Crate training a new puppy is the best of all worlds. Many dogs are kept outside due to their owners innability to properly train them on good house behavior. Of course, not all dogs make good indoor dogs but even the largest breeds can be taught how to behave inside your home.

Good behavior includes being able to be trusted in your home without chewing up your stuff or using your home as a bathroom

Crate training allows for boundaries to be set and provides a safe place for your pet. If also keeps them from being able to roam around unnattended especially during those critical first months of housebreaking and training.

The thing that's great about crate training is that depending on the crate selected, you can continue to interact with your puppy even if they're in the crate. There are several types of crates that are available today.

1. The wire cage. This is an effective crate but personally, I don't like the idea of caging up my best friend. Yes, it's safe for them and most don't seem to mind but it's bulky, large and basically not a good fit if you're planning to raise your puppy to be a member of your family.

2. The next type are the animal carriers. These are hard or soft sided containers with a metal door on the side. Some of the newer models even have a second doot on top to make it easier to get your pup out of the container. Althouth great for travel, it's not really designed for crate training.

3. Doggie Crates -- Our product (coming soon) is designed to be easy to use. Ever notice how pet stores place puppies in a confined area but are still accessable? This is the same concept as Doggie Crates. Confinement but accessable.

4. Heavy gauge metal. These things look a lot like a lion or tiger cage. Made of high quality metal, these cages are not portable but may make a fine assessory for you car to carry around your pet.

The concept of crate training is based on the fact that dogs will not soil their own area. Allowing your pet to a place to call his own like a crate, will help encourage him to find another location to relieve himself. Using a crate for training is the absolute best way of housebreaking puppy or older dog.

It's your job to point your new best friend to where his new bathroom can be found.