Crate training...again Oh boy, this is not fun. I totally blame myself for this, but I stopped crating JoJo when he was about 9 months old and he's had free reign of the house and has been sleeping with me. Well, now I realize that I need to go back to crating him because he's become naughty and I don't want him to think he's the alpha, not to mention that since his neuter his potty training has regressed and he's going in the house again. He is 16 months old now...is it too late to retrain him in the crate? Also, he barks and cries incessantly while in there and I worry he's going to give himself a stroke or something! Is it okay to leave him in there even when he's going nuts? I know I'm not supposed to take him out when he's crying because that'll teach him that crying gets him let out, but it hurts to hear him like that. Should I just ignore him? He's panting really hard...is it okay to just let him keep barking and crying? He hates the crate...I don't know what to do!! |
I guess your other option would be spending loads of serious quality training time with him. |
Oh that is a tough decision you have. Can you look up dog trainers in your area and call around for some advice? Some might give you a free consultation. Good luck with whatever you decide. |
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Next hour do the same.... continue all day. After 2 days of this increase the time to 30 minutes. Continue to expand the time. In fact go out for 2-3 hours and leave him in his crate. When you come home if he whines/cries act out say hush or quiet and only let him out when he is quiet. And yes unless he is going nuts because his collar is caught on something or a bad bug is in his crate it is okay. By the way with wire crates your dog should not have a collar on them whilst in the crate. |
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He was doing really good for awhile but he's been having accidents since his neuter, so I realized he needs to be crate trained again. It's a plastic crate, but I still take his collar off. I will continue working with him in short time increments like you suggested and hopefully it'll work again. On the plus side, he hasn't "marked" in the house since he was neutered! So hopefully it won't be too difficult to retrain him to potty outside, since it's no longer hormonal. |
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