Crate Training your Puppy

• The task of crate training your new CVL puppy can be intimidating, but it shouldn’t be! Here are some tips and resources to help you through crate training your new puppy.

  While supervised you may allow your puppy to have access to their snuggle puppy while in the crate the warmth of the puppy and the heartbeat often simulate your puppy’s mother or their litter mates, this is so helpful is settling a young puppy down. Continue to encourage their crate to be a happy place, good things come when they’re in the crate. I recommend feeding your puppy their meals in the crate or allowing them a peanut butter filled kong while supervised. The crate doesn’t have to be scary, I like to think of it as a child’s pack and play. If your puppy cannot be watched they should be confined for their own safety until they can be trusted freely in the house. 

  
  
  

Multi-generational Australian Labradoodles are a cross between many different parent breeds. The breed originated in Australia in the 1980s with the intent of creating an allergy-friendly service dog for the blind. Australian Labradoodles are a combination of a Poodle, Labrador Retriever, English Cocker Spaniel, American Cocker Spaniel, and Irish Water dogs. These breeds were hand-selected for specific breed qualities to create the ideal service dog for those with allergies. Since then, the breed has continued on and spread across the world. Australian Labradoodles are now considered their own breed with its own breed clubs (ALAA and WALA).