crate trained or crate-trained; crate training or crate-training; crate trains or crate-trains
Definition of crate train
: to train an animal (especially a dog) to accept being confined in a crate (see crate entry 1 sense 2)
Consider crate training your new puppy. There are pros and cons to crate training puppies, and the decision to crate train is totally up to the owner.— Terri Gach-Mils
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The first known use of crate train was in 1984
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