Puppy Training

Puppy crate training is important for your puppy for several reasons. Properly trained puppies grow into dogs that are properly trained. A crate is your best friend with some breeds and individuals! This is important on several fronts. Proper puppy crate training makes housebreaking easier. Puppies naturally want to be clean. They naturally don’t want [...]

Question by Tim: What exactly is “crate training” a dog? I need to potty train a new puppy… and I’ve heard that crate training is the best…. but what do I do? Best answer: Answer by ginger peachyFirst you must acquire a crate that is the right size for your dog. It needs to be [...]

Question by Liz: What do you think about “crate training” a dog? I really have been wanting a dog lately. one of the dogs I found on spca said it was housebroken. Then a little further down the description it said it was crate trained. So she doesn’t pee in the house since she is [...]

Question by Liz: What do you think about “crate training” a dog? I really have been wanting a dog lately. one of the dogs I found on spca said it was housebroken. Then a little further down the description it said it was crate trained. So she doesn’t pee in the house since she is [...]

Question by Havershamm: How to correct a “crate-trained” puppy in an apartment? My husband and I just adopted a four month old puppy yesterday. The foster parents told us he was crate-trained. However, if you leave him alone in his crate, he barks and whines until you come back into the room. He came to [...]

Choosing a Crate   Crate training your puppy is a great choice. If you don’t know where to start when it comes to picking out a crate for your puppy. Don’t worry, it is not as hard as it seems.  If you want to shop for a crate online, it will save you some time, [...]

When house training your Dalmatian puppy, you will need to take him out frequently and at regular intervals: first thing in the morning directly from the crate, right after meals, after the puppy has been napping, or when you notice that the puppy is looking for a spot. Choose more or less the same place [...]

Housebreaking a puppy should be based on prevention rather than punishment. A key to housebreaking a puppy or dog for that matter is close supervision. In just a matter of seconds your puppy can have an accident, so to help prevent that from occurring you should watch for signs that your puppy needs to potty. [...]

You’re the proud owner of a new puppy. Unfortunately, you are also the not so proud owner of a soggy living room carpet. It doesn’t take long to realize this can’t keep happening. So what do you do? It might just be time to housebreak your new pet. Housebreaking may sound painful but relax. It [...]

Here are five easy to use training tips for your new puppy. 1.) Chewing Problems – The most effective solution to a puppy chewing on something he shouldn’t is to not discipline him, but to simply replace the object that he is chewing with a chew toy and then to raise him greatly for chewing [...]