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Originally Posted by yorkieusa  To those who don't remember, OP's family adopted this yorkie as a rescue in October, 2010, and he is somewhere around one year of age. |
My rescue was a pup mill rescue...crating him was cruel and a crate was not a bed or a room or den it was a cage to him and very traumatic...however my other dogs either came partially crate trained or I got so young they easily took to it...of course we had some nights that were worse than others but now I don't even have to shut a crate door and they go to their bed willingly-
FOR MY PUP MILL RESCUE A CRATE WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA I USED A PLAY PEN INSTEAD...however if this dog was in a crate and this was broken by your behavior then you can go back to it (make sure your crate is large enough please too many people use too small and uncomfortable crates-would you use it in their shoes?)
1. consistency
2. just use a blanket and an attention getting knock on the crate not a crate jolting or rocking bang please
3 have you tried a (ticking) clock under the bed in kennel (or the ticking stuffies for pups) the ones for infants are cheaper and puppy safe too
4 I give a safe toy in the crate
5 put a blanket in with your scent on it
6 personally the dog crates are in my room next to my bed they see smell and hear me, but like I said now we don't even shut the door a year later they are comfortable and calm with their "safety area" AKA den/bed at night
7. consider Dogswell Mello Mut jerky before bed time it's homeopathic, organic and made from free ranging chickens (the small yorkie does is one stick cut into 6 equal pieces but you can give up to half a stick for a dog under 5lbs)