Crate training dogs.

[red baron]

How do you do it?

Slow intro or let them whine it out?

[GAAN]

How do you do it?

Slow intro or let them whine it out?

beats me

I think ours is crate training us

rarely come morning is she still in the crate

at some point in the night she has hornswaggled one of us into letting her up on the bed

we're weak

[tlloyd66]

beats me

I think ours is crate training us

rarely come morning is she still in the crate

at some point in the night she has hornswaggled one of us into letting her up on the bed

we're weak

sounds like our yellow lab...

[Kopfjäger]

How do you do it?

Slow intro or let them whine it out?

A little of both. You can try to get him/her to go in after a toy. Sooner or later it will become their little fort.

[red baron]

beats me

I think ours is crate training us

rarely come morning is she still in the crate

at some point in the night she has hornswaggled one of us into letting her up on the bed

we're weak

We're very weak.


At least we've got company.

[Grampa]

We're very weak.


At least we've got company.

let her whine it out.

give her a toy, make sure the crate is large enough to move around a bit. If she is sleeping in the same room as you, put her in the crate 1/2 hour before lights out and make sure she does her yard business prior to going in the room.

Do not let her out because of the whining, every time you break down, it just makes it all the harder the next night. .... and in the morning, only let her out when she is not whining

and tell her she's a good puppy when she gets in the crate all by herself

[redxblack]

Get a size appropriate Kong (or several. We got a bulk discount at petedge.com). Fill it w/ peanut butter, cheerios, yogurt, etc and then freeze it. Get the dog in the crate and give a treat, then lob a frozen Kong in the crate. As the dog gets more comfortable w/ the crate, s/he will need less distractions in the crate and you can pack less and less into the Kong, giving the dog less activity time.

A lot depends on the breed. Our greyhounds were crate trained since birth and are generally pretty lazy. More hyper dogs need to be "uncharged" with either activities or lots of exercise. A tired dog is a happy dog and the more tired they are, the easier the crate will be.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Beer to knock 'em out, then duct tape.


Paula will probably chime in with something useful.

The book "Don't shoot the dog" is excellent for properly training a dog.

[rockaduc]

let her whine it out.

give her a toy, make sure the crate is large enough to move around a bit. If she is sleeping in the same room as you, put her in the crate 1/2 hour before lights out and make sure she does her yard business prior to going in the room.

Do not let her out because of the whining, every time you break down, it just makes it all the harder the next night. .... and in the morning, only let her out when she is not whining

and tell her she's a good puppy when she gets in the crate all by herself

+1  Worked like a charm w/ our Lab.

[duccarlos]

Some dogs are "dirty", they don't mind sitting and sleeping in their filth, just like BP. If your dog is like this, then you have issues. Other than that, let them whine and take them out on a schedule. You HAVE to stick to the schedule while they learn.

[Grampa]

Some dogs are "dirty", they don't mind sitting and sleeping in their filth, just like BP. If your dog is like this, then you have issues. Other than that, let them whine and take them out on a schedule. You HAVE to stick to the schedule while they learn.

I only slept in my filth once

[ZLTFUL]

I only slept in my filth once

All those other times were other people's filth!

[JBubble]

Grace actually does really well in her crate at night and only whines when she needs to go out and relieve her tiny bladder. I've only been letting her sleep with me when I know I'm getting up in a couple hours.

We started by crating her while we were home for short periods and I think that helped. But she still has accidents when we go out and leave her for too long (she's still to young to be left for a long time).

Good luck trouble!

[Grampa]

All those other times were other people's filth!

ala the wet-spot

[mrs minnesotamonster]

We started by feeding ours in her crate so she got used to it.

Then she was put in there about 45 min-an hour before we went to bed so she was used to it.

She very quickly started going in there on her own to sleep, lay, etc.

The only trouble we had was morning...5 am she would wake up and cry. Not because she needed to go outside, but because she had decided it was time to wake up.

She has managed to find out how to get out of the crate during the day when no one is home. After 6 months of her being well behaved in her crate, we quit using it because she sleeps longer when she's not in it. Now, she sleeps on the floor in our bedroom from 11pm-8 or 9 am without making a peep.