Crate Training Puppies – Eventual Advantages
November 9, 2011 by Dog Trainer Filed under Crate Training
Crate Training Puppies – Eventual Advantages
First, and literally first, potty training! Crate training puppies can make your housebreaking efforts far easier than without. Simply by taking advantage of the fact that they dread eliminating in their sleeping area or in enclosed areas in which they are forced to be in at the time being.
Second, the destruction factor. A crate will give them a place to go while you’re not around. This helps keep them occupied without having to find something to go play with, or chew on, or explore. Crate training puppies can be one of the first preventative measures to having to buy new shoes.
Third, your dog’s mental stability. Every day when you go to work, your dog can’t be sure that you’re planning on returning. As I’m sure you can imagine, this can be very stressful. As a result many dogs can be stricken with separation anxiety. As I mentioned before, crates can be wonderful tools to keep your dog’s mind occupied, thus helping prevent problems like this.
Another advantage to crate training puppies is how much easier it makes all the other things in life for them.
For car travel, a crate can make things easier. For air travel, a crate is required. For overnight vet visits, a crate is required. Crate training puppies can make this a MUCH easier process. Putting a dog that’s unaccustomed to crates into a crate for a long period of time is a rather bad idea. The amount of stress caused and resistance given is amazing.
These are the reasons I strongly recommend crate training puppies. It has advantages from puppy all the way to adult.
