dog trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
let me start with thank you for everyone who answered my other question recently http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200809... i do have one quetsion still.
so i took my 1 yr old dog in his kennel and i locked him in his kennel. he was scratching but i told him NO! he listened and stopped. i sat next to his kennel so he wouldnt freak out. then i got up, and justed walked around the room. my dad came home and i told him but he said let him out. my question is how long do i keep him in the kennel so he can get used to it. or the first time do i keep him in there for 10 min and then wait a couple min to out him back in???? or do i just put him in and leave him in there????
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I just got a puppy and I have had lots of experience with dogs. I put Bella in the kennel (she is 9 weeks old) I give her a blanket, a toy and then I just leave her in there. We have had her for one week and she sleeps through the night now. The first night she CRIED a lot. But then it gradually decreased. I was getting up about every two hours at first but it slowly was less and less. I also put her in there whenever I leave the house -since puppies chew up everything- and she cries for the first minute and then she is fine. The one thing is BE CONSISTENT! If you run to her when she is whining she will know that all she needs to do is cry and you will let her out. Good Luck!!!
Rule number 1: When you are training a dog to stay in his kennel, don't sit next to it. That just teaches him to expect you to always be by him when he is in it. Anyway, i would start with 15 minutes once a day, then the next day, increase the time by 5 minutes, keep doing so until you reach one hour, then start increasing the time by 30 minutes. Make sure he uses the potty before he goes into the kennel.
Definetely start off slow. Even leaving the room for 30 seconds and then letting him out is a good start.
Don't ever make a big deal of putting him in, or letting him out. It works best if you dont' even look or talk to the dog. Put the dog in, shut the door, leave. Walk in the room, open the crate door, leave. Pretend there isn't even a dog in there.
If you act like it's not a big deal, your dog won't think it's a big deal either.
Above all it takes time and patience, it won't happen overnight.