Comments on: Crate Training Your Labrador Puppy https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/ All about Labrador Retrievers Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:57:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 By: Leanne https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-952368 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:39:13 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-952368 Hi there,
thank you so much for all of this amazing advice. Can you please tell me if you advise if the crate door is to be shut at night or not? If we shut the door we will be able to put our 4 year old lab (not crated) and our puppy in the same room, but if we don’t shut the door I presume we will need to seperate them until we know we can trust them together at night? Thank you so much for your advice!

]]> By: Purva https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-856369 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:54:57 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-856369 Is it ok to introduce my 4 month old puppy to a crate ? We have had her for 2 months now but thinking of getting a crate now , so that she can have her den. But am worried if it’s ok after 2 months of her being with us. Please advice. Thanks

]]> By: Meg Austwick https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-791271 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 07:37:56 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-791271 In reply to Anna Newton.

Hi Anna, sorry to hear you’re having trouble with your puppy crying! Our guide on how to cope with puppy crying has lots of tips that should help your puppy settle in. But if you need any more advice, we also have a guide to 9 Week Old Puppies, including schedules and what you can expect. Hopefully these will help, Meg.

]]> By: Anna Newton https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-791259 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 04:41:49 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-791259 Hi there, am coming to you at the end of my tether! We have only had our lab puppy for 4 days but despite being happy in and out of his crate during the day, we have had zero success at night. Last night he howled, cried and barked for 6 hours straight with probably 4 or 5 quiet times of maximum 2 minutes each time. He’s 9 weeks old so I need to let him out during the night, but it was impossible to do that when he was quiet, because he just wasn’t! So now he probably thinks if he keeps going long enough someone will eventually come to him. I absolutely do not want to give up but my husband is ready to and that is really not what I want, as the puppy must be able to be left for short periods, not just overnight, so he’s going to have to get used to it. The crate is large but with a divider, so it’s not easy to bring upstairs so we’ve just left it in the lounge constantly. We’ve left a light and the radio on but nothing has helped. And now I’m wondering if he’s too young and whether I should get a smaller crate and have him in the bedroom for a few weeks? Any advice would be so appreciated as we are absolutely sleep deprived 🙁

]]> By: Pete Reddy https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-775676 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 23:07:58 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-775676 In reply to Sarah.

Grab the A1 and Barbie that cheeky lab

]]> By: Sarah https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-772970 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:34:23 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-772970 Hi Pippa,

I’ve been reading your books and trying to implement your techniques with my almost 9 week old Labrador puppy. I’m having a lot of trouble with his biting, nipping and chewing of my person. Is it appropriate to crate him to calm him down when he is biting too much? Do you have any tips on what to do when he bites me? He loves to chew on my fingers but he also nips my legs, sometimes is rough on my hands and arms. I know he wants to play, and I try to redirect his attention to his toys but oftentimes he is adamant about biting me!

]]> By: Carol Kennings https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-758596 Sat, 30 Jun 2018 20:39:34 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-758596 Hello
Just needing some help with our 8 month old lab .she has destroeyed everyrhing from plants to pools bbqs chairs and anything she can get to .It mostly happens through the night and eatly mornig .I feel she knows that she has done wrong and i am trying to ign ore the behavior but I am reaching my wits end .Is it too late to crate her at night .Getting desparate and need some help before we resent our beauriful Lab
Carol

]]> By: Sierra Dixon https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-748409 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:50:18 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-748409 I have a 8 week old puppy that is screaming every time i leave her in the crate and walk away. She is fine when she can see me i have been reading as much as possible to try and help her cope but its not working. HELP!!!
What are some tips for me to help her or something other have did so i can maybe try that.

]]> By: Jcords https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-746833 Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:20:59 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-746833 In reply to Gina.

My trainer suggested scat mats to keep large dogs off furniture. They work excellent. He only touched them once. Now stays clear.

]]> By: Tina https://www.thelabradorsite.com/crate-training-your-labrador-puppy/comment-page-2/#comment-743526 Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:44:48 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=1144#comment-743526 What shows the puppy it is nightime and that she can hold on longer?

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