the first thing we have to do is make
your dog love its crate now dogs are
Denning Animals by Nature so this
shouldn't be too difficult because we're
just tapping into their natural DNA but
we want them to absolutely love their
crate and know that their crate is there
safe happy place where they can go relax
unwind and decompress and it's our job
to guide that and we're going to steer
that ancestral DNA with a few games to
help level up just how much our dog
loves the crate one of the best ways
that you can do this is get something
like a Kong stuff it full of your dog's
favorite thing for me I like to use meat
Pate I call this my Frozen meatical and
then once you've frozen it it'll last
for hours rather than leaving it cool
where the dog can get access to it in
just a couple of minutes pop that in the
crate and the only time your dog ever
gets access to their Frozen meatical is
when they're inside their crate and
playing different games like this with
the crate helps us condition our dogs to
understanding that their crate is an
amazing place that they absolutely Love
Now a huge problem that many people
encounter when it comes to crate
training is thinking that their dog
hates the crate so let's take a minute
to briefly look at what's actually going
on here now in my role as a canine
behaviorist I help people with these
things all of the time and crate
training is one of the fundamental core
aspects to my system and theory of
having perfect canine companions so
every single dog that comes through my
system is Crate trained and 99 of those
dogs who own us think their dog hates
the crate don't hate it at all they have
just developed what we call a learned
behavior for them getting out of the
crate because through a few repetitions
they understand that if they cry if they
bark if they whine they get your
attention and eventually the crate door
opens and they start to associate the
act of crying barking and whining with
getting out of their crate and
especially younger or more energetic
dogs there are going to be times where
we would like them to be in their crate
but they would rather not be even if
they still absolutely love their crate
but we have a duty of care and
responsibility to let them know when
it's the right time in the right place
for different activities and
unfortunately it isn't the right time in
the right place to be out playing
causing Mayhem all of the time we
channel that into fun times we channel
that into our walks into our adventures
into our training but there are going to
be times where you need to have our dog
settled down so just because your dog
might cry or bark or whine in the crate
does not mean that they don't like the
crate or hate the crate or have
separation anxiety it simply means that
our dogs are very clever and they're
learning how to manipulate you to get
out of it so then how do we get over
these obstacles well once we started
helping our dogs understand to
absolutely love their crates and what
their crate is we have to then challenge
these behaviors of them trying to force
their way out of it or demand getting
out of it when they want we need to help
them understand that they need to settle
down relax and snooze when they're in
the crate and when they do so and when
we're ready ready we will let them out
of it which furthers this concept of
that they need to settle down whether it
is time for them to lie down and have a
sleep they do it in their crate and if
they want to come out of the crate well
the only way they're going to get out of
the crate is lying down snoozing and
relaxing anyway so it's a win-win for
both us and the dog but to achieve that
we absolutely cannot let those alert
Behavior settle in and we need to flip
the script and learn how to challenge
those demanding obnoxious behaviors
whilst inside the crate and to do that
we start off with short distance crate
Taps when I'm crate training a dog for
the very first time or crate training a
dog that the owners believe hate their
crate we've done some of the fun stuff
we've started to get the dog to enjoy
being in the crate and know that when
they're in the crate great things happen
but when it comes time to have those
first few sessions where they're in the
crate and the crate door is closed I
have that crepe right by me maybe I'm at
my desk doing a little bit of work maybe
I'm chilling in the evening and watching
some TV but the crate is right there I
make sure all the dog has had everything
it needs it's had opportunity to go out
to the toilet it's not hungry it's had
plenty of time with me we've worked
together we've exercised and it is now
time for them to settle down so the dog
goes into the crate and we shut the door
the Split Second any type of demanding
Behavior sets in I tap on top of the
crate with a verbal correction of shush
and we repeat this process and you will
be shocked at just how quickly your dog
will understand that those kinds of
behaviors don't get them attention don't
get them out of the crate simply gets
this tap on top of the crate doesn't
harm the dog whatsoever it's just
startling it's just whoa okay and they
have a minute to pause and relax and
what happened there and then they might
go okay I'll try that barking thing
again and a soul and then the same thing
happened at all and by the time that's
happened two or three times they start
to learn oh it's when I do this thing
that thing happens so I'm just not gonna
to do that thing what should I do
instead actually I'm quite tired I'm
just gonna have a little lie down and
wait and when they make those good
decisions then we do the airdrop rewards
where I'll sit with some treats and when
they are lying down I'll sprinkle a
little bit of treat through the gate
then comes time to add time and distance
we don't always want to be sat right by
our dog's crate to be able to crate
train them so what we want to start
doing is adding time and distance and
this can be just a simple Act of moving
around the room if that obnoxious
behavior starts to arise you're right
there you can go back and you can
address it once your dog has been
chilled for five seconds or 10 seconds
you can go back in and deliver an
airdrop reward then you can extend this
out to 20 seconds 30 seconds 60 seconds
maybe popping in and out of the room but
you're always there ready to challenge
those behaviors where need be now my
next two points are how you're going to
be able to get your dog to settle down
in the crate for long periods of time
going into hours while you're you're
outside the house but before we do that
crate training your dog isn't the only
thing that's required in having a
perfect canine companion and if you're
struggling with any behaviors with your
dog I want to help you free of charge
and to do that I created a completely
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Companion clinic and I've summarized all
of my theories and years of experience
in behavior modification from basic bad
behaviors all the way to some of the
most extreme in the world and summarized
it in to this completely free course so
after this video if you want to learn
more about crate training but if you
also want to learn more about you
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and fixing other problem behaviors you
may be having with your dog the canine
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I'll see you over there but now comes
time to start leaving your dog for more
extended periods of time and if you're
not there to challenge those behaviors
what if those behaviors start to stem
again and build and build and build well
I've got a two-prong approach for how
you take out dog from this point which
is huge success to be able to be settled
in their crate for multiple hours at a
time the first one is a very simple one
leave a podcast on for your dog dogs can
often find it very soothing to hear that
there's people around to hear
conversations and one of the best things
that you can do is just leave a long
form podcast on some speakers on low
volume when you start to leave your dog
for longer periods of time then comes
the ability to challenge your dogs a
longer distance and this is going to be
something that we're going to set up
we've worked on short distance
challenging of those behaviors now we're
going to move on to long distance
challenging of those behaviors and we're
going to Simply use a long line a long
line with a nice metal buckle on the end
you can attach that to the front of the
crate and you can run that all the way
around into the next room and you're
going to start proofing this out for
longer periods of time you can set your
dog up you can make it feel like you've
gone out go and open the front door shut
the front door and then stay really
quiet then you wait and you listen quiet
tightly and if after a few minutes five
minutes they might start to test those
obnoxious behaviors you use your long
line and you rattle it and it creates
exactly the same situation a crate or
rattle slightly it'll make that noise
and it will challenge your dog's
behavior and they'll think that that
just happens anytime they do those
behaviors it's not necessarily you
coming over and tapping on top of the
crate that causes it it's any time they
display those behaviors that happens so
whether you're there or whether you're
not they won't bother trying and they
settle down relax learning to love their
crate know it's their happy safe place
your hard-earned possessions are kept
safe your neighbors don't hate you and
your dog is able to recover recuperate
and be happy perfect canine companions
thank you