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Originally Posted by aweitzm1  Thumper and Boomer do not like to be in the crate at night. I give them a treat and try and stay as quiet as possible if they sense me they start barking. I live in a studio so it is very hard not to walk around.
I am going on day three or four of no sleep. They will bark constantly for hours. I give them treats and a kong to play with and I have given them an old shirt of mine in the crate.
I just need suggestions on how to deal with the night time barking and separation anxiety I believe they may have. I also cover the crate at night and during the day to make it dark. I have put on music but that doesn't help. I am in desperate need of sleep.
They bark when I leave for the day in the crate but my dog walker says when she comes they are quiet. She spends at least 2 hours with them in the late morning/afternoon.
They do fine sleeping in my bed with me. When I rescued them I was told they were crate trained. I believe they may have regressed with all the changes going on in their lives. I leave them crated during the day M-F because I can't trust them yet to not destroy my kitchen. I would love for them to be able to roam the apartment and not destroy it yet but we are not at that stage.
I left them alone today in the kitchen for 30 minutes and they did great but when they saw me they wanted out immediately.
Sorry for babbling so much. I would appreciate any help in the matter. |
Being in a crate day and night is too much in my opinion .. Instead of putting them in a crate during the day can you get a large ex-pen and set it up in your kitchen . That would give them some freedom but not enough to destroy anything . At night if you want them to sleep in a crate , put the crates in your bedroom and go to bed the same time as your dogs .