Crate Training - Benefits to Crate Training Housetraining: Chew training: Settling:

Making the Crate His Happy Place Set the crate up in a place where the family hangs out, like the living room. [...] If your dog is readily entering the crate on his own, put the food dish all the way at the back of the crate. [...] Give your dog the command to enter the crate. [...] Set up the crate next to the couch and tell your dog to enter. [...] At the end of the movie, if your dog is quiet and settled in the crate, let him out.