I have a 9 week old golden retriever puppy and now we have a quite large crate and the door of it is currently off. When we attached the door to it and put her inside and close the door/metal gate, she begins to cry and wants to get out? How do I train her to feel comfortable inside and learn to sleep in there and only there and not to cry?

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I am getting my new yorkie puppy from a very good and responsible breeder next month. They have trained the puppies in their home to use a doggy door to go outside. But I dont have that so I would have to find another way of potty training. I will be home all day with him, but I want him to learn to bark when he needs the toilet. Is crate training the best?

Thanks

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Everywhere I read, I hear different theories on how to train my beagle. He is 14 weeks old. Need help on proper crate training etiquette so I can get him house-trained as soon as possible.

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I’m crate training my puppy and he’s super super snuggly. I know that when you first get it home, you’re supposed to bring the crate in the room with you at night and then slowly move it elsewhere. The puppy freaks out everytime the crate door is closed, even if he is right next to my bed and I’m talking to him. I tried squirting a little water at him, but it literally doesn’t affect him at all. He just ends up soaked and barking and whining. Please help! My other puppy is crate trained and it’s wonderful, but she doesn’t seem to be influencing this new puppy at all. We’ve had him almost 2 weeks. Thanks for your suggestions.

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Okay so, I am crate training my 6 month old Chihuahua/Corgi mix puppy and it’s going okay, but not great. I’ve been crate training her for over a month now and she will still pee/poop on the floor.

I was told crate training so that the puppy holds her pee/poop until she is taken outside usually takes anywhere from 1-3 weeks. It has been over this time and I don’t know what (if anything) I am doing wrong. Hopefully a vet or experienced dog owner can shed some light…

So, here’s a typical day.. I wake up earlier than necessary to take the pup outside and she pees (she sleeps in the bed, not in the crate at night.) I bring her back in and feed her and then put her in her crate for 15-20 minutes then take her outside again for a while this time and I play with her outside until she pees and poops. I will then bring her in and put her in the crate and at this time I have to get ready and leave but I am back within 2-3 hours. She has stopped peeing/pooping in the crate, which is good. As SOON as I get home I take her outside and let her pee, which she does then I bring her in, into my room where I will let her run around, while I am watching t.v. (and also keeping an eye on her to make sure she doesn’t go on the floor) after this I take her out about every hour to pee (and she does pee when I take her outside) and I let her run around outside the crate ONLY when I can keep an eye on her. I put her in the crate if I need to go shower or cannot watch her at the time. This all sounds good, right? BUT it’s almost as if she pees outside because I take her and that she still doesn’t know that it is not okay to pee in the house outside her crate because if she has to go, and she is playing around the house, she will go, even though I take her out enough and at first, this was fine but by now I think she should be able to be left alone for a little while. Do I just continue the way I am going? Am I doing something wrong?

I would like to get to the point where I can minimize crate usage. I had a dog before that I crate trained in a week, at that time, I was going to school and I left him (walking around the house, without a crate) for the 6 hours and he knew not to go inside and then when I got home I took him outside. I understand all dogs are different, but I wonder why it’s taking so long to get to this point because it’s becoming a little ridiculous having to clean up all the messes from just 2 seconds of taking my eyes off of her even though it’s been nearly two months now.

Help? Anyone else have a dog that’s taken a long time? Ant tricks/hints?

Sorry for the lengthiness of this, but kudos to you for reading.

I am becoming kinda desperate for my baby to be house trained ASAP so ANY help is much appreciated!!

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