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Originally Posted by littlefairy
Storm is a 10 week old Alaskan Malamute had him 2 weeks now, had a crate for a week and have left door open so he can go in and out which he has been happy to do. Yesterday I shut him in for 5 mins, he cried and howled but I let him out once he stopped doing this. Tonight I shut him in again and he was fine for about 3 mins then started crying again, I got him to lie down (with the door still closed) and gave him a treat when he did so without crying, I praised him and opened the door once he seemed calmer.
Am I right to do this little by little, so far he has shown no interest in lying in his crate, I have put lots of blankets and his favourite toys in, he just drags them all out. Ive tried looking at crate threads but cant seem to find out how I am supposed to train him to see the crate as his 'space'.
Any help most welcome x
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i sympathise with you because i have read so many different books and spoke to the breeder of my puppy and friends who have crate trained and they all say different things.
i have a crate for when my pup comes home but am still confused as some people say you need to take them out a few times to toilet during the night and others ( including breeder) say that you do not take them out you put paper one end of crate until they are old enough to control themselves
if i take her out during the night will she whine every night because she expects it and if i don't will she think it is ok to toilet on the paper all the time?
and also how quickly can you get them used to having the door shut as during the night surely its shut to prevent them wandering toileting everywhere and chewing?
i am armed with books and kongs but am still not sure of how to crate train effectively!!
