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#23726 - 12/31/2004 04:47 PM |
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This is my first post to this board, and I am hoping someone has an answer to this problem.
My new GSD pup has not taken to the crate at all. I have tried food, treats, toys, anything to keep him quiet. Our other shepherd took to the crate with no problems. This little guy will howl, scream and basically throw a temper tamtrum until he exhausts himself. This has been going on since the day we brought him home two weeks ago. He can cry for hours, with no end in sight. Any ideas?
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#23727 - 12/31/2004 05:10 PM |
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Earplugs.
If he learns that a tantrum will get him out of the crate, he wins.
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#23728 - 12/31/2004 05:44 PM |
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I would try staying in the room for a while where he's crated. That way he's only confined, not alone and confined at the same time. With my dog I would talk to him a little while he was first in there. Not soothing "It's OK you poor little baby" talk but just conversational "everything is fine" talk.
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#23729 - 12/31/2004 11:00 PM |
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My pup had a similar problem. I dad him in a wire crate at first when the whining wouldn’t quit. By changing it to an enclosed plastic crate he did fine.
You may want to feed him in the crate for him to get comfortable. Now you stated that you used food, but I am assuming to lure and bait him. What I am talking about is strictly feeding his daily amounts in the crate. You can leave the door open and let him go in and get his own food. He won’t die if he misses a few meals. But when he gets comfortable close the door behind him for not even a second. Add a few seconds here and there until he is conditioned. This process will take some time. Now you don’t want him to cry, so keep him distracted so he forgets that he’s in the crate at that moment. You may want to use hot dogs and a kong as special treats to go into the crate. This will become desired so much that he will be willing to do it on his own.
Good luck, hope you sleep soon
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#23730 - 01/01/2005 05:51 AM |
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I crate train a lot of dogs (a ever-changing group of rescues), and have come across some that have fits, carry on, etc in the crate. I generally crate them in my bedroom. I'll put them in there around 8pm, long before I go to bed. That way they can have a fit and still go to sleep before I do. If they start in again when I go to bed, I'll tell the dog "No!!!", if that doesn't work I'll say it much more firmly. By this time I've usually drifted off and been woken up a time or two, so am in a pissy mood. At which point I'll thump the top of the crate with my hand and tell them NO! They get the picture when the crate makes a terrible racket each time they make a racket. And no...my dogs don't fear or dislike their crates. They like them...quietly. LOL
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#23731 - 01/01/2005 10:46 AM |
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One day I decided that the crate was taking up too much space in the house for my adult GSD. After I removed her crate, she moved into the bathtub. She got her crate back. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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#23732 - 01/01/2005 12:40 PM |
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That's funny! Your dog must have a lot of personality. Those female dogs - gotta love 'em! They come up with some different ideas here and there, don't they? I have three in the house, and they do keep me on my toes!
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#23733 - 01/01/2005 08:15 PM |
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#23734 - 01/02/2005 08:07 PM |
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Hi Everyone (Happy New Year!!)
I crate trained my pup (who's now 3+). At first it was through bribery and positive feedback - she got a hotdog for entering crate, and I told her she was a genius for doing so. After she got older (1 yr?), she'd whine and cry. To correct, I knocked firmly on the top of the cage, & firmly said "quiet" THEN - left the room. Eventually she learned that whining would not only not get her the result she wanted, it also displeased me (and as an added perk, she learned the command "quiet".
Dunno if it was the "right way" or not, but now she loves her crate and often seeks it when I haven't requested her to do so.
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What is the maximum time that I can leave my 8 wk old GSD in the crate? Sence I live alone, I would have to leave him in the crate from 6am to 4:30pm. About 10 and a half hrs. What do you all think? My other idea is to section off the utility room, where he is allowed to releave himself there, and I would clean up the mess when I get back from work. But I'm thinking that would only encourage going in the house, or at least delay the training. Thank you for your advise and ideas.
Jim.
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