Crying in the Crate
February 23rd, 2010
Our new little guy Blaze isn’t as quiet as our Nitro was. My husband says its punishment for bragging so much about how great Nitro was as a baby. Blaze, aka squealer, doesn’t seem to enjoy his crate. He does a lot of crying when we put him in his crate. Here are some things that we are doing to try to help.
We are putting little Blaze in the crate with a treat for going in when he is tired. This will help him learn its his sleeping place. When he cries we are ignoring him. When he is quiet thats when we will allow him to come out. I’m also working on getting him on a schedule so he is used to the amount of crating he will have to live through in his puppy hood. Hopefully by 2 years we can wean him off the crate.
One of our crates is in the family room which is where we hang out when we are home, so he is close by. It helps to drop in a reward if they are quiet. We also try to feed him some in his crate. This morning, he has cried off and on for an hour, hopefully this will get better over time!
If your puppy is crying in the crate, the number one rule is to never let them out when they are doing it! That will make them believe that they can cry to get out. Wait until they are quiet and then take them out.
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