1. First of all, when you just get a new puppy dog and want to give him puppy dog crate training, you need to find a small crate that is the perfect size for him.  Since you need to anticipate his increases in size over the next couple weeks, you need to make sure the size of the crate is large enough. On the other hand, the crate is also has to be small enough so your puppy dog doesn’t find a small corner of the crate to relieve himself in.

2. At the beginning, you need to confine your puppy dog in his crate just for short periods of time. Then you need to take him outside the house at regular time to make him takes care of his business. Don’t forget to lavish him with praise and give him a reward after he is done. But if he doesn’t, you need to take your puppy dog back inside the house and put him to his crate.  You need to do this puppy dog crate training’s step every day regularly until you see a pattern and finally your puppy dog’s elimination schedule will become clear.

3. The third dicipline on puppy dog crate training is, don’t keep your puppy dog in his crate for a long period of time. This is the crucial part, because you need to invest your time to remove him from his crate at regular time to take him outside the house. If you do let your puppy dog in his crate for al ong time, your puppy dog might relieve himself in his crate and that means you need to do the puppies crate training all over again.

4. Always lavish with a praise and reward your puppy dog after doing elimination but never give him any punishment in any accident. That is the fourth dicipline on puppy dog crate training.

5. If accident happens you just need to clean it up and write down the time when it happens. This is normal, because accidents happen to all dog along the way. But when accident happens, and you swat your puppy dog’s head with a newspaper, or you rub his nose in his own mess , this will only fright your puppy dog to eliminate in your presence, and even worse, you will back to square one and start the puppy dog crate training all over again.

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Please read my previous posting : House Training A Puppy Dog