New dog coming to the house. Need pointers on crate training.

[Ouch]

Don't get a large size crate thinking your pup needs the extra space. If your crate is too large, he will use the far corner to go to the bathroom.

At first let him stay in the crate for an hour or two at a time. When you're ready to let him out, pick him up and go straight outside. As soon as he does his business praise him generously and take him back inside the house.

You can gradually increase the time he spends in the crate until he gets used to sleeping in it all night without having to go out to pee.

First thing in the morning, repeat the usual going straight from the crate to the yard, letting him do his thing, followed with praise.

Crate training works but some dogs catch on faster than others. If he is going in his crate a bunch that is an indication that you need to downsize it.

Don't pay attention to the crying and protesting. Just ignore it. Eventually they will stop crying. Eventually.

All of this. We are in the middle of it right now. Bandit has been at our house for 9 days. Last night he didn't whine to go out in the middle of the night, and did some serious work as soon as I let him out this morning.

He only cries for a few minutes now when we crate him.

[DirtyDave]

8 year bump LoL

[Charles]

Do what Court said. We hung a bell from the door knob and gently bumped her nose into it to make it ring every time we took her out. Now, when she needs to go out she rings the bell.