Last time we talked about introducing your dog to his crate, and where to put the crate within your home. The next step is;

Getting Your Dog To Go Into The Crate

One way to get your dog to take those steps into his crate is to bribe him! Put his favorite toy or a treat, just inside the crate, don’t put it to far in, just so that he has to put his head into the crate to retrieve it.

I suspect that your dog will poke his head in, grab the toy or treat and then back out … read more

Somehow it seems to cause a block when people start to consider crate training puppies, it is even considered cruel by some, but this is people who do not understand how to go about crate training puppies in the proper way.