| Crate, cage or den training, are just some of the | | | | Crate training dogs is great if you have issues with |
| names you will hear this type of training called, this | | | | dog separation anxiety or any dogs that are a |
| emanated from what dogs have done since the | | | | constant nuisance in your home and you don not |
| dawn of time when they feel lethargic and need a | | | | know what to do next, if you have a hectic |
| sanctuary where they know they will be protected | | | | residence the crate will be a nice quiet retreat for |
| and will usually be in a shady place. This will be | | | | them when your home gets too much for them to |
| somewhere where they will not be disturbed. This | | | | handle. |
| characteristic has been in dogs for hundreds if not | | | | This is what you should do when you decide on |
| thousands of years. Using this system can benefit | | | | crate training dogs; |
| you and your dog by assisting with giving them a | | | | You will find that all dogs will take to a crate quite |
| secure place to go to sleep and to aid with toilet | | | | easily; Crate training dogs can be used with any dog. |
| training your dog or puppy and to give them their | | | | However you will need to remember that all dogs are |
| own space in your home. Crate training dogs should | | | | individuals so the time from when your dog first |
| not be used to abuse your dog. | | | | meets the crate to the day they acknowledge that |
| Using this system can benefit you and your dog by | | | | this is their crate can be difficult to determine. |
| assisting with giving them a secure place to go to | | | | Prior to you bringing the crate home it is highly |
| sleep and to aid with toilet training your dog or puppy | | | | recommended that you offer a keepsake that the |
| and to give them their own space in your home. | | | | dog could lay on for example you can use a cardigan |
| Crate training dogs should not be used to abuse your | | | | which you would leave on top of their normal bed |
| dog. | | | | which they use now and which they will lay on. It |
| Some motivation to help you consider getting a crate | | | | would be best to do this at least 3-4 days before |
| for your dog? | | | | you initially introduce your dog to the crate so that |
| Crate training dogs will provide a safe haven for your | | | | the cardigan has a strong odor of your dog on it. |
| dog while you are away. You will be pleasantly | | | | After you bring your dogs crate home with you, |
| surprised at how well your dog will enjoy using the | | | | established where in your home you want the crate |
| crate you bought for them, just like a child does with | | | | to be and have constructed the crate you will need |
| their own room it will be somewhere they can feel | | | | to let your dog meet and familiarize themselves with |
| protected and safe. Should anything alarm your dog | | | | it. Take the cardigan you have been using over the |
| then their crate will provide a natural shelter to them | | | | last few days and set it over the comforter you |
| where they will feel protected. When they are in | | | | intend to be using inside the crate. You are forbidden |
| their crate you should never let anyone annoy or | | | | not to just place the dogs bed they use now inside |
| interrupt them and eventually they will deem their | | | | the crate, this may worry them and they may not |
| crate as somewhere to go when they want a 'little | | | | take to the crate at all. |
| bit of me time'. | | | | |