Crate Training

[Curly Girl]

Hi,

I started at the rescue forum but they suggested I come over here.

I'm about to adopt a rescue staffy (more staffy than not actually) and I have been told crate training is a good idea for everyone concerned.

I'm sure that your experience and suggestions would be helpful in doing this.

For a start, where do I get a crate? How big do I need to get it? How long in it? How often? Where in the house?

All suggestions will be much appreciated.

Regards

Curly Girl

[GoldenGirl85]

You can get crates online or at bigger petshops, best to get one from a petshop so you can visualise the dog in there, it needs to be big enough for the dog to be able to stand up and turn around comfortably

How old is the Staffy? To get the dog used to the crate just have it open in the house for the dog to have free access to it, the dog probably wont be terribly interested at first but if you give all its meals inside the crate and treat and praise it everytime it even sniffs at the crate it will learn that it is a pretty good place to be, encourage play inside the crate

There are loads of crate training threads on here if you do a search then you will find loads of tips

[Curly Girl]

Thank for that information. I will do a bit of a search. He will be about 12 months old when we get him and he is quite leggy for a staffy (that is the ish part of staffy-ish)

Regards

CG