Crate Training Your Puppy

What is crate training? Well basically crate training is a method that some puppy owners choose so as to give their puppy it�s own space and also where eventually will feel safe and secure.

The best way to crate train your puppy is to show your puppy the crate and let him or her have a good sniff around it so your puppy can get accustomed to it; never rush crate training puppy because all you will achieve is your puppy being frightened or to stressed when in their crate. Which is not the point at all, it�s not meant to be a prison! Just a nice safe and stress-free place where your puppy can go to get away from it all and relax.

Also crate training puppy is very useful if you have to leave your puppy alone for any length of time, you can also be safe in the knowledge that your puppy is not wrecking your home while your not there also.

So how exactly do you crate train your puppy? You need to introduce the crate to the puppy slowly, you could put your puppy�s favourite toys in the crate and let your puppy play with them while keeping the crate door open so it knows it can go out of there at any time it wants and that should eventually get your puppy used to being in the crate.

Once your puppy is used to being in the crate with the crate door open you can start to shut the crate door for short periods of time at first and then slowly increase the amount of time until your puppy can comfortably be in the crate without stressing or getting upset.

You will know when you have cracked crate training puppy when he or she goes into their crate all by themselves without you having to tell them to go in there or having to put them in there yourself.

Now you can go out knowing that your puppy is safe and your home is safe and not being chewed to bits! Just a note after crate training puppy never use the crate to punish your puppy or leave your puppy in the crate for too long a time as apart from just being cruel it will begin to hate the crate and will never want to go in there at all.

Also always leave enough food and water when you absolutely must go out for extended periods of time.