Crate training a puppy to full trust inside a home (updated, new pic on page 3)

Can't really answer the question, but I have always rushed the pup out and made sure grass was the first thing the feets feel. They piss. At some point, grass = piss. Be wary of carpet. They confuse it with grass sometimes.

Cute pup.

I crate trained mine from the day we brought her home for about 3 months. After that, we kept her in a small room, then gradually let her loose in the house. Early on there were a few accidents, but now she goes all day without any trouble.

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Can't really answer the question, but I have always rushed the pup out and made sure grass was the first thing the feets feel.

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I do the same exact thing. She has done wonderful thus far. Always goes to the bathroom every time outside. Last night, she did have an accident in her kennel and immediately let me know about it.

I'm taking her out every two hours, as the general rule of thumb is 2 months = 2 hours, 3 months = 3 hours and so on.

I'm watching plenty of videos online and even purchased Cesar Millan 50 tips for raising the perfect dog. I'm just trying to figure out how the "dog" puts it all together to not piss and/or shite in the house.

My newest is a stray that picked our house. We skipped the crate since our other dog has long been trained. I just made sure she was taken out often and never left our sight. We had some issues, but she's had a long run of no accidents recently.

I have a boxer who is crated trained. During training she was in the crate most of the day. She only went outside to relieve herself and play a bit. It's important to make the crate the appropriate size and don't give the dog too much room to pee/crap in the back.

After a couple of months i quit closing his crate at night and now he just goes and lays down in there when he's tired. Problem is that he likes to piss on concrete and the tile in my house looks like....concrete.

I can't really speak to the crate training, because most of my dogs learned house training within a week or so, just depends on the dog.

BUT, that is the cutest dang dog i've ever seen man.

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Have you always made the kennels his home and "safe haven?" I ask, because I didn't do this initially with the first couple of dogs I had. I didn't know any better.

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He was for the first few months until he had to go spend two months with the girlfriend's parents who never put him in there.

Yes. Deutsch Drahthaar

I've crate trained my two dogs. once they were crate trained, accidents in the house were very rare. every now and then for the first few months, but very rare. Crate training seemed to extend to the rest of the house quite naturally.