The importance of crate training puppies comes up a lot with clients as it relates to house training, teething and setting the puppy up for success. It just happened again the other day. When out of his crate, the adorable little fur ball has a lot of freedom to run through the house – scampering away from people, getting under things, chewing on carpeting or furniture legs, pottying around the corner. He also gets under walking feet, becomes bitey and zoomy when he is overstimulated or over tired. [Read more…] about Importance Of Crate Training A Puppy
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Motivating Operations For Training Success
Yesterday morning, in the later part of a training appointment for a precious eight week old puppy, we spent a little time working on teaching her the crate is a good place to rest. It was after we were in their back yard moving around, having her thinking and playing. She was a tired little girl when we got back to her kitchen and she was most definitely needing some nap time. I left their house with a sleeping puppy completely zonked out with her head resting on a stuffed animal in her crate, and got to thinking about how motivating operations were at work here. [Read more…] about Motivating Operations For Training Success