German Shepherd puppy training should include teaching your puppy to be comfortable in a dog crate. Crate training a puppy can be incredibly nerve-wracking or it can be a breeze. To help, we’ve gathered the top 10 German Shepherd puppy training tips for crate training. We hope the experienced advice of the contributing German Shepherd owners helps make crate training a new puppy a snap.

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Top 10 German Shepherd Puppy Training Tips, Part 1

1. Start crate training a new puppy the same day you bring it home.

2. Let your puppy go potty outdoors before you put it in a crate.

3. Get a crate just big enough for your puppy to stand up and turn around. Switch to the next size up when needed.

4. Give a puppy a treat when it goes in the crate and again when it comes out.

5. Don’t say anything to your puppy once you put it in the crate.

6. Be prepared for pitiful howls at first and have ear plugs on hand.

7. Don’t give in. Don’t start making excuses to let it out.

“Don’t waste a minute debating whether you should crate train a German Shepherd. I’ve never heard someone say, “Boy, I regret crate-training my dog.” – Tim T.

8. Don’t let a person or another dog get in the crate ever. It’s your puppy’s safe place – until you get in it.

9. Use the command “kennel” so your puppy doesn’t get confused when you use other names like “house” or “crate” that might come up in conversation.

10. Don’t be worried if your dog wants to stay in the crate even after you open the door.

Crate training should be part of German Shepherd puppy training. If you don’t start crate training a new puppy when you get it, you can still train it when it’s an adolescent – and it’s way easier than training most adolescent humans. You can also crate train older dogs, but not all of these training tips will apply to adult dogs.

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When you have successfully finished crate training a new puppy, let us know which of these German Shepherd puppy training tips helped you the most. It’s great to hear about your successes, and we love learning new tips if you find something that helps your dog. Tell us about it and we’ll add it to the next issue of German Shepherd Puppy Training tips.

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