My husband and I just got a Minitature Australian Shepherd puppy two weeks ago. I can totally empathize with you on the crate training! But we stuck it out now he is sleeping through the night without any accidents at all! He doesn't even cry when he goes in at the beginning. When we started putting him in the crate for the first time we would wait until he was quiet for a while and then took him out of the crate and brought him outside.
A few days after we got Paz I went on to www.leerburg.com They have a lot of great puppy Q&A's and articles! I highly suggest going through it. We found a house training article that helped a lot. Paz is now on a daily schedule with specific times to be in the crate and our kitchen and everything else. It has really helped a lot. I agree that it is really important for your new pup go outside immediatly before putting him in the crate and immediatly afterwards. He'll learn he has a window of oppurtunity to go to the bathroom so he better take it! Paz has learned that anyway! It does take a lot of time to get through all of this though. Paz will sometimes bark or whine when he goes in his crate during the day. But after a little ignoring he stops. If it is really hard to listen to after a little while, leave your house. Even if it is just for a short time. It will give you a nice break from it and he will realize you aren't letting him out because he is crying! Congrats on your new puppy and the best of luck!!!
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Originally Posted by jami03
I am a totally Aussie FANATIC (as you can see from my two) and I never had mine as PUPPY puppies so I missed out hehe
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