2. Crate Training Your Golden

3. Alotofpeoplenormallyhavethewrongconceptionwhenitcomestocrates.
Thisconceptionleadspeopletobelievethatcratesareapunishmentfordogs,
andthereforetheywon’tusethem.Muchtothecontrary,cratesareactually
oneofthesafestplacesyoucanputyourGoldenRetriever,whichalsogratifies
hisnaturalinstinctstosituatehimselfwithinaden.

4. Ifyouhaveacrateandleaveitopen,yourGoldenwillstarttogotoitwhenhe
getssleepyorwhenhegetsconfused.AlthoughGolden’stendtolikecrates,
youshouldn’toveruseonebyallowinghimtospendhoursatatimeinsideof
one.Whileyoushouldbetraininghimtogetusedtothecrate,youshould
neverallowhimoutifheisbarking.OnceyourGoldenstartstoappreciatethe
crate,youcanleavehiminitforafewhourshereandthere-suchaswhenyou
areawayfromhome.

5. Whenyougetyourpuppyandbringhimhomeforthefirsttime,youshould
alreadyyourcratethereandsituatedwhereyouwantittobe.Youshouldset
thecrateupinacentralarea,butneverinareasthathavealotoftraffic.Most
peoplewhousecratestendtoleavetheminthekitchennearadoor,sothe
Goldencangooutsidewheneverheneedstorelievehimself.

6. Onceyoubringthepuppyhome,youshouldputhiminsidethehouseand
allowhimtostartsearchingforthecrate.Leavethedoortothecrateopen,and
theGoldenpuppyshouldstarttowanderinandoutofit.Youcanalsoputatoy
ordogtreatinsidethecrate,togiveyourpuppyextraincentivetoenter.Once
hegoesinsidepraisehim,andlethimknowthatheisdoingtherightthing.

7. IfyourGoldenRetrieverstaysinthecrateonhis own,praisehimforit.Once
yourpuppystartsgettinginthehabitofgoingintothecrateonhisown,you
shouldplaceanewtoyortreatinsideforhimtoplaywith.Afterawhile,you
canclosethedoorandseehowhereacts.Ifhestartstowhine, youcantalkto
himandputyourfingersthroughthedoor,althoughyoushouldnever
immediatelytakehimout-insteadwaitforhimtosettledown.

8. Eventhoughitmaytakesometime,cratetrainingisgreatforyourGolden.You
canusethecratewhenyouneedtoleave,whenyouhavefamilyover,orfor
whenyourGoldenhasamedicalconditionsuchasdiarrhea.Ifyouuseabitof
patienceandneverusethecrateforpunishment-yourGoldenRetriever
puppyshouldcatchontothecrateprettyquick.

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