I've had my puppy, Hootie, now for 4 weeks. Since we got her, when we leave the house we put her in a wire crate in our room with the door shut so our older yorkie, Hobbs, cannot get to her. Hobbs is fully potty trained and has full run of the house. Hootie generally does not mind her crate. When she falls asleep on the couch we put her in there so we don't have to watch her; when we have company we put her in there; etc. In most cases, she does not whine or bark when we put her in there. But, since the very first day we got her, she whines and barks SO bad when we put her in there in the mornings when we leave to go to work. When we get home, her crate it usually torn up and she is STILL crying! She is crying so bad when we get home that it seems like she never stopped crying
So, my question is, do you think it would help her to bring to crate out into the living area where Hobbs stays? Will she cry and whine worse bc she sees Hobbs out? Or will it console her just to see Hobbs? Any suggestions would be appreciated!
