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ou get home from work and your crazed puppy whines, barks and paws at the crate door. When you open the door, puppy blasts out of the crate, jumps up and down on your head, nearly knocks you flat. There must be a better way to greet your dog. Your puppy can be trained to wait for your permission to exit the crate. First, a warning, do NOT ask a young puppy to wait for the crate door when he needs to eliminate. Wait until puppy is a little older, or when he has only been crated for a short time.


Dogs who paw at the crate door, whine, bark and jump around when you approach to


release them from their crate are rewarded for these undesir- able behaviors when released from the crate. Releasing a barking, whining, paw- ing, jumping dog from the crate tells the dog that you like these behaviors. Every time you teach your dog self control, you increase his ability to behave well during exciting or distracting events.


Waiting quietly at the crate door will begin to teach your puppy self control. Wait for your puppy to be quiet in his crate, then approach the crate. If your dog begins to vocalize, paw at the crate or jump, stop. Do not make eye


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BY TRICIA FAGAN


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