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Our New Puppy Is Biting, Having Accidents, and Crying in the Crate — Is This Normal?

July 6, 2026

Our New Puppy Is Biting, Having Accidents, and Crying in the Crate — Is This Normal?

If you just brought home a puppy in Las Vegas and it feels like chaos, you're in good company. In the last month alone, more than 20 valley families came to us with the same list: biting, potty accidents, chewing, crate crying — usually all at once. One family's 10-week-old Frenchie was doing all of the above. Another picked up their shepherd mix the day before and called because they wanted to "start him off right, not develop bad habits."

That instinct is exactly right — and it's the whole reason our puppy training exists.

All of it is normal. None of it should be ignored.

Biting is how puppies explore the world; it becomes a problem when nobody teaches a better option. Potty accidents are a schedule-and-supervision problem, not defiance. Crate crying is a puppy running an experiment: does crying work? Every week you wait, your puppy is still learning — just without a curriculum.

The critical window

The early months are when your puppy decides what's normal: what calm feels like, whether the crate is safe, whether their name means "look at you." Obedience, socialization, and house manners built now prevent the reactivity, anxiety, and chaos we spend four weeks fixing in adult dogs. It is dramatically easier to build it right than to rebuild it later.

The Las Vegas part

Summer potty training on 110-degree asphalt means dawn-and-dusk schedules and shaded potty spots — your puppy's pads burn before your patience does. We build the routine around desert reality, not a generic internet schedule.

Where we come in

This isn't a "send your puppy away" program. Your puppy trains with us during the day, comes home to you each night, and we teach YOU the same tools in your home — because your puppy's real life happens in your kitchen, not a training room. Start with a free evaluation: we'll meet your puppy, tell you honestly what's on track and what needs attention, and map out the right plan.

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