And oh, yes, I still slept with Tibbe's carrier in my bed at night Tibbe's first 2 weeks here so I could get some sleep as well but during the day, it was the crate all the way. Course Tibbe was 9 mos. old when I got him but he was essentially feral and wild, fearful, unfamiliar with people, houses, sounds of the home, so he was practically the same as a 6 wk old puppy as to mental processes and fearing his new surroundings. He would scream like a banshee in the house until I started actually little by little training him to stay in his crate until it was time to come out to potty, eat, play, cuddle - live. But back in the crate he would go until it was time to come out again. Eventually, he began to see his crate as his own domain and he would run in there when scared. So, they do change their attitude about crates just like they do about you. Not sayin' crate training a new puppy or dog is easy but it just plain works. |