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Crate Training Your Puppy
Let me begin by saying that it is never to late to crate train your puppy or dog. To start crate training your puppy, you need to place the puppy into the crate for short periods of time. The increments are 20-30 minutes at a time during the day. Gradually you will work your way to approximately 1/3 of the total time that you are home during the day (until 1 yr). Make crating a positive experience by placing a treat into the crate when you have placed the puppy into it. You do NOT need to say anything at this point. Everytime the puppy comes out of the crate you need to bring the pup immediately to a place to potty. The more you consistently bring the pup to the same potty place the more likely the pup will choose to use that area as their bathroom spot; this is called patterning.

Training Tips
Stay Tuned For Future Training Tip Topics:

-Motivational training:

-Positive and Negative reinforcement:

-Mouthing or Biting:

-Excessive barking:

-Separation anxiety:

-Submissive urination:

-Food reward vs NO food reward:

-Excercise for your dog:

Remember your new puppy can go to the bathroom approximately every 20 minutes when active. This means that while your pup is running around the house you need to keep an eye on the puppy as if it were an INFANT.  That means DO NOT take your eyes off that puppy; he will potty or destroy something. When the pup is asleep (which is 75% of the day) he can be in the house for longer periods. However the moment he/she wakes up get them to their potty spot. Crate the puppy ALL NIGHT (until 1 yr). Do not let the puppy sleep in your bed or unattended at young ages, you are asking for potential behavior and/or aggression problems later on. Just when you thought you were out of the woods with chewing it is known  that destruction is most common between the age of 10 months to 1 year of age.  So don't be fooled, because you might be sorry.
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