When Your Puppy Hates the Crate: Foundations That Work

🐾 Follow Josie’s puppy journey from the start: ➡️ Full Puppy Training Series:    • The Complete Guide to Raising a Confident,...   If your puppy seems to hate the crate, you’re not alone — and it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong. Crate training is a learned skill, and for many puppies, settling in the crate takes time, patience, and the right foundation. In this video, I explain why crate training matters and how I help puppies learn to settle in their crate and develop a positive relationship with it over time. You may also want to check out this video and how 2 food toys helped change Josie's opinion about her crate:    • 2 Food Toys That Keep My Puppy Busy (And S...   Fast & Easy KONG stuffing recipe    • Make Puppy Life EASY with This 1 Minute Fr...   I’m Gisela Griesser, a professional dog trainer and behavior consultant, and this is video #3 in my series "The Complete Guide to Raising a Confident, Happy Puppy". I’m currently working through crate training with my own puppy, and I’m seeing the same challenges many new puppy owners experience. In this video, you’ll learn: • Why crate training is an important life skill (not just a puppy phase) • How crates support potty training, safety, and calm behavior • Why some puppies resist the crate at first • How to help your puppy see the crate as a good deal • Practical foundation steps for crate-“hating” puppies • Why you shouldn’t stop using the crate once things improve Crate training isn’t about confinement — it’s about safety, calm, and giving your puppy skills they’ll use throughout their life, from vet visits and travel to downtime at home. Need help with Potty Training? Check out this video    • 7 Puppy Potty Training Tips That Actually ...   👉 Want step-by-step help? If you’d like more structured guidance, I also offer my Happy Crating mini course, where I walk you through the crate training process in detail and help you build lasting comfort with the crate. https://pawsome-connection.com/happy-... 🎥 Watch the complete Puppy Training Series playlist here (new videos added weekly):    • The Complete Guide to Raising a Confident,...   #puppytraining #puppytrainingtips #cratetraining Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:35 Why every dog should be crate trained 2:24 Crate training as a Life Skill 3:30 Crating for a young Puppy 4:14 Teaching 9 week old Puppy that the crate is a ‘good deal’ 11:20 Crate & Feeding tips for young puppies 12:33 Final tip for adolescent pups