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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 32231" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>:smile:</p><p></p><p>Every dog I've ever had has responded to that one magic word ... "Outside?" Once they're out there and more interested in playing around than getting down to business, I tell them to "Pick a spot!" and usually they do. They all try to put it off as long as they can though, because they know that once they do (doo?), they go back inside! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif</p><p></p><p>I started crate training my second Boston, Ragan, when she was a small puppy. She got in to so much mischief while I was at work ... I was always mad at her and she was always in trouble. Once she was crate trained, we were both a lot happier! I didn't have to worry any more about what mess I'd find when I came home, and she wasn't in trouble any more! Not that it was easy! I made the mistake of getting her a small crate when she was little, then had to buy her a bigger one as she grew, and crates are not cheap! And in the smaller crate, she figured out that if she flung her body against the sides of the crate hard enough, she could <em>roll</em> it all over the house! Fun, huh?!? When I left for work, I'd leave her in the living room in her crate with nice, neat bowls of food and water. I'd come home and find her three rooms away, in the kitchen, the crate on it's side, and a big trail of soggy, mashed up puppy food through all three rooms!</p><p></p><p>My third Boston, Katy, was two when I got her and already crate trained. She LOVES her crate. We refer to it as "Katy's room". She has a big, fluffy towel in there to sleep on and feels very secure when she's in there. She hides her favorite toys in there so the other two don't get them, and she crawls in during the day sometimes to nap, when she's in the mood. It's her little sanctuary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 32231, member: 1883"] [img]:smile:[/img] Every dog I've ever had has responded to that one magic word ... "Outside?" Once they're out there and more interested in playing around than getting down to business, I tell them to "Pick a spot!" and usually they do. They all try to put it off as long as they can though, because they know that once they do (doo?), they go back inside! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/sick.gif[/img] I started crate training my second Boston, Ragan, when she was a small puppy. She got in to so much mischief while I was at work ... I was always mad at her and she was always in trouble. Once she was crate trained, we were both a lot happier! I didn't have to worry any more about what mess I'd find when I came home, and she wasn't in trouble any more! Not that it was easy! I made the mistake of getting her a small crate when she was little, then had to buy her a bigger one as she grew, and crates are not cheap! And in the smaller crate, she figured out that if she flung her body against the sides of the crate hard enough, she could [i]roll[/i] it all over the house! Fun, huh?!? When I left for work, I'd leave her in the living room in her crate with nice, neat bowls of food and water. I'd come home and find her three rooms away, in the kitchen, the crate on it's side, and a big trail of soggy, mashed up puppy food through all three rooms! My third Boston, Katy, was two when I got her and already crate trained. She LOVES her crate. We refer to it as "Katy's room". She has a big, fluffy towel in there to sleep on and feels very secure when she's in there. She hides her favorite toys in there so the other two don't get them, and she crawls in during the day sometimes to nap, when she's in the mood. It's her little sanctuary. [/QUOTE]
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