Crate Training - Crate Training Dog - Crate Training Puppy

Crate Training. Is crate training like putting your dog in jail or will it help eliminate his behavior problems or housetrain a puppy?  Find out what I learned about crate training a puppy...

Well, I had heard that using a crate would help me with housetraining my new puppy, but I had no idea how to do it or what size crate to buy...

It so happens that I've been listening for over ten years to a radio talk show called "Talkin' Animals with Dr. Dog" on KFMB760 in San Diego.  I'd always been intrigued by the techniques shared by "Dr. Dog" (Dr. Dennis Fetko).  He seemed to really know how to get into a dog's head!

One day Dr. Fetko announced on his radio show that he had published an ebook, Dr. Dog's FAST, EASY, FUN Behavior Solutions with all of his methods for eliminating dog behavior problems and housetraining a puppy.  Needless to say, I purchased his ebook right away.  Here is some info from this ebook:

"To humans, a crate is a cage and a cage is jail and none of that is any good whatsoever.  To a dog, a well-socialized crate is a den and canines have been living in dens for, oh, roughly a million years now--give or take a week.  To a dog a den is WONDERFUL! (After you crate train your dog) You've just got to convince little Balthazar that this square fiberglass and metal contraption is indeed a den.  That's why I said a well-socialized crate--after successful dog crate training.

But don't just get a crate, throw your dog into it and go away for the day. That may stress an already upset dog enough to cause him to begin chewing himself.  I've seen dogs chew their own paws to the bone out of stress and fear.

Used properly by crate training your puppy or adult dog, a crate is a great gift to the dog.  Used badly it's as cruel a form of punishment as beating.  Remember, a crate is used to prevent the problem; it is never used to punish your dog."

Learn more about Dr. Fetko ("Dr. Dog") and his methods on crate training your dog or crate training your puppy. 

Quotes from Dr. Dennis Fetko, "Dr. Dog":

     "In dog training, 'jerk' is a noun and not a verb.  If anyone has to jerk a dog to train him, he should not be allowed near anything with a pulse."

     "Obedience training is great--but it won't solve behavior problems.  If you obedience-train a dog that bites, you end up with a dog that Sits, Stays, Heels--and bites..."

Book Reviews on Dr. Dog's ebook:  "The book your dog wants you to read!"