I need puppy help! Barking and crating!
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kryslaurelle
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I'm having the same issue with barking in the crate. He always has something in his crate - soft toy, chew toy, etc. Every time I put him in his crate he has a tantrum. I've never come back to him or say anything when he's having a fit, just ignore him.
As an example, I always put him in his crate in the bedroom while I take a shower and he always has a fit, and then will be quiet half way through my shower. This has been happening every night for the last three weeks.
I'm hoping he will grow out of it.
As an example, I always put him in his crate in the bedroom while I take a shower and he always has a fit, and then will be quiet half way through my shower. This has been happening every night for the last three weeks.
I'm hoping he will grow out of it.
ferg
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Well, many of you won't agree with me but hey! that is why we have discussions.
The pup is flat out wanting attention, it is getting "cross" objections and being shoved in that lousy crate. Would you like to be placed into solitary confinement half or more of your day? Didn't think so.
Chip may be an unusual puppy but since we have had many I don't think that is necessarily so. We go out of the house at noon to take care of business and eat lunch. Pretty much the only time he is in his plastic, no top, crib during daylight hours. Extremes of time probably 2 to 3 hours but most of the time it is about one to one and-a-half hours. Left out when we get home, free as a bird until bedtime around nine or ten PM. We have our wood shop attached to our home, office on second floor, we are very busy and work seven days a week most of the year. Chip is with one or both wherever we are. When we take a break, maybe go sit on the porch for a bit, Chip goes with us and may chew on a carrot, loves them. Never whines or barks to get attention. A love pat now and then suffices.
I suspect that folks having a total breakdown over having a puppy done the same when they had their children. Relax and enjoy them. Holy smoke they grow up so fast. Love them, try your darndest to understand them and teach them nice, calm, commands. A CRATE!!!! Never for ours. We never put our human babies in a bed, shut the door and ignored hoping they would sooner or later be quiet. So many of you look at puppy hood as a pariah, it is only what you make of it.
At this moment I am running a CNC router with several large pieces of machinery that all make noise. Where is Chip? Laying right beside my chair as peaceful as the morning sun.
uppyWell, many of you won't agree with me but hey! that is why we have discussions.
The pup is flat out wanting attention, it is getting "cross" objections and being shoved in that lousy crate. Would you like to be placed into solitary confinement half or more of your day? Didn't think so.
Chip may be an unusual puppy but since we have had many I don't think that is necessarily so. We go out of the house at noon to take care of business and eat lunch. Pretty much the only time he is in his plastic, no top, crib during daylight hours. Extremes of time probably 2 to 3 hours but most of the time it is about one to one and-a-half hours. Left out when we get home, free as a bird until bedtime around nine or ten PM. We have our wood shop attached to our home, office on second floor, we are very busy and work seven days a week most of the year. Chip is with one or both wherever we are. When we take a break, maybe go sit on the porch for a bit, Chip goes with us and may chew on a carrot, loves them. Never whines or barks to get attention. A love pat now and then suffices.
I suspect that folks having a total breakdown over having a puppy done the same when they had their children. Relax and enjoy them. Holy smoke they grow up so fast. Love them, try your darndest to understand them and teach them nice, calm, commands. A CRATE!!!! Never for ours. We never put our human babies in a bed, shut the door and ignored hoping they would sooner or later be quiet. So many of you look at puppy hood as a pariah, it is only what you make of it.
At this moment I am running a CNC router with several large pieces of machinery that all make noise. Where is Chip? Laying right beside my chair as peaceful as the morning sun.
ferg
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Has it occurred to you, he may want to be with you in the bathroom? Chip goes into the bathroom with either/both of us. Shower comb our hair whatever. Usually lies down on the bath mat and waits patiently until we are ready to leave.
I'm having the same issue with barking in the crate. He always has something in his crate - soft toy, chew toy, etc. Every time I put him in his crate he has a tantrum. I've never come back to him or say anything when he's having a fit, just ignore him.
As an example, I always put him in his crate in the bedroom while I take a shower and he always has a fit, and then will be quiet half way through my shower. This has been happening every night for the last three weeks.
Has it occurred to you, he may want to be with you in the bathroom? Chip goes into the bathroom with either/both of us. Shower comb our hair whatever. Usually lies down on the bath mat and waits patiently until we are ready to leave.
kryslaurelle
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Yes, that has occurred to me, and I'm sure that's the reason for his barking. But I want to teach him that once in a while I'm not going to be around, and world is not going to end because of it. And once he grows up a bit and I can trust that he's not going to get into trouble, he can earn the privilege of roaming the house unsupervised.
Enzo is only four months old, and he is an absolutely FABULOUS puppy and the best thing that ever happened to me, but he is still a puppy and WILL find trouble. I'd rather him be safe in a crate than find and chew things he's not supposed to.
And what if something happens in the future where we have to be evacuated somewhere? Many evacuation centers only accept dogs that are crate trained. Just food for thought.
Watson's Mom
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Watson came to me crate trained, so I've got nothing to help you out with the barking. I'd imagine ignoring the attention grabbing barks... Watson breaks his out when we are in class and he knows I have a pocket full of treats that he wants. I would have to think even a puppy has a different bark for attention seeking and one for when it's in distress...
Keep with it, having them crate trained I think is important. We rarely use ours anymore but we did when Watson was still healing his bites. I couldn't watch him 24/7 obviously, so when I couldn't, in he went with his collar on. This kept the cats away from him, kept him calm, and kept me from having big blood spots on my white carpet (I had towels and blankets down, but he would push them around so he could be on the carpet.. pest).
You wouldn't let a baby have the run of the house doing whatever it pleased right? Sometimes as the parent you have to do things they don't like for the sake of their safety. Be consistent and stick with it! Good luck... from the sounds of the other new puppy parents, this will pass!
Keep with it, having them crate trained I think is important. We rarely use ours anymore but we did when Watson was still healing his bites. I couldn't watch him 24/7 obviously, so when I couldn't, in he went with his collar on. This kept the cats away from him, kept him calm, and kept me from having big blood spots on my white carpet (I had towels and blankets down, but he would push them around so he could be on the carpet.. pest).
You wouldn't let a baby have the run of the house doing whatever it pleased right? Sometimes as the parent you have to do things they don't like for the sake of their safety. Be consistent and stick with it! Good luck... from the sounds of the other new puppy parents, this will pass!