When you bring a new puppy home there’s a lot you need to get: food and toys to bowls, leashes, collars, and a crate! It’s important to start training your new puppy right away including potty training and crate training!
Why Crate Train?
Puppies require a lot of attention and supervision to make sure they stay successful and safe. When we can’t give puppies our full attention one option is for them to take a little nap in their crate. This will help keep your puppy from getting into trouble by chewing or eating items in your home that could be dangerous. In addition, crate training is an important life skill that your puppy will benefit from having later in life if they ever need to go to the groomer, or even for vet visits both routine and emergency where your dog may need to be kept in a crate while awaiting treatment or even recovering from surgery. In addition, crate training a puppy generally makes potty training easier and faster.
Potty Training:
One of the biggest reasons to crate train your puppy is that it can be highly effective with helping puppy to get the hang of potty training. While it makes perfect sense to us that we want our puppies to only pee and poop outside, for dogs this doesn’t necessarily come naturally but what does come very naturally to puppies is to not eliminate where they sleep. By harnessing this instinct through crate training and by rewarding (with…
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