I just went through what you are going through, so I totally get it!! My puppy will be 6 months next week. We crate him when we leave the house and the biggest lesson I learned was to cover the crate when we leave. Not fully so he can see out a little. He seems to like that it is dark and den-like. We never leave him in there more than three hours though. I work from home so he has free reign while I am working. He will go into his crate to sleep while I am working, so he is not afraid of it. Our puppy also sleeps in our bed. At the beginning he would wake us up when he wanted to go potty. Now he sleeps through the night just fine. The only time he had an accident in our bed was when he was sick with some GI issues. We then put a belly band around him until we were confident he was better. |