we never had to do much crate training. after a few weeks she was sleeping through the night in our bed with us instead of in her crate at night. and we do use a 4x4ft ex-pen for her, but we didn't use a crate that much we gated off our kitchen and let her run around with more room in there than a crate. i'd use it at night for a warm and small and safe place to get her used to holding it at night, but never all day long too. i think they need space to play and run. bentley never could do crate training because he pooped in his crate at night and rolled in it all night whining. after THAT episode and sleepless MESSY night we just put him in our bed and he never made a peep and slept soundly and perfectly ever since.
my advise is to stand your ground. tell the trainer if she brings it up again you are done with her class. |