What are your opinions on crate training?

My family put my black lab in the crate at night for the first 2 weeks we had him, and he didn’t like it, so we stopped. But I will pay money to bet he is the best dog in the world. And I’m not just saying that. The first day we got him, my dad trained him not to bite. He has never bit since. He understands words. He jumped a 6 foot fence to go to the bathroom outside when it was accidently locked. Not to tell you my life story, but crate training isn’t the only way to get a respectful, obedient dog.

this is a great way to train a dog, this is there pesonal space. they don’t soil it because it is there “den” and in the wild they do not want pray to find there “den”. It also keeps the dog safe when no one is home.

The only thing about crate training a dog is that you have to make the dog not feel like the crate is a punishment and send him there like a time out chair for a young child. You just have to coax the dog into understanding that that is his space so that he enjoys it and doesn’t feel its a punishment or bad to be in the crate.

my dad crate trained his chocolate lab… and now he’s full grown and actually enjoys being in the crate. my dad’ll leave the crate door open and eventually the dog gets bored of being out with us and will go lay back into the crate. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. the only thing is, his dog is really lazy and fat, and oftentimes I feel bad for him because he’s in there all day and doesn’t get much attention during the day (not animal abuse… my dad and stepmom just had a baby so they keep busy). if you give the dog plenty of love and attention, there isn’t anything wrong with it, in my opinion.

nah its good its kinda like

sending a child to its room when its

misbehaved.

it helps kinda train th dog?

well I think its good…

Glitter has the right idea