| Having problems on transporting your dog from one | | | | that have been crate-trained won't have a hard time |
| place to another? People usually buy portable dog | | | | in adjusting to such situations. |
| kennels or crates for this purpose, as they are the | | | | Crate trained dogs can easily be controlled whenever |
| safest and most economical way of traveling with | | | | you want to. For instance, when you have visitors at |
| your dog. But even before you decide on buying one | | | | home and you don't want your dog to be sniffing |
| for your dog, see to it first that your dog is | | | | around, you can simply utter a command to make |
| comfortable with the whole procedure. This can be | | | | him stay in a crate. |
| done with crate training. | | | | By crate training your dog, you'll make him more |
| Crate training has its advantages and disadvantages. | | | | comfortable in his kennel than in the household. If |
| If you think that confining your dog to a portable | | | | you're not used to or dislike canine odor, then you'll |
| kennel would be as easy as putting him in a stable | | | | have the perfect excuse to save yourself from lots |
| household cage, think again. Crate-trained dogs have | | | | of it. |
| developed the versatility to be in different | | | | Cons |
| environments at any time, thus letting themselves be | | | | Portable kennels are much more harder to clean than |
| transported and conveyed with ease. Having a dog | | | | conventional household cages as they tend to have |
| that has not been crate trained may just add to your | | | | pockets, holes, and other parts that cannot be found |
| problems when traveling. | | | | in the latter. |
| Pros Of Crate Training | | | | Crate training is essential if you really need to travel |
| Crate training may come in handy in times of sudden | | | | with your dog, but in cases where you can leave him |
| events that require desperate measures (e.g. flash | | | | at home or in the care of a friend, then it may be a |
| floods, storms, and other natural calamities). Dogs | | | | better choice. |