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Originally Posted by T Doll  Sorry, I should've said "most" of the training methods, rather than "all". You can disagree with me, but that's just MY observation from the readings I've found about crate training. They do say to crate them when you can't give them attention, but that's also in addition to crating them regularly so that they learn to hold their pee/poo. I do remember a lot of them saying to only take them out to feed them and for potty breaks (in addition to short breaks and play time). Otherwise, they stay in the crate (even if you aren't occupied and can give them attention).
I also read a post on YT about potty training/crate training and I remember someone saying that they crate their dog for 4 hours, twice a day. So that means they are crated for 8 hours throughout the day. I guess this is normal since nobody fired back at her and accused her of excessively crating her dog. There were also other people who posted their entire daily crating schedule (don't have time to find the exact post/thread right now, but I might later) and they seemed to have their dogs crated for the majority of the day (with the neccessary and suggested breaks). |
Out of curiousity, how long do the training methods say to do this? Surely not for 4 or 5 months.