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Originally Posted by TYSON053108  He is crying when I put him in tunm he crate. When he is out, he is jumping around playing with his toy or laying against my husband. His is 2 1/2 months. He is on nutrical, it was recommended when i took him with me. It's so hard to hear him cry and not go pick him up but I was told that was a big no no. |
Here's what I did with the crate. I put the crate with the door off inside an xpen. I covered the entire floor of the pen with puppy pads so he couldn't make a big mess. I kept the xpen close to me so that everytime he cried I would talk to him and tell him he was okay. I would only take him out when he was not crying. Whenever he fell asleep outside of his crate, I would put him inside his crate. He quickly understood that this was a safe place to be and started going inside on his own. I think by not locking him in in the beginning, he was able to see that his crate was a positive thing. After a few months I was able to take away the xpen and he now goes in his crate without ever crying. Hope that helps!