[MSmith90]

So here's my story: It's 4 am, I'm tired, I'm angry, and I'm fed up.

I don't know what to do any more. When I first got Bigsby he slept in his kennel without any problem. A few times he would whine for maybe 10 minutes tops, and then settle down and go to bed. I would let him up on my bed some nights, but he didn't seem to mind whenever he had to go back into the crate. The reason I'm keeping him in his kennel is because I won't be here every night, I'm going back to college this fall and he needs to learn that sometimes there isn't going to be anyone else to sleep with. I don't understand why NOW all of a sudden he whines ALL. NIGHT. LONG.

I've spent the past two hours cry and pleading for him to just lay down and go to sleep. Over and over. I've left the room and it just escalates. I don't know what to do. I have a 9 hour shift today and I can't take this. I cannot do this. I don't know what to do. My mom finally came down and took him upstairs with her, just letting him get what he wants, so now he's just been reinforced that he can just whine and eventually someone is going to let him out of the kennel. I'm SICK of this.

If ANYONE has ANY idea as to what I should do, PLEASE let me know.

Mind you, if I seem angry, I'm not... I'm absolutely furious. You have to remember, I'm running on maybe one hour of restless sleep and have to go to work in 6 hours. Already past the point where sleep comes easy, and I'm ready to rip out all my hair. I already taken anti-anxiety medication, this issue is NOT helping in any way shape or form so I would appreciate a little sympathy and people not just telling me to not put him in the crate... after all, I didn't spend 150 dollars on it just to NOT use it.