For Crate Training Puppies, What Is The Best Way For Crate Training Bichon Frise Puppies?

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Crate training puppies is a terrific idea because puppies and dogs absolutely love crates if you know how to properly do crate training.  Arguably, crate training puppies and crate potty training are among the best things you can do for a dog’s well being.  Make it cozy for them and they’ll feel very safe and secure in there, it’s like their bedroom.  Teaching your puppy crate training makes all the other steps in puppy training go so much smoother.

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Bichon Frise puppies learning crate training.

Bichon Frise puppies learning crate training.

When you leave a puppy alone, he’s prone to puppy separation anxiety.  This leads him to any behavior that brings him comfort, which is chewing, digging, etc.  When crate training dogs, they’ll feel safe because they’ll feel like nothing can get to them, nothing can harm him.  He will sleep and chew and wait for you to return.  Dogs love familiarity, predictability and routines and he’ll be more apt to be the best-behaved dog he can possibly be.

When leaving him overnight at the vet, if your dog has not had kennel crate training, he’ll experience crate training separation anxiety and have a major dose of crate training whining the entire time, as well as feeling lost and abandoned.  He’ll also probably have issues with crate training barking.  He’ll feel pure terror from the experience of being locked in.  With proper crate training, he is sure you will return just like you always do.  This also contributes to potty training successes by using these crate training housebreaking puppies methods.

Kennel crate training and crate potty training is the very basis of good puppy training. A wire crate with a lock is the best kind. Make sure it is large enough for him to stand up and turn around.  But not so large that he can roam and wander around. A too-large crate will inhibit house breaking.  A crate that is just the right size will be perceived as his “nest”, where puppies never “go potty”. They will learn to hold it if you don’t make a prison out of it.  Never leave a puppy under 8 weeks old in his crate for longer than one hour at a time.  Not only will he start his crate training whining or crate training barking, he’ll likely also soil it after struggling and suffering as long as he can.

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nice pad in there with a bone and chew toy.  Cozy comfort is vital.  Start with placing a tasty treat in their dog cage, he will go in and get it.  Do this several times while crate training dogs without closing the door, let him come in and out freely for an hour or so.  Highly praise him each time he goes in his new bedroom as this helps make it all very pleasant.

When your crate training pup has his attention on his treat, close the door.  Praise him quietly, “What a good boy, it’s ok, such a good boy!”  In 10 or 20 seconds, no longer, let him out without a word, no praise, just a pat.  Do this for increasingly longer intervals, but do not give him a chance to get upset.  This method of crate training puppies should be practiced several times a and make sure every session ends on a happy note, this is crucial.

Once he’s had kennel crate training, he’ll see the crate is his own private territory, he will go in there on his own, expecting treats and your attention. When he does, say, “Wanna crate?” with a happy face while getting his treats. Start leaving the room while he is in there for 2 minutes and onward, gradually. When you return, don’t make a fuss, just walk over and open the crate. In 3 days he will be officially crate-trained, ready to be left alone for an hour, no longer at first.  Leave him gradually longer for effective crate potty training.  Do it ever so slowly and carefully and he’ll never again experience crate training separation anxiety.

NOTE: About crate training Bichon Frise puppies and crate training dogs in general.  Do not make a prison of his crate.  Do not use it as punishment.  Do not leave him there for more than 2 hours, just time for a long puppy nap and some chew time. After that he will likely start his crate training whining or crate training barking.  Do not remove him while he is crying or barking. This will make him think he has to do that to get out. No matter what, while crate training puppies, make sure he is being good when you open the door. He will learn he has to be quiet to get out.  Do not make a fuss when you are letting him out, just quietly open the door and take him out for his lesson in crate potty training. When he potties, praise him to high heaven!  Dogs naturally do not go where they nest, but sometimes it happens.  When housebreaking puppies with the crate, do not scold; just clean it out with a bland face. He will learn the lesson.  If possible, try to clean it while he is outside so he returns to a clean crate.

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  1. Bichon Mom July 26, 2010 4:37 am

    I totally agree. The only way to properly housetrain a Bichon Frise puppy is by crate training. After awhile, the pup looks to the crate as a place of protection.

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