KammieBerry

Have you done any crate training with her, or just put her in the crate and expect her to be ok with it? I do crate training with her a few times a day, she plays in their happily with treats & toys & stays in for a few minutes longer each time when shutting and opening the doors for longer periods each time, i've tried sitting in the chair across for her in the same room but when ever i put her in when not training she just doesn't seem to settle at all. Night time is different as i said she will sleep from 8:30pm till 5am the next morning without a sound. I know we have a long way to go until she gets to the point where she knows thats how it is and feels like its her space, i just hope she will eventually not scream yelp and howl and get the general gist of it..

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Hi Thought this was a good place to post as i have a crate training question also, sorry don't mean to hijack this at all I have an eight week old shih tzu puppy that i have desided to crate train, she is sleeping in there of a night time which is great as she sleeps all night without a fuss, I also intend to put her in it if i need to go out through the day (which isn't very often I'm home pretty much 24/7) for maybe an hour or 2 as my yard is not suitable for her to be out in when unsupervised, we also have a 4 year old male staffy, he is fully trained and really good with her but i don't think it wise for him to be with her unattended until shes old enough. When i put her in the crate through the day or give her some puppy alone time (even if i am home) she seems to howl and yelp alot, my concern is that she wont want to go in it at all. Will she adapt to it through the day or despise it altogether?