Puppy owners worry about dogs whining in crates when alone
19 posts across 3 communities in the last 60 days; 90% from r/puppy101.
“My puppy is doing really well with everything but she HATES being left alone. Tried the crate when she was younger and she despised it. Current routine is to put her in the kitchen, safe den like space being set up for her and left with a chew. Problem - she wont entertain the…”
“I have a a cockapoo who has enforced naps in his crate. He does well and sleeps for at least 2 hours at a time, and sleeps most of the night. What happens when I need to go out for an appointment, etc. and he’s not ready for a nap? How do I prepare him to stay alone for a couple…”
“Need help because we are going crazy… We love our retriever but at the moment we can not figure out how to solve his whining and barking issue whenever he wakes up in his crate and it’s so tiresome… He gets enough sleep and his impulsive control is pretty good but whenever he…”
Multiple users are concerned about their puppies' behavior when left alone in a crate, specifically mentioning whining and an inability to self-settle. This indicates a need for strategies to reduce anxiety and promote independent sleep habits in crated puppies.
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“Our 5mo Goldendoodle won’t stay in her crate more than 2ish hours without barking. We work from home and need to have her on a schedule and ideally want her to be in her crate 9-12 and 2-5pm. Usually she goes into her crate just…”
“My 19 week old English setter has come a long way in his crate training and separation anxiety. He used to bark and fuss nonstop when he was apart from us. Now, we leave him in our garage with a doggy door to outside during the workday and he sleeps pretty much the entire time, sometimes for 3-4 hours at a time (someone checks on him during lunch). When we are at home with him, we use his crate for enforced naps when he starts to show signs he’s tired. We give him some kind of lick mat or chew t”
“Hi everyone, I've been lurking on this reddit for the last couple of weeks and a lot of the threads here have been super helpful! But hoping to get some advice on my own situation: I have a 9.5 week old mini dachshund (we brought him home at 8 weeks) and we are currently crate training and also doing enforced naps (2 hour down, 1 hour up) throughout the day. His crate is located in his pen, covered on our living room floor. During the first week we followed a lot of advice around sitting out”
“Hi all, this weekend we adopted a 9.5 month old pyrenees/heeler puppy. Question about overnight crating - how do you tell when your puppy is whining due to boredom vs. needing to go out? His fosters told us he could go usually 7 hours in the crate, however, this AM he began whining in the crate around 4 AM and then again around 5:45, when he was put into the crate at 11 PM. He is taken to the bathroom immediately before he goes to bed and is given his favorite toy to take in the crate. How do we”
“Short version: I have a very clingy anxious 11 month old hound mix who struggles in the crate when I am gone at work. My other dog is able to free roam. Do I put the crated dog in the part of the house where he can see the other dog who is free roaming? Or do I put his crate in a separate room where he can’t see that dog? Long version: I have a very anxious & affectionate clingy loving hound mix who is 11 months old, I got him from a shelter a month ago. He was previously a stray in the sout”
“I think I am overthinking a bit but wanted to check opinions. My 5 month old terrier puppy is crated and generally loves being in her crate. She has done a few (maybe 3-3.5 hours at a stretch) at a time in the day and sleeps through the night in her crate. Usually we put her to bed at around 9-10pm and she sleeps until 6-7am. Sometimes in the day she will take herself to her crate. She also has a pen but she doesn’t like that as much and has less experience being alone in there. Tonight is our f”
“My 10 week old puppy is an absolute rock star at sleeping in his crate at night, and settling back down after middle of the night bathroom breaks. However, he gets very distressed being put in his crate/puppy proof room in the middle of the day and generally starts frantically barking. Last weekend I put him in his puppy safe room while was falling asleep to run a 30 minute errand. I came back and he was fine, but other, shorter periods of time away have resulted in me coming home to a barking d”
“I got a 10 week old puppy on Tuesday so 3 days ago. Shes been great in the crate at night with just one potty wake up. A bit of resistance during the day. Crying whining but ultimately settles and can sleep for a while. She is also good to lay down/sleep while I'm not next to her. I wasn't planning on leaving her so soon but I got scheduled a last minute important doctor's appointment in the morning. I could be gone easily 2-3hours. No one can stay with her unfortunately... Will she”
