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Dog Crates - What is the best for you ?

Crates come in many different shapes, styles, and sizes. Two main types of dog crates in the market today: plastic and wire kennels. You can make your choice depending on the size of your dog and your budget.

Wire dog crates are well ventilated so it allows plenty of air flow for your dog to stay cool - great in a warmer climate! But if you live in a colder climate, better if you choose plastic dog crates which provide better insulation for maintaining body heat you dogs - especially important for puppies, short haired dogs. You have to consider others advantages and disadvantages between these two types of dog crates before buy it.

By putting your puppy or dog in a crate, you are giving them a sense of home and also help aid in calming hyperactive dogs. Dogs are happy to have their own private place. It gives your dog a special place of its own within your home.

Dog crates can be used to housebreak new puppies, train puppies to stay on command, relieve anxiety in puppies. Many people believe that using crates, cages, or kennels is cruel. This is farthest from the truth. The truth is training a puppy using a crate can improve puppies behavior.

For growing puppies, another thing to consider when purchasing a crate is to make sure that you buy a crate big enough to accommodate the full growth of your pet. You might want to check out the dog crates that have a divider panel, so your new crate can grow along with your puppy as time goes on.

If are going on a vacation and want to take your dog along with you, dog crates are an important part of your luggage. When buying a dog travel crate, choose crates which allow plenty of space for your dog or cat to stand up, turn around, and lie down comfortably with legs stretched out. The right dog travel crates will assure the comfort of your pet whether at home, in the car, or traveling on the road for long hours.

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Introduce Your Dog to a Crate

What a crate really is and how they can improve your relationship with your dog ?

A “crate” (a portable dog kennel) is a dog house within your house. It’s a good thing to buy as soon as you get your puppy and get it started sleeping in it’s crate right away. Even if you’ve got an older dog which hasn’t used a dog crate before it’s never too late to introduce your dog to a crate.

Your dog’s crate is a tool which should allow you to have a smoother, happier relationship with your dog, a crate should NEVER be used for the purpose of punishment.  It is also not intended as a place to leave your dog and ignore him. Crates can make training your dog a lot easier.

The ultimate goal in using the dog crate is to produce an easily housetrained dog and one that can be trusted in the house. Therefore, you should consider the use of a crate for a dog to be temporary. Many dogs, especially the larger and more active ones, will need to be crated during their adolescence until they can be trusted in the home.

Crate training takes some time and effort, but it is a proven way to help train dogs who act inappropriately without knowing any better. Crate training can take days or weeks, depending on your dog’s age, temperament and past experiences. Make his “room” comfortable

If you let your puppy out of the crate while he’s upset, you’ll be rewarding him for bad behavior. The next time he’s supposed to go in his crate, he’ll cry and bark again because that’s what got him out the last time

Type of dog crate :

A wire dog crate is best to use at home

A soft side dog crate is ideal when you want to take your dog with you when you travel.

A portable dog crates provide quality, durability, and ease of travel. They are also easy to set up.

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