Pups from 6 to 12 or 13 weeks are really in an infant stage. They sleep more and pee more than anything else. At the age you pup is now he is just starting to wake up to the big world around him. Being that he is alone in a crate all day he needs tons of exercise when you get home. He has had to sleep all night and most of the day except when he was barking his head off.
Getting him to learn to walk on a leash would be the best thing for both of you. Take him for a good long walk and then teach him to play fetch in order to run off some energy before he has to go back into the crate.
These tend to be little dogs but they have tons of energy. When it is pent up like that they are going to act wild. |