This is our most extensive à‑la‑carte item.  By the end of the 3 week training program, puppy should be able to crate-up on command, wait quietly for release, and ultimately crate up to 6 hours through the night without accidents.  Puppy will also learn to potty outside, making the house-breaking process even easier on puppy's arrival home.  Puppies learn that the crate is a safe, predictable place to rest. We use gentle exposure, quiet settling, and reward‑based routines to encourage confidence and reduce fussing. These early habits make nighttime sleep, house training, and travel far easier for new families and their puppy.  On take-home day, families will be equipped with a progress report and a tip-sheet which includes a key to verbal commands used with their puppy and instructions on continuing crate-training at home.  Puppy will also go home with their personal crate-training blanket used during crate-time.  We work on progress towards mastery, keeping in mind age of the puppies we are working with.  Past trainees have mastered 95 to 100% of skills taught.