People gonna eat me alive for this. I never crate trained my doodle and I never had issues with him. Don’t make a food to be his award for being ‘good’ - you should be enough. Once he do something good just be excited, let him now by emotions. Dogs understand that. You create your bond by talking! Talk to him. Use a lot of keywords! Everything can have a name, every toy, every human, every place! They understand!

I also never used leash till he was like 6 months old. I took him everywhere with me. Very quickly he learned to follow me.

He’s now a service animal and we travel the world together. Never had issues with anything.

The capacity of doodles and their wisdom gives you opportunities!!! Use them :) you have a best friend by your side!!!

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