House Training Or Crate Training As I Call It.

I have found this method to work the best. Crate training is only successful if you are consistent. If your dog whines and cries, and you give in and didn't make her/him stay in her/his crate, you gave in. All you did was re-enforce in her/him the thought, "Oh, if I cry and act like a baby, I will get whatever I want. All dogs are den animals. The crate becomes their sanctuary, or den. Make sure that you purchase a crate(cage) that is big enough for them to stand up in and turn around comfortably, but not enough room that they can go to the back of the crate and potty. A dog will not potty where they eat and sleep, unless they are given no other alternative, such as chained up dogs, or dogs in pens outside that are too small, or they never get out of.

You start out by placing the crate in the bedroom, next to the bed, and right before bed, you take the puppy out. Praise greatly when the puppy potty's. Take the dog back in, put in crate, along with a favorite toy, and go to bed. Ignore the crying, they will stop. First thing in the a.m., you take the puppy out, praise after the potty, come in and feed. After they finish, wait 5 -10 minutes, not longer than 15, and take them back out. Same routine. Put crate in a place where the puppy can see the door you come in. Put puppy in just as you get ready to leave the house. Don't put puppy in and then hang around for 20 min.

When you come home, take puppy out, immediately go outside, praise and then go about your after work routine. Same routine as before for nighttime and feeding. Soon, you will be able to leave the door to the crate open and the dog loose in the house. They will go into the crate to sleep while you are gone. Put a super soft towel or bed in the crate and a few bits of kibble and a small amt. of water. Too much food and water in the crate when you start the training, will only make the dog have to potty sooner. And, never, never use the crate as punishment. This is their own little cave. Their alone place. Their hidey-hole, as I call it.