Dog owners struggle to transition puppies from beds to crates

“My puppy is just shy of 4 months old. She’s slept in her crate downstairs every night without any issues since the first day I got her at 9 weeks old. She sleeps through the night without accidents, and I typically wake her up once a night around the same time to take her potty. Whenever I bring her inside from a walk, I have her sit by the back door while I undo her leash. Then I tell her “go to your crate” and she walks right over and settles into bed. I follow behind her and lock the crate do”

“I currently have an almost 16 week old female boxer. We brought her home at 9.5 weeks! In the 6weeks we have had her, crate training has been going well for the most part, she took to her nighttime crate in our bedroom right away and sleeps through the night. My husband and I both work remotely, so I enforce naps every hour or so. She sleeps 1.5 to 2 hours each nap in the living room crate. Over the past 6 weeks, she has gotten more used to the crate. She will occasionally whine for a couple min”

“This is our second puppy - but different circumstances from the first. She is a gorgeous Golden - and we have another 5 year old Golden. Sleeping set up - is crate in kitchen - with a small pen around it. Older Golden sleeps in our bed - and puppy will too once house trained. For now she is 10 weeks old - and since she came with us from the breeders one of us has slept next to her crate so she is not scared. Otherwise she will cry non-stop/ However this is taking its toll on our sleep and rest.”

“Hey everyone, looking for some real experiences and advice. We have an almost 5-month-old female mix (mom was a Husky, dad unknown, currently around 10kg/22lbs). She’s been with us for a month now. Potty training is going great and she already sleeps through the whole night in a small pen inside our bedroom. However, we are really struggling with leaving her home alone. Whenever we try to leave, she starts crying and barking. We’ve been trying gradual training exercises, but every time we do a &”

“My boyfriend and I are rescuing a puppy from Mexico. He is a German shepherd mix- possibly husky or border collie. We get him the beginning of November so he will be about 6 months old. We are having trouble deciding whether to use a pen or crate. We bought a pen and planned of putting him there when we go back to work for the day but at the end of the day we would be taking the pen down as we do not have the space to leave a pen up while we are home. Will this cause confusion? I’m worried he wi”

“Puppy is a 6.5 month old male Bernedoodle. We’ve had him now for since he was 10 weeks old (rehome). Since day one, we have been crate training. It’s been almost 5 months of everyday working on it, and he’s still not able to be in the crate at all, unless he’s sleeping. We started off with the crate inside of his pen area, with the door open. During the day, we would practice going in and out of the crate with treats. Then closing the door and opening the door. Then staying in with the door clos”

“Struggling a bit with conflicting advice on crate training and lack of progress. We have a 5-6 month old puppy who does very well at night in her crate. During the day, she also sleeps very well in there for 40-60 minutes. But after that she will bark and whine until let out. Barking pattern seems more demand barking than panic, i.e. two barks -> short pause -> two barks etc This has pretty much always been the case (we never got her into a one up two down pattern). We don’t let her out un”

“My Goldendoodle turns 13 weeks tomorrow and has been home for 5 days. He's improving quickly and is now mostly fine in his playpen, including sleeping alone in his room. He may whine briefly, but settles pretty fast. The crate is different. He happily goes in and eats there, but once the food is gone and he realizes the door is closed, he gets very sad and whiny. No self-destructive behavior, he just really dislikes being shut in. He's doing well with potty training and sleeps about 9 PM”

“We got our 4 month old mini poodle mix 5 days ago. At the foster home, she was crate trained with her brother. The foster said she slept 6 hours at night, potty break, and then another hour or two. As well as scheduled naps throughout the day and time in the crate if the foster needed to leave. This was all done with her brother so we expected some issues. I got her a heartbeat stuffy and that seems to help her be in the crate while I am in her sight. However, the first night she was impossible”

“Our 1 year old black lab is a sweetie but in the prime of his teenage years it feels like. He loves his crate and does so well in it. So well, in fact, I’m worried he’s not learning how to settle well outside of it. (He will, but it takes a while). Currently our usual schedule is: 7:30 or 8-11 up//walk (30-50min)/breakfast/play & chill (settle Best during this time) 11-3 or 4 crate nap (I have to wake him up, he doesn’t whine to be let out anymore) 3/4-10 or 10:30 out to play or walk 30min o”

“I got my puppy (cocker spaniel) at 4 months old and he is now just over five months. He does really well in his crate at night, will sometimes go in there on his own when he is tired and the door is open, and naps very well when he is in the crate with the door closed and I am in the same room. However, he seems to be making little to no progress in being left alone in there. Whether it is leaving the room shortly to go do chores around the house or leaving to go run a quick errand, he has about”

“We’ve had our pup for about 4 weeks and she’s currently 16 weeks old. I crate her for a few hours a day, or if we leave the house. Since her first night she’s been sleeping in the crate as well, but 4 weeks later the night time is a struggle. She’s still having a hard time settling in the crate, up multiple times to bark. The no sleep is killing me after a month. She has white noise, a dark room, tried covering the crate etc. We’ve tried everything. I’m debating letting her sleep in our bedroom”

