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I love Glitch. I want to keep Glitch. I do not love Glitch's behavior regarding the crate.
Things aren't so bad at night. I usually get about two minute of pathetic whimpering and then silence. Up around 3, potty, then an additional two minutes of crying and back to sleep until morning.
During the day, though? Nightmare. Warbling screams at the top of his lungs every time I leave the apartment. I don't even make it down to the car before he starts. It is at a volume about 1 decibel less then brain destroying. He is also tearing at the bars of the crate.
I cover the crate and leave music playing for him. He has a special treat that is for crate time only. I feed him in there. The door is always open, and he can go in whenever he feels like it (he never does). I always make sure that he is tired before he goes in.
We are playing crate games, and I am closing him in it for periods while I am home with him. He still gets upset, but not like he does when I leave.
What else can I be doing? I've probably had 25 puppies come through here, and I"ve never had one this bad about the crate. Obviously I don't want him stressed out and hating the crate, but I can't spend my life at home coddling him either.
If he wasn't tearing at the bars, I would just pick a day when everyone was going and let him cry it out, but it seems cruel when he's doing that.
Other then this, he is a perfect puppy. Smart, drivey, confident. But the crate issue could be a dealbreaker if I can't sort it out.
Things aren't so bad at night. I usually get about two minute of pathetic whimpering and then silence. Up around 3, potty, then an additional two minutes of crying and back to sleep until morning.
During the day, though? Nightmare. Warbling screams at the top of his lungs every time I leave the apartment. I don't even make it down to the car before he starts. It is at a volume about 1 decibel less then brain destroying. He is also tearing at the bars of the crate.
I cover the crate and leave music playing for him. He has a special treat that is for crate time only. I feed him in there. The door is always open, and he can go in whenever he feels like it (he never does). I always make sure that he is tired before he goes in.
We are playing crate games, and I am closing him in it for periods while I am home with him. He still gets upset, but not like he does when I leave.
What else can I be doing? I've probably had 25 puppies come through here, and I"ve never had one this bad about the crate. Obviously I don't want him stressed out and hating the crate, but I can't spend my life at home coddling him either.
If he wasn't tearing at the bars, I would just pick a day when everyone was going and let him cry it out, but it seems cruel when he's doing that.
Other then this, he is a perfect puppy. Smart, drivey, confident. But the crate issue could be a dealbreaker if I can't sort it out.