“My puppy is doing really well with everything but she HATES being left alone. Tried the crate when she was younger and she despised it. Current routine is to put her in the kitchen, safe den like space being set up for her and left with a chew. Problem - she wont entertain the chew and she just barks/howls I can leave her for 1/2 minutes and she starts barking She wont touch the chew until I walk back into the house then she wont great me but run straight to eat it. I do the leave for a minute,”
“Hello My puppy is 9 weeks old and is a German shorthaired pointer × Irish wolfhound mix. We have been trying to crate train him via putting treats and a treat toy in his crate and his food and water in his crate, and sitting next to the crate in sight. Our puppy is distracted by the treats for a few minutes but then full on panics, he bites and pulls at the crate wires and screams, sometimes he stops for a minute but then it always continues. Speaking to him in a soothing voice does not work nor”
“I have a a cockapoo who has enforced naps in his crate. He does well and sleeps for at least 2 hours at a time, and sleeps most of the night. What happens when I need to go out for an appointment, etc. and he’s not ready for a nap? How do I prepare him to stay alone for a couple of hours when he’s wide awake? submitted by /u/jotappenden [link] [comments]”
“Need help because we are going crazy… We love our retriever but at the moment we can not figure out how to solve his whining and barking issue whenever he wakes up in his crate and it’s so tiresome… He gets enough sleep and his impulsive control is pretty good but whenever he wakes up in his crate he non stop is whining, yawning and barking until he is out of his crate… For example: he wakes up in the morning and straight away starts his “singing contest”. We can not take him straight away outsi”
“Will my dog resent the crate. Hes 3 months old. Frenchie poodle mix. Dads frenchie, moms poodle. Hes super chill, he wines sometimes. But for most of the day he has been sleeping every hour or so. Then wakes up for potty and a little play/ teething break(which we have the fake grass in the house, he hasn't had all of his shots yet.). Im concerned about him sleeping though the night. He has tired me out today. Ive had him since friday. Hes been good so far. No barking. 2 accidents . He wines”
“3-4mos rescue Australian Shepherd/Great Pyrenees mix. Age is a guess but vet seemed to agree. I've only had her for about 2 weeks now and she is doing pretty great with everything except for crate training and seperation anxiety. My main focus right now is the seperation anxiety. I've been trying to work on it but I am clearly doing something wrong because nothing is working. I realize she is young and all this is new, but it feels like she is getting worse not better. Every time I am ou”
“I got my 3 month old puppy about 3 days ago and i am trying to crate train him. I feed his meals in there, give him treats, and reward him. I also try to tire him out but all he does is bark all night long. I would really help tips as I do not have that much time available to train him all day long. submitted by /u/jellyfish4akitkat [link] [comments]”
“I have a 5 year old German Shepherd that I adopted over 2 years ago. I would like to crate train him to help with this separation anxiety. I would like the crate to end up in the location where he currently sleeps, in our bedroom; this is where I had it for our last GSD and it’s by far the most convenient location in our apartment. However, she was already crate trained before we moved into this home, so this situation is slightly different. I assume that replacing his bed with a crate on day 1”
“I have a 9 month old puppy who is crate trained. We only use the crate for naps, overnight sleep and sometimes when we need to go some where for a bit. The longest she has been in her crate (with the exception of overnight) is about 5/6 hours. She cannot be trusted to be out and about in the house for a few reasons. 1-she is destructive and 2-my older lab (7 year old) and the puppy are not friends. She pesters my older dog constantly. Anyway, I start a new job tomorrow and I will be out of the h”
“I’m getting a Wheaton terrier puppy on 13 September. I’m trying to get prepared and something I think would be a good idea is a corral that hooks to a crate but I can’t find anything like that. What do you guys do to crate train. I don’t want to just stick him in the crate and have a fearful dog and I can’t let him run loose in the house so I need a corral. Do you know a good corral that I can remove a panel and add my crate submitted by /u/zander500 [link] [comments]”
“I brought my 9 week old White Swiss Shepherd home last Sunday. He has been amazing, or as amazing as he can be at 9 weeks being a land shark! So he goes into the crate for naps and to sleep overnight. He is very good at going down for sleeps in there and goes down for around 3-4 hours. I will be going back to work in about a week and a half and he will be alone for MAX 3 hours. At the moment when he wakes without us in the room he will whine the flat down and not self settle. He is staying in hi”