wendy howled and whined and cried the first night (and a few afterwards) when we crate trained her. What I ended up doing was sleeping on the floor, right in front of her crate, with my fingers through the door to get her to sleep. It will be hard, there's no doubt about that, but eventually the dog doesn't view the crate as a punishment, but *his* space. If wendy's ever sick, unhappy, or whatever, she goes right into her den and sleeps. Other key thing: get a crate just large enough for them to stand up and turn around in - this will curb the habit of them messing in their den because dogs do not go where they sleep. Only trick is to make sure they go out when they need to.

With house training - omg Boston terriers are the *worst*. You have to get a routine set in place: same times everyday, same leash, same door, same yard. Eventually it will kick in that "oh, gosh, I have to pee! I will go stand by the back door so they will know I have to go out." But the key is repetition. The only times we have problems with Wendy now is when we go someplace new or move to a new residence (which hasn't been a while...). But again, Bostons are the worst breed I've ever had to housetrain.

As for making sure they know that in the house is a big no-no, we always made sure Wendy was put in front of the spot where she did her mess and with a deep, you-have-to-be-mad-and-fuming tone say "What did you do?!" Wendy knows my tone of voice (thank you drill sergeant dad), but Chris is a wimp when it comes to yelling. After that, clean up the mess, take pooch outside and then praise them till your blue when they do their business outside. They'll get the sense that indoors=bad; outside=good.

Other than that, playing *a lot* with the pooch will wear them out and make them sleep quicker and longer, like kids. :)