What to do With Dog Crate Training
When a dog is given Crate training you need not worry about its age till it reaches the elderly stage. Though training the dog during the puppy hood is not the only option. The age is not a factor to crate a dog; also all dogs cannot be crated.
As the puppy gets older, he finds it difficult to live in confined space and rightly so. And in such cases, we need to fence them in the corner of the kitchen.
Crating an elderly dog is delicate and must be handled with utmost care. Older dogs do not have the flexibility and the level of control that they used to in young age. First and foremost, the dog has to be made comfortable in open cages with motivators like toys and food.
Once the dog is comfortable with open cage now you may leave the dog in the closed doors for a longer period and should kept under constant supervision time to time.
Keep escorting the dog outside the potty area, so that they dont get confused or frightened by the accident happened. Make sure that you clean it up and move on with the training process.
The older dogs can have numerous medical issues that can effect their bladder and bowels as they may constantly have accidents, then you may need to take them to the vet during the house training. You need to take extra care, love, understanding and patience to the older dogs which are being trained. These dogs may need your extra attention regularly.
Compassion, love, understanding and patience are the key things while crate training a dog. Dogs are very loyal, faithful and always want to please kind. But, as it gets older, it finds hard to adapt to change.
The dogs must be assured of love and care no matter what and that they please us in return. Its a two way process.