hey guys,

i have 6 weeks old lab puppy...i read alot about crate training issues and came up with one....i never knew about crate training but as everyone says that its usefull so i have a really technical issue on it...

my puppy use to scream when he was upstairs...then i brought him down in the backyard..and i made a little "home like" thing for him to sleep...which is made by sum foam and mattress..so now my puppy sleeps there and he thinks its his home...and whenever he feels for poop and pee...he goes far away from his home in the backyard and poop there (which satisfies me bcoz its very easy to clean from there)..but there is one problem,i have a door with backyard which connects to TV launge..and my childrens and brother always open this door...so whenever door is open..my puppy comes inside and play and pee and poop.....but if he is outside in the backyard...he feels relax in his home which is made by me...only problem comes when he comes inside.

so my question is that.....do i still really need a crate to put my puppy into that as he poops on my desire place where i want him to poop..so what will be the benifit of crate for me???.

any suggestion will be appreciated

If you are going to allow the dog in the house you need a dog crate.