Comments on: 4 Future Benefits Of Crate Training Your Puppy https://puppyintraining.com/4-future-benefits-of-crate-training-your-puppy/ Dog Lovers | Puppy Experts Sat, 26 Aug 2017 21:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Shawncowwen https://puppyintraining.com/4-future-benefits-of-crate-training-your-puppy/#comment-97984 Mon, 26 May 2014 10:56:17 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=7496#comment-97984 Beautiful Blog! Crate training your puppy is very important and is also beneficial as you have explained in your post. Dogs remain quite and calm while traveling.

]]> By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/4-future-benefits-of-crate-training-your-puppy/#comment-97404 Mon, 26 May 2014 01:36:36 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=7496#comment-97404 In reply to martin mccue.

Hey Martin!

It’s good to hear from you. I’m glad Yzerman is doing well. Yes, the dogs and I really love the crate!

Regarding marking: Are guide dog puppies are not allowed to mark and it’s something we start working on when we first bring home our pups. When we’re out and about working with our puppies in training they are not allowed to sniff around like most other dogs. The sniffing around is what usually leads to marking. We use the command “no sniff”, correction if they don’t stop sniffing, then praise when they stop sniffing. Of course if a puppy tries to mark then the command is “no”, correction, and praise when they stop marking. Another thing we work on with our pup’s is we make sure and have them “get busy” before any walk. Once we start our walks our pups are not allowed to potty until we finish our walk. When we return from our walk our pups are again allowed to “get busy”.

Our guide dog puppies have to follow some pretty strict rules since they will be working in the public. These rules may not be appropriate for pet dogs like Yzerman, but of course that is up to you. Good luck with your training! Let me know how it goes.

Take care,
Colby

]]> By: martin mccue https://puppyintraining.com/4-future-benefits-of-crate-training-your-puppy/#comment-92534 Thu, 22 May 2014 05:34:53 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=7496#comment-92534 Colby, I really liked this post. Yzerman put up a fight when I got him and I used one of those ‘air travel’ crates, he couldn’t see out of it and wouldn’t stop whining. I bought a wire crate the next morning and that made all of the difference. It’s gotten to the point that he will not eat unless his bowl is in his crate. When I travel and have him stay with friends I bring his kennel with him and it’s his personal spot and if he needs a break from their children he retreats to it. Additionally I will leave him with his trainer if I have a long day at work and will be away for a while and he will find his crate when he is done interacting and wants to be left alone.
One question I have is about marking. Yzerman knows the ‘get busy’ command and will almost always relieve himself if I give the command. The other day at the dog park we frequent everyday he ‘marked’ a female dog owner. I was petrified after talking to other pet parents I’ve found that this is a common behavior. I have never seen him do it and it was not a mistake, he did it intentionally. Any thoughts?

]]> By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/4-future-benefits-of-crate-training-your-puppy/#comment-92501 Thu, 22 May 2014 05:11:15 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=7496#comment-92501 In reply to Theresa.

It sounds like you’ve got two great puppies. I’m not sure if you had a chance to see our other blog post on crate training puppies, but in that post we talk about the many different things you can do to help your puppy get used to the crate. Believe me we tried nearly everything with our first guide dog puppy, Stetson. It took us nearly a month with him. Clearly he was an anomaly because he was the only one that really took longer than a week to get used to the crate.

I’m glad to hear that CoCo is doing well with training. I’m sure she’ll exit that “you talkin to me” stage real soon. Thanks for sharing your story!

]]> By: Theresa https://puppyintraining.com/4-future-benefits-of-crate-training-your-puppy/#comment-92455 Thu, 22 May 2014 04:18:33 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=7496#comment-92455 Our first puppy came crate trained at four months old and we had few problems with her. So when we got our second pup a few months ago at 8 weeks ( a found stray) crate training was a no-brainer. CoCo was great and only whined for about 15 minutes, and much less the second night. I was surprised and pleased. But sometimes she acts like she had some of this being-a-dog stuff down pat and other times she acts like a regular you-talkin-to-me? kind of puppy. Now I can say “Go to bed” and she knows where to head which is especially nice when we’re in a hurry to leave and at the end of middle-of-the-night-potty outings.

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