my wife and i are thinking about adopting a dog and the guy at the shelter asked me about crate training. i never crate trained any of my dogs when i was a kid, so i was clueless about how to do it. we are looking at a beagle/lab mix.
I am trying to crate train my dachshund, Coco. She is already 10 months old and she’s not housebroken yet. If I let her run around in a room, she’ll pee and poop at least once when I’m at school. If I keep her in the crate, she might not go potty. I’ve read articles on crate training and house training, and that I shouldn’t leave my dog in he crate for too long, but I have to go to school and both my parents have jobs. I want her to be housebroken once and for all.
I have a 8 week old puppy and also a 6 year old dog. We have been trying to crate train the puppy to sleep in the crate at night. Our older dog loves her "home". We thought of putting both crates next to eachother, in hope the puppy would not feel left alone. However, she will only sleep when I’m in the room with her. If I decide to let her sleep in the bed with us until she is a little older, will I be creating a larger problem? Will my older dog be jealous? Both crates are in a separate bedroom from ours. Would it help to move the crates into our bedroom at night? I can only get about 3 hours of sleep at a time right now based upon the puppies schedule. I understand having to let her outside to go potty, the problem isn’t that. The problem is the hour it takes to get her to calm down in the crate, only to be awoke by her cries when she discovers I have left the room. Any suggestions? Or any recommendations on good literature for crate training? This is our first time having to do it.
Everyone seems to be really into crate training. I was just wondering if anyone doesn’t use a crate and if they’ve been able to completely house break any small breed of dog without it???
I’m familiar with one way to introduce dogs to each other by walking them together, but is there a way to introduce a new dog to a house with dogs by using a crate? I don’t actually know if there’s a way, just wondering. Any other advice on introducing dogs OR crate training welcome.
I asked a question earlier, but it was NOT phrased right and everyone jumps to the conclusion my dog is being abused and not loved..
anyways. i just bought a chihuahua puppy after doing years of research, and am trying to crate train it. The only time is will be in its crate room will be during the day for 6hrs while I am at work. Its crate is in a laundry room with his food, toys, and potty pads, it had lots of windows and is big. In the mornings I walk and play with it and then put it in the laundry room. When I am home at 2 I let it out and it is left out all night until bedtime to play and walk.
My question is, when it gets put in its crate it cries and cries and dosent stop crying. You see i am trying to crate train it for the next couple days because I dont have work.It needs to get used to being alone for a while while I am at work. Also when I travel, crate training will be helpful. I try for 30min periods a couple times a day to put it in its crate an shut it and leave. It cries and cries for ever and dosent stop. I feel so bad! It tried to claw its way out of it, the crate should be a happy den place for it, not a torture cage! It is plenty big enough too, with all his toys and moms blanket in it.
also I dont want it to become too attached, because then I have heard of dogs having separation anxiety and I would never wish that on my baby!!
Will this stop?
Okay, I’ve read plenty on housebreaking.
Using the crate to train and taking the puppies outside every hour or so.
But for me, going outside is not much of a convenience, I have to go down stairs, and with my parents being the ‘extra-safe’ type, i’d have to remove 3 locks, and a pillar block of wood to get to the backyard.
That’s quite a hassle and most of us are never downstairs so how will the pup eventually "cue" us that she needs to go pee when it’s still so far away?
Also, my pup isn’t able to travel up and down the stairs yet?
Has anyone had any successful alternatives besides going outside?
If so, I’d love to hear some, otherwise, I’ll try my best to crate training the traditional way.
I will be flying to pick up my new choco lab pup, and bring her home. Can anyone suggest a good crate to carry her on with me? She will be sitting in coach with me, I already checked Delta restrictions. I was curious is anyone has flown with their pets and if you used one of those plastic crates, a mesh sided carrier, or if you can buy one of those purse looking ones that the dog can poke his head out and see whats going on. I just want to make it the safest and least stressful for my new little fur-baby! ha ha
Thanks in advance
(and anything that is cheap, but does the job? She will soon be too big for it, this is just to bring her home, she will have a bigger crate at house as we will be crate training her)
she will only be 9wks, so I could probably get away with a pretty small one, which would be cheaper anyways