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French Bulldog crate training

Dog Tips Tuesday – Crate Train for comfort

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Some people resist training crate training their dogs. And, if your dog is housebroken and you’re comfortable leaving him/her loose in the house when you’re away, that’s fine.

But there is value in teaching your dog to be comfortable in a crate. If he/she ever needs to be hospitalized, lack of familiarity with a cage would be another source of stress in an already stressful situation.

Likewise, if you board your dog when you go out of town, chances are the boarding facility, whether a veterinarian’s office, a boarding kennel, or even a private home, will use crates to keep the dogs in their care safe – especially at night.

Crates/cages should be big enough for your dog to comfortably stand, turn around, sit, and lie down and one of the easiest ways to get your dog to love his/her crate is to feed all meals inside, with the door open at first.

Dogs are not, by nature, at all claustrophobic. Wild canids are den animals – they like being in a small, secure space.

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