Kennel Training A Puppy

Kennel training, also know as crate training, is a great way to potty train your puppy. If you've never heard of it, you're in luck! This article will tell you all there is to know about what kennel training is, and how it can help you with your puppy.

Kennel, or crate training can be an efficient and effective way to house train a dog. No dog likes to sleep in their waste, and so if given the opportunity, they will surely go elsewhere. Kennel training allows you to temporarily confine your puppy to a small area where he is not likely to relieve himself.

Now, before we move on, let's briefly discuss the difference between temporarily confining your puppy to a crate, and leaving your puppy in his/her kennel when you are not at home. The major purpose of confinement when you are not home is to restrict your puppy's messes to a small and easily cleanable area. The purpose of crate training is quite the opposite: short term confinement to a kennel is intended to inhibit your dog from relieving himself when confined, so that he will want to go outside to the "bathroom� in an appropriate area. Kennel training helps teach your dog to have bladder and bowel control. He learns to hold it and go out at scheduled times, or when you're around to let him out.

Kennel training should not be abused, otherwise the problem will get drastically worse. The kennel is not intended as a place to lock up the puppy and forget him for extended periods of time. If your dog messes in his crate because you left your puppy there too long, the house training process will be set back several weeks, if not months.

So this is how it works: you put your puppy in the kennel when you are at home. Except at night, take your puppy outside every hour to a designated spot outside. Once outside, give your puppy a few minutes to do his/her business. If your puppy does not relieve himself at this time, simply put him back in the kennel. If your puppy does relieve himself, reward your puppy with verbal praise, food, affection, play, or an extended walk.

With kennel training, it's important to keep a diary of when your dog relieves himself. Once you've put your puppy on regular feeding schedules, your puppy should naturally adopt a similar "bathroom� schedule. After your puppy has relieved himself, he can have free, but supervised, run of your house. About one hour before your puppy needs to go out (as calculated by your diary) put him in the crate. This will prevent your puppy from going earlier than you had planned. As your puppy becomes accustomed to the praise and rewards for relieving himself outside, he will become more reliable about holding it until he's let out. Gradually, the amount of time you confine your puppy to the kennel can be reduced, until your puppy proves himself to be housebroken. Then you can eliminate all time spent in the kennel.

If you ever find an accident in the house, simply clean it up with an odor-eliminating cleaner. This is very important so that your puppy doesn't think that there's a "spot� to go in the house. Do not punish your puppy. Firmly tell him/her "no� and don't let your puppy go unsupervised in the house yet. If messes continually appear, your puppy may need more time in the kennel and you need to work harder at accurately predicting when your puppy needs to go out. It's a team effort!

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Kennel training, also know as crate training, is a great way to potty train your puppy. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re in luck! This article will tell you all there is to know about what kennel training is, and how it can help you with your puppy.

Kennel, or crate training can be an efficient and effective way to house train a dog. No dog likes to sleep in their waste, and so if given the opportunity, they will surely go elsewhere. Kennel training allows you to temporarily confine your puppy to a small area where he is not likely to relieve himself.

Now, before we move on, let’s briefly discuss the difference between temporarily confining your puppy to a crate, and leaving your puppy in his/her kennel when you are not at home. The major purpose of confinement when you are not home is to restrict your puppy’s messes to a small and easily cleanable area. The purpose of crate training is quite the opposite: short term confinement to a kennel is intended to inhibit your dog from relieving himself when confined, so that he will want to go outside to the “bathroom� in an appropriate area. Kennel training helps teach your dog to have bladder and bowel control. He learns to hold it and go out at scheduled times, or when you’re around to let him out.

Kennel training should not be abused, otherwise the problem will get drastically worse. The kennel is not intended as a place to lock up the puppy and forget him for extended periods of time. If your dog messes in his crate because you left your puppy there too long, the house training process will be set back several weeks, if not months.

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