Crate your baby!! Yes or No? Help please!

[YorkieForJuicy]

Hi everyone! I've had Twinkle for 1 week now. I have a crate for her but she is constanting crying everytime I put her in there! Her crate is in her play pen so I let her out to play in her pen but she is still crying and whining to be out of the pen. I don't know what to do! Many have said to just leave her in her pen but she just whins the whole entire time. This past week in order for me to sleep right at night I had to let her sleep on my bed . I just want to see what I should do about this, before she grows older and isn't properly trained to use her crate. Should I be giving in on her whins or just let her be?

[Luckyone]

if you want to crate train her, you cannot let her out of there when she cries and whines. I know it's terrible and hard to listen to it but it's tough love. As long as she's not crying because she has to potty (not sure how old yours is), she'll be fine in there. And it may take a couple of sleepless nights to get her used to it.

[YorkieForJuicy]

thank you Luckyone already that helps, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't tourturing her or anything, its been kind of unbearable to listen to her cries

[Luckyone]

they sound like they're dying don't they? Bella has the worst puppy cry in the world, absolutely breaks your heart. But seriously, as long as she's physically okay, she'll be fine. Bella loves her crate now. I say 'Bella crate' and she goes for it and gets her treat once she's inside.

[GG3]

If you are crate training her make sure the crate isn't really big. My lil girl has a small crate for her to sleep in and have time outs. It is big enough for a lil dog. She will NOT and does NOT like to have accidents in there. I got her a baby blanket from target on sale for 7.99 she loves it. She thinks it is her own lil place she loves her lil blanket in there and cries when she hears my voice or when she see's I am up an the morning. I have a co-worker that has a lil puppy with a bigger crate and she pee's on her blanket and has room to push it to the side. In the morning when I take her out she does good girl and learning.

[charly]

Crate training is something I am going to have to do. Rockies eating paint and that not good. So I am getting more comfortable with the idea. I think its better for the training when we are not at home and for their own personal space.

[MyFairLacy]

I crate-trained Lacy. She cried a lot at first but eventually stopped. I kept her crate by her bed and if she started crying I would bang on the top of the crate. She didn't like the sound so she would stop whining and it didn't hurt her since I was only hitting the crate. That worked great and stopped the crying.

[yorkiegirl83]

I really prefer crate training. It gives me peace of mind to know that when I'm not there, they are safely sleeping and it's useful for sooo many other reasons.

[T Doll]

I'm having the same problem with my Mocha. He cries SO loud and for sooo long...I wonder how he doesn't get tired from it. It's really heartbreaking to listen to, but I've been told to just ignore him when he whines/cries. This kind of confuses me though, as I've always read that their crate should be full of positive experiences, and to not associate it with anything negative. I'm worried that he will start to hate his crate, since he always cries and screams when he's in there. Also, he sometimes has accidents in there because I don't know if his cries are legit, or if he just wants out of the crate. Sorry I'm not much help...but hopefully all the Yorkie pros will chime in

Originally Posted by YorkieForJuicy

Hi everyone! I've had Twinkle for 1 week now. I have a crate for her but she is constanting crying everytime I put her in there! Her crate is in her play pen so I let her out to play in her pen but she is still crying and whining to be out of the pen. I don't know what to do! Many have said to just leave her in her pen but she just whins the whole entire time. This past week in order for me to sleep right at night I had to let her sleep on my bed . I just want to see what I should do about this, before she grows older and isn't properly trained to use her crate. Should I be giving in on her whins or just let her be?

[For My Coby]

I'm a crate trainer. (Even if you don't want to crate your dog, it's important to get them used to it, because at some point... vet, groomer, etc..... they will need to be comfortable in a crate. Both of mine were pretty easy to crate train. I gave them a great treat and said "kennel" every single time they went in.... even if they were just exploring the kennel on their own. Now, if I'm leaving, I'll say "kennel" as I'm getting ready to leave. Nine times out of ten, I can't find Coby... only to find him waiting inside the kennel tapping his foot impatiently for his treat.

I've also found that if I cover the crate (like a birdcage) that stops the barking or whining 99% of the time.

[MikaTallulah]

I have always crate trained by dogs until they were housebroken. My golden Lucky hated the crate so much he decided he would housebroke fast. Got him at 6 weeks of age and he was 100% housebroken by 9 weeks of age. I kid you not. Give he would only be alone for a few hours at first but he did not like the crate. If I had to go out for more than a few hours I would put him in a mess baby play pen and he would slept. I used the mesh babyplay pen for him when I could not watch him closely when he was a baby i.e. cooking, cleaning, or showering. He loved his playpen and would cry to get into it when he needed a nap. He would probably still be in it except once he reach 60 pounds I could not lift him into it. It did not have sides that came down.

Cozy was/is crate trained but was rarely crated because people are always home. I work 3p-11p and my mom get home from work at 2:45p -3:15p. So Cozy pees before I leave for work at 2:30 and then just has to wait 45 minutes tops for someone to get home. Also if my brother does not have school, in college, he will take the dogs for the day/afternoon.

Neither Lucky nor Cozy slept in their crates at night because they would hold their bladders for minimum of 8 hours from the time they were little puppies. Lucky could hold it for 8 hours when I got him at six weeks. The breeder said that he would give the puppies new paper everynight at 11 pm and the paper would be clean the next morning at 7-8 am. What he said was the truth at least for him puppies. The breeder I got Cozy from said that from the time they were 8 weeks old the puppies always slept in her bed or a playpen next to her bed to start them with housebreaking early so if they cried during the night she would take them out. She stated that as long as you don't wake her puppies up they held their water fine and this held true for Cozy. I had really good breeder that loved their dogs and looked to make the transition to their new families as easy as possible.

[shelbell77]

Buy some earplugs! thats what I did..though fortunately Elphaba has stopped the CRAZY whining and crying very quickly. Now its just when she needs to go out or has had an accident in the crate. And don't take her OUT when she's crying. Wait until she settles down before you pull her out of the crate so she knows she has to be quiet to come out.

[marycrank83]

I started out crated Ollie only when we left... then i did not hear him cry. And at bed time next to my bed where i would talk to him.... He got use to it in about a week and LOVES his crate. He now sleeps with us but could not when he was little because he would roll out of my bed and fall to the floor. It really gives me piece of mind when i am not here that he is safe. His crate is just big enough for him to sleep with his pillow and blankies.

[Rocco1]

Okay, I have always been a crate trainer but my little Rocco literally freaks out in his and it's not that big. We have a dachshund that is older and doesnt have to be crated anymore so I'm not sure if Rocco has issues with the crate because Patch is out and about roaming the house as he chooses or if he's like his Mamma and just can't stand small enclosed spaces. Sooo, my point is that I have given up on the crate training with him but he seems to be doing really well with pottying outside when we take him.

Am I going to regret not doing the crate training?

[lara2913]

I have never crate trained, ever. Personally I just hate the whole concept of it and would rather spend longer potty training them and not have to put them in a cage. With puppies it is no hassle at all for me to puppy proof a room in the house for them until they are old enough to be trusted.