Puppy Crate Training Kit
These items will help make your puppy crate training successful. Please ensure the following is available for all puppies resting & sleeping in crates:-
Pacifying Toys (chewy type toys): A) 2 to 3 items inside crate – rotated daily with others below to help maintain the novelty value of each toy.
B) Approximately 5 + other toys in a large stainless steel bowl close by or on top of crate (e.g.: Tasty Bone, Nylabone / Gumabone, stuffed Kong, Stag antler, rawhide chew, feeding puzzles).
Interactive Toys: 1 x Favourite tug type toy placed out of reach, but close by for rewarding good behaviours i.e.: poops outside and fast recalls.
Water Bowl: Ensure correct straight sided bowl to fit into bracket, ½ full of fresh water to minimise puppy splashing etc (changed daily).
Food: Small bowl of pup’s daily diet for training treats etc.
Bedding: A) 1 x bed liner over ½ the crate floor (so pup can move to a cooler end if too warm/ needs to defecate off the bed).
B) 2 x liners for short coated breeds and scruffy liners for bed chewers.
C) Pups own bedding for first 2 – 3 nights or until soiled.
D) 3 x spare bed liners nearby or on top of crate.
Towel: To dry pup when wet from outings.
Crate Cover: For vocal pups requiring calming and possibly an unseen sharp tap on the corner of the crate.
Newspaper/ Puppy Pads: For early risers and very young puppies still unable to hold on overnight.
Cleaning Kit: Kept nearby canine disinfectant, paper towel & poop scoop or plastic bags.
Adaptil Atomizer: Plugged in and working in pup’s room or sprayed onto bedding.
House training Records: To track progress & to get an idea of times when puppy pees and poops.