The document discusses the benefits of crate training dogs, including that dogs naturally seek sheltered places to sleep and crate training can provide a place for dogs to feel safe and avoid stress when owners are away. It provides tips for proper crate training, such as introducing the crate gradually and avoiding using it as punishment, and notes that crate training can help prevent problems like accidents in the home. Potential downsides like lack of exercise are also mentioned.

2.  Where dogs originally were used to sleeping
 Pros of crate training your dog
 Possible disadvantages to crate training your
dog
 What not to do when crate training your dog
 How to crate train your dog
 Example of a crate trained dog

3.  In the wild, dogs sleep in dens, and your dog
may seek out a sheltered place in your home,
a crate could be that place.
 Dogs need a place to go to get away from the
everyday human life
 The every day human life can cause stress on
your dog
 (“Wells, Virginia”)

4.  You can feel at ease while you are away from
the home, knowing your dog is safe in a
crate.

5.  Instead of coming home to …
 The carpet chewed up
 Garbage everywhere
 Accidents inside your home
 Any of the worries you would normally have
when leaving your dog out to roam while you
are away
 (Kovary, and Giella)

7.  The crate can be a place to ease your mind
while you are away.
 While knowing what your pet is doing you
don’t have to worry about these things
happening in your home.

8. :Cruel because they are confined to a small
space.
:They are not getting enough exercise while
you are away.
:They whine when you first start putting them
in there.

9.  Do not use the crate as a place to go when you are punishing
your dog.
 Never hit the crate while they are inside or around ,they may
become fear full of the crate.
 Do not leave your dog in the crate for too long of a period.
(depending on your dogs age could range from 3 to 6hours)
 Do not put your dog in a crate that is too small or to big of a
size for your dog.

10.  1 Introduce your dog to the crate
 2 Feed you dog meals in or by the crate
 3 Lengthen crating periods
 4 Start to crate you dog when you
leave.(gradually build up time)
 5 Crate your dog at night, ( not everyone
crates there dogs at night)
 ("human society of the United States")

11.  I am going to Show you how easy it is once
you have your dog crate trained.

12.  Hope fully you have found this information
useful and helpful
 Crate training my dog was the best decision I
have made with my dog. Hopefully it can help
ease your mind while you are away from your
home.

13.  . "Crate training." The human society of the United States. Human society,
01-2012. Web. 15 Feb 2012.
<http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/dogs/tips/crate_training.html>.
 Kovary, Robin, and Barbara Giella. "Crate Training." Americans Dog
Trainers Network. American Dog Trainers Network, 1999. Web. 15 Feb
2012. <http://www.inch.com/~dogs/notice.html

Wells, Virginia. "Sleep behavior of dogs." Pet place. 2012. ntelligent
Content Corp, Web. 02/14/2012. <http://www.petplace.com/dogs/sleep-
behavior-of-dogs/page1.aspx>.