“I am mainly wondering if anyone else had this experience with their puppy, or if this is something we might need to address with a trainer to dig deeper. Basically, our 4mo old puppy almost always cries when we put her in her crate. We’ve had her for almost 2 months and from day one has napped and slept in the crate. There have been a few days she has napped on the couch with us, or woke up really early and slept in our bed for the last 1-2 of the night before the day starts. She goes in her cra”

“Really struggling with our 12 week old English cocker spaniel. He’s only been home with us a week. The first 5 days he would nap in his crate beautifully. We planned to restrict his ability to roam the house by either a puppy play den (which he has learned to climb and has become dangerous) or a leash (which he hates and will keep back up to trying and get his collar off). Today I couldn’t watch him while I got my kids ready for school so I crated him and he lost his damn mind. So now I’m wonder”

“Puppy is now about 8 month old Keeshund. Crate training slow and steady from 3 months (about when we got her), she was good for up to 4 hours. Last week we had to leave town due to a family bereavement and left puppy with friends/pet sitters (married couple). Husband told specifically instructed that puppy can be crated during day for up to 4 hours, but she is used to sleeping out of crate (we’re dogs in the bed people) and shouldn’t be crated overnight. Friend crated puppy overnight anyway, com”

“I have a 7 month old cocker spaniel. She has minimum one enforced nap in the crate during the day and she sleeps in there overnight. It's in our living room. Crating overnight has become an issue. She will go in fine at the beginning of the night if I give her the command and then treat. That's fine. But she has started whining and howling and clawing at the bars at 5am to be let out to the toilet. For contact she used to sleep outside of the crate and she CAN hold her pee and poop until”

“I have a 4 month pup, we've had her for 2 months. My boys were home with her during summer while I worked. I asked that they do crate naps, but because they were so excited for the pup she often napped on the couch. Insert pissed off mom. She sleeps fine at night in her crate, but daytime has been a struggling. This is day 3 of consistent naps in the crate. She whined and cried for 30 mins, with minor breaks in-between. I didn't let her out, I put my fingers in the crate and pet her, tal”

“We’ve been working on crate training for 4 weeks since we brought home our now 14 week old English Setter puppy. He’s doing really well at night, we have the crate covered and next to the bed. We put him in around 10:30 PM and he will usually sleep until about 6 AM without much whining. During the day however, different story. He will happily leap in there for treats and stays calm if we are giving him treats. As soon as we stop with the treats he starts barking pretty non stop. Even if we’re si”

“Hello, I adopted a 5 month old Shih Tzu / Blue Heeler mix less than 2 weeks ago. He came up to PA from Mississippi a month ago and was in foster home before we adopted him. His foster mom crate trained him and said he was doing well. With that being said, we placed him in a crate his first night and he did great. The next day, disaster. He is EXTREMELY nervous (doesn’t like being walked on a leash, eats randomly, barks out of fear, etc). I knew before adopting him that he was nervous, but this i”

“I adopted a 4.5 month old puppy this past weekend. He was brought up from Mississippi two weeks ago, then lived in a foster home until we brought him home. He was doing crate training with his foster mom, who works part-time. I also work part-time. I’ve had dogs all my life, but this puppy is afraid of everything, from his leash, to being held, being close at center times, toys, etc. My question is how do you leave a dog home while at work if you’re still “crate training”. Today and yesterday, h”

“Hi, I have a 6.5 month old Staffy X (unfortunately don't know what he is crossed with). He is the loveliest, sweetest natured boy who has adored sleeping in his crate in the bedroom to the point he would constantly take himself to his crate and get upset when we would not close the door. However, the past few nights, it has been an absolute struggle for bedtime. He is much less willing to go in his crate and keeps trying to opt for a space on the floor (on carpet). When he does get in his cr”

“i’ve had my poodle puppy for 4 days. i have to go back to work after the weekend. he’s been sleeping better overnight in his crate, which is in our bedroom. we have a playpen in the living room , where he is going to be when i’m busy at home, or out. he’s not able to relax yet in his playpen. i give him a special toy or treat when he’s in there. he intermittently cries/plays with the toy or the kong. but never relaxes or takes a nap. today i’ve been trying to walk out of the room and come back,”

“Its been two weeks that we have been adjusting to our 6 month old cockapoo male. First night he slept in the crate no problem, second night he kept everyone and their mother's up. Im exaggerating it was about 1 hour of torture, luckily Google suggested dropping a treat in the crate when he was silent. From there I have been doing 20 to 30 minutes of crate training. The first couple of days I was trying a technique I saw where you drop treats from the top of the crate. Yesterday I began to ha”

