit. YOU NEED TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF WATER IN THE KENNEL TOO! It's natural for a puppy to have accidents in the kennel for even 2 months. Keep rewarding him for going potty outside. IF HE'S IN THE KENNEL WHILE YOU'RE NOT HOME TAKE OFF HIS COLLAR! If you don't, he could hang himself by accident. You do not have to worry about this with older dogs, but with puppies you do. When you're gone for less than 3/4 hours you can put him in his kennel with a solid bone, take off his collar, pet him/tell him he's a good boy, and put some water in his kennel. THE KENNEL SHOULD NEVER BE A PUNISHMENT!

Answer 3

Depending on the dogs age it will take much longer that two weeks to potty train him. More like two months or four months.
As for the crate each time you ask the dog to get into the crate tell the dog to kennel up or get in your box or pick a phrase that you are going to use and make that what you tell the dog when you ask them to box up.
We do not feed ours in hte kennel but you can. They are fine with that. I have toys all over the place and sometimes they take them inside the kennel. I have no problems with it.
Ours hunt upland game birds and ducks and geese.
We start our pups on scented dummies when they are about 12 weeks. We swim with them and field train with them. They go out with us when we shoot trap and skeet. They are in the field at least once per day from the time they are about 12 weeks.
They get to hunt with the big dogs once they have had all their shots and such and we take them out and hunt them in season with trained dogs just to let them get the feel for it.

Answer 4

In order for the dog to like the kennel and not be afraid of it, please feed him and when he is quiet in the kennel give him a treat at a time. If he starts barking go away and wait till he lays down, once he lays down feed him a treat. I would recommend using his food. Hopefully his food is a good food, when you look at the ingredients list it should have a source of meat or chicken first, NOT CORN,corn does not digest properly in a dogs stomach especially puppies'. Once he is like 4 months old start mixing adult food within. Go to the vet within the next week or two and ask about the potty training thing, it can take awhile and it is normal for puppies to not get it right away, like my puppy. She had a UTI(urinary tract infection), and we thought she didn't get it, so we took her to the vet immediately, and they did a culture and found out she had Ecolie(E-Coal-Lie) in her bladder. But if any other concerns you may e-mail me at:

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Answer 5

i say its ok 2 feed the dog in the kennel but u should give him or her a chew toy every now and again!

Answer 6

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