More on crate training

I'm going to continue giving you a little advice about crate training your puppy today.I like to put the puppy's crate in an area that can been seen from most places in the house,or where the most traffic is.The reason for this is it gets the puppy used to traffic by and around him,and shows him its ok that people are coming and going and this is normal.This also is good for the puppy because he can see everything and doesn't feel left alone.

Once you get the puppy to get used to being in crate alone,and with the door shut,you can now start giving the puppy the command a couple times a day("crate" and praise the dog with a calming voice "good dog crate". Always reward the dog with at least the calming praise!Now when first starting this training your puppy is not always going to go right in the crate when you give the command "crate",dont worry this is normal.just do this several times a day and before too long your puppy will anticipate the reward and will go into the crate when given the command.

I cant stress how important this is when introducing your new puupy to your house and other animals also.(if your puppy tries to eat the family cat lets say,crate training is a great way to get two strange animals to get used to being around each other without being able to contact the other animal).Now keep in mind that not all dogs are going to be able to resist chasing the other animal,but most times letting them check each other out(supervised of course)will satisfy their curiousity.Some animals that are very driven might not be able to be put together.Now there is a couple of other things that are very important to not do. 1. dont let anyone else handle your puppy(petting by another family member or letting the puppy smell a childs hand can be allright when done properly)2.dont ever let another animal run up to your puppy,especially one that is showing aggression or dominance.What I mean by this is when training a puppy I dont let anyone handle,command, or bring their animal anywhere near the puppy I'm training.The reason for this is a puppy can get a complex from this and mainly I dont want this dog to listen to anyone but me.I also dont want the puppy thinking he has to defend his or her self.I want my dogs to not pay any attention to other animals or even enviroments from day one.I will elaborate on this more later,but basically this is very important because I want this dog to listen and pay attention to me and not his enviroment at all.

When you use this approach in the early stages of your puppy's development,you are going to find later on that you dont have a dog that is allways getting distracted by the enviroment around him or her.This is especially important if you are raising a working dog or just a dog you want to take places and the dog behaves and stays with you at all times.This also carries over into training your dog that he or she is not to listen to anyone but you.