“My goldendoodle puppy is 7 months old, we've had him about 4 months now. We started crating him from Day 1, but only at night. He wouldn't stay in there during the day, but once he was half asleep at night he wouldn't care if we put him in there and would settle pretty quickly until around 6 a.m. when we'd take him out. But as soon as he entered the dreaded adolescent phase a few weeks ago he stopped going in there even at night. Gets up and runs away from me if I even just stand”

“My partner and i just got a doberman mix breed from the shelter about 3 1/2 weeks ago she’s was a stray before the shelter so training is a little challenging she’s about 17 weeks old ( 3 months ) and we are struggling with her crying when we leave her in the crate during the day. She eventually quiets herself down after around 15 mins but some days it feels like nothings working. as for potty training she knows to potty outside, any advice on how to train her to tell us would be amazing. We hav”

“We recently brought home our 11 week old English Setter puppy, Benny, one week ago. For the most part he’s very well behaved other than normal puppy behaviors. We’ve been trying to crate train him since day 1. We feed meals in the crate, give him special treats in the crate, and reward him for staying calm in the crate. He doesn’t naturally put himself in the crate to nap, but if we place him in after he falls asleep he will sleep for another 30-45 min before he gets up to look for us. At night,”

“Hi! I got an 11 week old English Springer Spaniel 5 days ago and he’s not the biggest fan of his crate or being confined in general. Open to advice and everyone’s crazy hacks to get your puppies to love their crate. submitted by /u/No-External-1886 [link] [comments]”

“hi all! first ever Reddit post because I am desperate to get my sleep back. My 4 month old cocker spaniel puppy has been a crate champ since the day we got her. We’ve had her for 8 weeks, and she’s stayed quiet in the crate from 9pm-ish to 6am-ish every night. I know that this is insanely lucky and that I’ve been living the good life in that regard for 8 weeks, but unfortunately, my luck has run out! Within the last week, she’s suddenly had a big regression with sleep. It started with waking up”

“We got our puppy, Athena, just about a week ago. We have been working on crate training, but she’s not a big fan. Wednesday is the first day where my husband and I both need to be at work at the same time. She will be alone for 3.5 hours or so. We did a test run of sorts today by getting her down for a nap around noon and coming home from lunch at 1:45-2ish. She was not crying or anything when we arrived (this felt like a bit win lol). How can we best set her up for success on Wednesday? Can she”

“My husband and I adopted a puppy from a rescue June 28, he was 9 weeks at the time. He’s guessed to be an Australian Shepherd mix. He is going to be 16 weeks on Sunday. We have had him sleeping in a crate in our bedroom next to our bed from night one. Night one, he whined briefly when the lights went out but stopped as soon as I put my hand on and fell asleep. Since then, he has consistently slept from ~10PM to ~6AM, when he wakes up and I take him out. During the day, he is crated for a total o”

“How is everything going for you? My 6 month mini poodle was sleeping in her crate like a little angel until heatwaves and overnight vet visits disturbed her routine and I gave up and now she sleeps on my bed. She's tiny so her being in bed is not a problem per se. There are two things on my mind: 1) She's tiny and I'm worried that me or my husband will kick her or squash her. (2.6kg / 5.7 lbs) 2) I'm worried about times when she needs to stay with friends. Tbh all my friends allo”

“Hey y'all, been a while since I last posted here. I have a 1.5yr old Vizsla/Shepherd mix who had a lot of trouble crate training. We eventually got her crate trained where she would sleep through the night without issue, no whining at all. This summer we've boarded her a few times and I worry it may be causing her to regress. Basically after her boarding I noticed she would start to whine again. At first we would take her out, worried she was either sick or had to use the bathroom. But e”

“specifically those with high drive breeds like mals and dutchies. My bf thinks my puppy’s never gonna learn to be out of the cage overnight or during his daytime nap hours if I don’t stop crating him now. My pups a Dutchie and is only 20 weeks and we have other dogs, a kid, and a cat who interrupt his naptimes outside the crate so hes been getting structured naps throughout the day. I raised my huskies this way and they turned out to have phenomenal off switches but curious on other peoples expe”

“I thought we were in a good place. But, over the weekend, our 5 month old corgi has decided that he doesn't like going into his crate at night. This hasn't been an issue since his first night. The last few nights when it is time for bed, he will whine and cry. I quietly take him to make sure he doesn't need to use the bathroom, even though he goes right before being put in the crate at bedtime. I really don't know what to do. Or why he has decided now that he doesn't like goi”

“Hi! Has anyone transitioned a 4.5 month old puppy from the bed to her crate overnight? She is used to the crate for naps in the same room during the day and if travelling in van. She currently sleeps 9-10 hours during the night without needing outside. Helpful tips welcome as I know this will be a big change for her. It was fine for first 4 weeks or so (we got her at 11 weeks) but now she just moves about the bed loads changing position, stretching kicking and stuff and it wakes me up like at le”