How do I crate train a second puppy?? (multiple dog household)?
I have a 3 year old chocolate lab named Oliver (he’s on the picture). We recently moved to a bigger place and decided to get a second puppy, another chocolate lab we named Wellington.
They get along great and everything seems to be going well, except that Wellington is having trouble with the potty training.
We walk them twice a day and they get access to our backyard about 6 more times a day. But as soon as we step out of the house, Wellington pisses and pooes everywhere.
We decided to get a crate, but are wondering what’s going to happen when Wellington is put in the cage and Oliver is left outside….
So, is there anything I need to keep in mind when crate training a second puppy??
I have crate trained in a multi dog household. I had two older dogs who were no longer crated and a puppy who was. There were no problems. My other dogs would generally nap in the same room with the puppy. If you have never crate trained before, be prepared that Wellington may not initially like his new crate and may protest with a lot of barking and whining. Especially since the crate wasn’t there when you first brought him home. All 3 of mine fussed at first, but eventually, they would go in their crate on their own and lay down when they saw I was about to leave the house. Good luck.
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