If you want to learn how to crate train my dog, here are a few tips to get you started. Unless you plan to leave your dog outside – and many people do not because it is not recommended – you will have to house train (or potty train, as some dog training enthusiasts call it) your dog from the start. So, dog training tips number one is house training. You can’t have any puppies or dogs that aren’t housebroken. Housebreaking should begin immediately upon arriving home with your puppy or dog. You can’t let them go outside for any reason, and you should punish them accordingly.
There are a few dog training tricks that are designed to get you started quickly and easily. They will help you overcome some of the more common dog behavior problems. For example, they can help you overcome jumping up on guests, yelping when the mailman takes the postbox out, barking at anything that comes into the yard and whining when they get too hot in the sun. Crating your dog will help them understand why they shouldn’t jump on guests, why they shouldn’t bark at the mailman and why they shouldn’t whine at the hot dog butler when you bring the dog back inside. It will take time, but crate training your dog will pay off in the long run.
Other dog training tips include teaching your dog to stay calm when they are excited. Some dogs just need a little excitement on the days when they are teething or just haven’t been trained well yet. By putting them in their dog crate, they will be able to relax until their teething issues are worked out, or until the next training session.
Crate training is best done with positive reinforcement. You will want to start by using a clicker and saying “come” each time. Your dog should be able to understand the sound of the click and should enter their dog crate without delay. The clicker will also give your dog a bit of a comfort feeling because they know the sound of a click means food.
When your dog starts to enter the crate, shower him with praise. Say it a lot, so he will get the idea that this is what he wants. Continue this until he gets the hang of entering and exiting the crate without using the clicker. Be careful when you do this. It is important not to overwhelm your dog or give him all the treats in the world at once.
Once he has mastered this step of house training, continue with crate training. Do not confine your dog in the crate every time he wants to go out. You can leave some of his favorite toys in there for him to play with. When he stays in the crate and you give him his treats, make sure you take him out right away. House training does not have to be a long drawn out thing.
Use a combination of treats and positive reinforcement to make this dog crate training successful. Start with a few treats and gradually increase the number of treats you give him. Your dog will respond to the clicker and you will be rewarded with more dog treats. After a while, you can reduce the number of treats you give him with the clicker and still expect him to enter his dog crate on his own. If you keep up this type of training, he will begin to go to his dog crate on his own in no time.
Training a dog to enter his dog crate can seem a little tedious at times, but if you stick with it you will see that in no time at all your dog will get the idea. It will soon become a routine to allow him to enter his dog crate when he wants to and then reward him with dog treats whenever he responds positively. This is how to crate train my dog and I guarantee it will work for your dog as well. So, what are you waiting for, start training today and crate training my dog will soon be a thing of the past!
