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Structure and structured rest
is more important for puppies
than freedom.
Don't eat that, please.
Being loose all the time until
the puppy is crazed and cranky
and chewing on you
and doing bad things,
it's not good for anybody.
That puppy needs
to be crate trained
so that they have a place where
they can go and decompress.
The puppy does not need
to be out all the time.
The puppy needs rest periods.
And in order to be able to
put the puppy in for rest,
the puppy has to
be crate trained.
In order to be crate
trained, the breeder
has to have taken
the time to separate
each puppy a short
amount of time
during their critical
period so that by the time
the puppy owner gets the puppy,
the puppy owner can handle it.
The crate quickly becomes
a cue for the puppy
to calm down and take a nap.
Puppies come to
love their crates
and can seem almost
grateful when
you put them away when
they're tired and cranky.
Dogs who haven't learned
to accept being alone
can become very
upset when isolated.
In severe cases, they
can panic and start
destroying anything they find.
This is known as
separation anxiety.
Separation anxiety can lead to
dramatic destructive behavior
and require a lot of
time and effort to cure.
But separation anxiety
is a natural behavior.
We were able to
domesticate dogs because
of their friendly social nature.
Early dogs with a talent
for bonding and staying
close to people showed
an evolutionary advantage
over their more aloof cousins,
and that desire not to be alone
is hardwired into dogs.
If we don't train
them otherwise,
puppies will naturally
grow up to have
a dread of being left
alone, and that can lead
to spectacularly bad results.
Fortunately, teaching
puppies to be
in their crates for
short periods of time
during their critical
socialization period is easy.
Before you close a
puppy alone in a crate,
he should be used to using
the crate with the door open.
Ideally, breeders should leave
open crates in the weening pens
so puppies get used
to sleeping in them.
But even puppies who
have never seen a crate
will take to it easily.
Just leave an open crate
in your puppy's area,
and he'll find it
and nest in it.
If your puppy is
used to sleeping
in a crate with the door
open and has already
spent short amounts of time away
from his brothers and sisters,
crate training is a snap.
Do not feed your
puppy for a few hours
and withhold water for one
hour before crate training.
Take your puppy outside to potty
and make sure that he does,
in fact, empty his bladder.
Inspect your puppy
and make him 100% sure
that he's not sick or injured.
Grab a nice meaty
bone, put your puppy
in the crate with the
bone, close the door,
and leave him to chew on his
bone for just a few seconds
in the crate.
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Open the door and let him
out before he starts fussing.
Don't forget to do an
exchange for the bone.
You can gradually work up
to longer and longer periods
in the crate, but don't push it.
Always make sure you keep an
eye on the time and take him out
before he wakes up
and starts fussing.
And before you
know it, your puppy
will be begging to
get into the crate.
I'd like you to get out
of the crate, please.
I have to change the bed.
Please get out of the crate.
You want to go in there, I know.
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