Ok so I had forgotten, how much work having a new little puppy around the house can be. This is Day 2 of Bentley's Board and Train stay at The DogSmith, Palm Beach training center.

He is definitely coming out of his shell and showing some confidence and along with that came his voice! oh and what a voice it is, sharp high pitched yelp, and a low hoowwwl its quite a comical sound but not at 3am!!Lol, he likes to make himself heard when I go out of sight! we are working on some separation anxiety the little man is experiencing, but that is all normal for a little puppy his age, he is so dependent on us for everything, he doesn't want to loose sight of me for one second.

Crate training is going really well he goes in and out of the crate on cue "In your crate" ok "Out" by putting this on a cue/command and rewarding him EVERY single time he goes into the crate, he will soon become conditioned to associating the crate with good happy thoughts.

He has had NO accidents in the house and this is because I keep a keen eye on his every move he is never out of my sight unless he is contained. So there is no chance of a mistake inside. I take Mr B out after he wakes up from a nap, when he is finished playing, or after a period of time goes by that he has not been to bathroom for a while.

Last night was a long night, he went to his crate on command and made not one sound, he was sleeping like a baby, until that is 2.45am. No one can mistake that sound a frantic yapping squealing howling ....... it's Mr B. He had had an accident and wanted outta the mess! I got to him and we quickly went outside on the grass and waited and waited and waited what seemed like forever! until finally I was able to reward him for a pee pee outside, this was well worth the wait. He got a reward for making pee pee outside so soon he will want to HOLD all bodily functions, so he can get "rewarded" for it he will learn pretty quickly that this "reward thing" only happens when he is OUTSIDE doing his business.... today we will be spending more time alone in the crate, make it short periods at first, even put your puppy in the crate when you are not leaving the house this way you are not always having him associate him going into the crate when you leave! if he is resting make him rest in the crate... Rachel Williams, Owner of The DogSmith, Palm beach County. www.dogsmith.com