Crate Training.........absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teach the pup to go to his bed in a kennel crate. Best thing to ever happen to a house dog. And the best thing in the world for dog/human relationships.
We tell Momma's little maltese/yorkie: "Go to bed." And she RUNS to the bedroom and jumps right into her bed. If she needs to go out in the night, she will wake one of us to let her out. Five minutes later, she goes back to her kennel for the rest of the night. If she needs to be left alone in the house for a few hours, it is no big deal to spend that time in her kennel.
Some people hold the mistaken belief that locking a dog in a crate overnight is abusive. That could not be further from the truth. Dogs are an instinctive denning animal, and a kennel crate makes a perfect den.
A pup might whine for a short time due to separation anxiety, when first placed in a crate overnight. Keeping the crate close his master's bed side will go far to lessen that anxiety.
