German Shepherd Training Aids
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A question regarding crate training…?
I am collecting our pup tomorrow evening and i have never crate trained from day one, although have done with older dogs. I wanted to know any advice on how you go about this.
I know that you introduce the dog over a couple of days leaving the door open, putting toys and treats in and feeding the dog in the crate.. however.. i am unsure of where the dog should sleep during it’s first few days. We have a big open planned house and i do want to confine the dog… should i use the puppy pen for the first few days, our confine it to it’s crate the first night. We have a lovely dog bed just don’t know where to put it for the first few nights?
We have another 10 year old dog so it will not be on it’s own and i have considered sleeping downstairs to aid in the potty training process. It is a german shepherd and from past experiences with them i know that they get the hang of it quickly so don’t mind doing this.
Advice greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I made a mistake with my first pup by letting him sleep in my bedroom and then sleeping on the couch with him so he wasn’t alone. He grew up being really needy and having separation anxiety so i wouldn’t recommend sleeping downstairs with him. With my new pup he was in the crate from night one and he is amazing. Was toilet trained fully (with no little mistakes) in about 2 weeks. So long story short i would put the little guy in his crate the first night. Let him pee last thing and first thing and he’ll be all good. Oh and he may cry and whine at first but try and be strong and leave him. Its really hard but he needs to trust you will be there in the morning and not rely on u in the night.
Sorry for the essay :$
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