Training Husky Puppies

Siberian Husky Crate Training

When we brought our husky puppies we knew right away that we wanted to have them crate trained. By the time they were three months old, our husky puppies were well on their way to being totally housebroken and crate trained. House braking husky puppies and crate training husky puppies really isn’t that hard if you stick with it. It can become somewhat time consuming and at times a little frustrating, but it is totally worth  it in the end.

The first thing you’ll want to do is get your puppy or puppies a decent sized crate (dog cage). We had two husky puppies to train and we decided to put them together in the same crate, so we opted to buy one of the largest crates that we could find. Some people will say that you should use two separate crates from the beginning. You can use separate crates if you would like, but we found that using the same crate for both of our husky puppies worked just fine. Once they were crate trained we bought another crate so that they would each have their own, but we would often find them together in one of the two cages. It is really up to you. I would recommend buying a large dog cage only because your husky puppies will eventually grow up into large dogs and they will require a large crate.

Once you have the crate you will have to decide where you would like to keep it. We have a rather bedroom so we decided to keep both of the crates in our room and then we eventually moved them to the spare bedroom next door to our bedroom. This is of course now the “dog’s room.” Keeping your puppies crates in your room can be challenging. Your puppies will cry at night when they are first put tin their crates and this can be very hard to ignore. It is however extremely important to let your puppies cry. Do not take them out of their crates at night or you will sending the message that the crate is a bad place. You can put one of your shirts or an old blanket in the crate with them. Your scent will be comforting to them. This is another reason why we kept our husky puppies together. They really didn’t cry as much at night because they had each other.

We started separating our puppies when we would leave during the day. They didn’t seem to cry as much during the day and we weren’t ever gone that long so it really wasn’t an issue. Their crates were also right next to each other so they always had the comfort of each other too.

Give your puppies some time. They will eventually love going into their crates. It will become their space and they will feel safe once inside. Our dogs still love sleeping in their crates to this day.