All of mine are crate-trained. Anthea was a bit like Luna - Corgan trained fairly easy. Anthea is a very vocal dog - she barks more than any of my others, and gets VERY talkative at feeding time. Bongo, Ice and Roni were all super easy. Crate training with my dogs usually involves riding in the crate in the car quite a bit at the beginning...not ever giving them attention or letting them out when they make noise - only when they are quiet. They do figure out quickly that you will let them out if they are noisy - which can take a bit longer to turn around.
At night I crate my dogs away from me when they are puppies - I will usually crate another dog right next to them. I've found that the more they hear me bumping around at night, the more they will try to get my attention. I am fortunate to have a basement in my house for this. When we are at training, the GSDs and Malinois are usually much noisier than my guys.
17-08-2010, 22:31
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