I crate trained my babies from day one. I started with a very small crate and put a bed in it, that was it. I then put the crate in an x-pen with a pee pad down. I left the door open on the crate and they would always go on the pee pad, never in their crate. I even did this with my litter of puppies and I would say that at least while they were here, they were 98% pee pad trained. We could have all the puppies in the carpeted family room and they would always go on the pad. I was so proud of them. At night and while we are gone they are all in their own crate (for their safety and my piece of mind), but when we are home, have run of the house.
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Janet |