It can be very beneficial for your pet to undergo Weimaraner crate training. This breed tends to be quite active and sociable, and as a result, they have a habit of getting into trouble if they are not suitably trained from a young age.
Weimaraners are unlikely to simply let other dogs and people alone – they will always attempt to interact, and if they are untrained this may develop into an unpleasant situation. It is good to get the training over with when they are puppies for this reason. Thankfully, however, these dogs usually do not need a very large amount of training. They learn quickly in general, no matter what they are being taught, and crate training is no exception. However, it is important to keep good, strong, consistent rules in their training if you want it to be successful.
The most important element is to create a sense of peace and security for the dog when in its crate. As a result, using the crate for punishment is absolutely the wrong thing to do. The dog must learn to see the crate as their safe place to go, somewhere they trust and find comfortable. Instilling in the dog's mind a connection between the crate and any unpleasant experience is a sure way to create confusion and make things far more difficult for yourself.
Along the same lines, the dog should never be left in the crate for too long. Weimaraner crate training should never last more than four to six hours at a maximum – even six may be leaving it too long. Also, the maximum allowable time depends on the age of the dog. For puppies, four hours is far too long a time. Young dogs should always be left for far shorter times, a number of minutes rather than hours. Partly this is due to the young puppies' small bladder capacity.
Weimaraner crate training is best done in moderation as a result. It is vital that you do not see the training time as an excuse for not caring for your dog. This breed needs a lot of exercise and socialization, and cannot be left for long periods of time without seriously damaging the health of the dog. Using the crate as a method for ignoring the dog is a sure-fire way to create problems down the road that will be far more difficult to rectify than it would have been to train the dog safely in the first place.
If you really have difficulty caring for your Weimaraner suitably, you might consider hiring someone to take him or her for a walk every now and then. If you follow these basic principles, you are much more likely to have success in training your Weimaraner.
Weimaraners are unlikely to simply let other dogs and people alone – they will always attempt to interact, and if they are untrained this may develop into an unpleasant situation. It is good to get the training over with when they are puppies for this reason. Thankfully, however, these dogs usually do not need a very large amount of training. They learn quickly in general, no matter what they are being taught, and crate training is no exception. However, it is important to keep good, strong, consistent rules in their training if you want it to be successful.
The most important element is to create a sense of peace and security for the dog when in its crate. As a result, using the crate for punishment is absolutely the wrong thing to do. The dog must learn to see the crate as their safe place to go, somewhere they trust and find comfortable. Instilling in the dog's mind a connection between the crate and any unpleasant experience is a sure way to create confusion and make things far more difficult for yourself.
Along the same lines, the dog should never be left in the crate for too long. Weimaraner crate training should never last more than four to six hours at a maximum – even six may be leaving it too long. Also, the maximum allowable time depends on the age of the dog. For puppies, four hours is far too long a time. Young dogs should always be left for far shorter times, a number of minutes rather than hours. Partly this is due to the young puppies' small bladder capacity.
Weimaraner crate training is best done in moderation as a result. It is vital that you do not see the training time as an excuse for not caring for your dog. This breed needs a lot of exercise and socialization, and cannot be left for long periods of time without seriously damaging the health of the dog. Using the crate as a method for ignoring the dog is a sure-fire way to create problems down the road that will be far more difficult to rectify than it would have been to train the dog safely in the first place.
If you really have difficulty caring for your Weimaraner suitably, you might consider hiring someone to take him or her for a walk every now and then. If you follow these basic principles, you are much more likely to have success in training your Weimaraner.
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