Quote Originally Posted by IRescue452
Too bad nobody actually follows the supervision at all times rule. The world would have less abandoned dogs. And its so easy to crate when you can't supervise, even if you aren't going anywhere and you just want a little time to watch tv without puppy. I never made Autumn sleep in her crate though, she slept on my bed from day 1. Never had an accident though because I'd wake up if she started to wiggle.
I agree wholeheartedly I have never (so far) had a problem housetraining.
I always have crate trained too, absolutely love them. Although Bailey doesn't sleep in one any longer, he did until he could be trusted. He only had 7 accidents in the house (pee only) and I did catch him every time because I never let him out of my sight (heck I think I spent a full 3 weeks sitting at the kitchen table) When I couldn't watch him, in the crate he'd go for rest time. I also feed at the same times of day and took up his water at a certain time in the evening and he never had to go out in the middle of the night. He was completely housetrained by 13 or 14 weeks. Now, Timmie was a different story all together, I think he was born housetrained, asked to go out from day one, but that might be one in a million lol! They are large breed dogs (Timmie passed away in Dec 2004 at age 12) so that might make a difference as opposed to small or toy dogs, I don't know, I've never owned a small or toy breed dog.

But watching a puppy at all times when out of the crate is a big key to successfull housetraining that has worked for me time and time again.

Very good instructions Redyre