Hi all, I'm a brand new member and a brand new gsd owner. I just acquired my puppy 3 nights ago and I've been crate training her since the first night. She is now pretty comfortable in her crate but only during the day. At night when I go to sleep, she would whine and cry all night. I know it is not a bathroom problem because I would take her out 3 times a night. Does anyone know how I can stop her from whining at night? Perhaps put her in a separate room? Any help is appreciated, thank!

Andy

Just ignore it, it will stop after a while, may take a little longer than you would prefer, but be sure to ignore it and it WILL go away eventually. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I am having the exact opposite problem. My 8 month old Golden Retreiver crates very well at night and at meal time and walks into his crate willingly throughout the day. The problems start when I shut the door.

If I am with in sight he is fine but about 5 minutes after I leave his field of vision he begins "screaming" and does not stop until he can see me again. The longest he has been left alone is 5 hours when my husband's and my schedule conflicted and no one was home. He was taken out to potty about 2 minutes before we left and he had a treat filled Kong. We left a web cam running so we could monitor him from work and school and he "screamed" the entire time. Never settled to sleep or chew on the Kong. At about hour 3 his voice began getting horse but he still didn't stop. His pattern is to bark for abot 15 minutes straight, stop for 2-3 minutes and the start up again. Our neighbors confirm that whenever we leave him crated he continues the whole time we are gone (until we open the front door).

I never let him out while he is making noise and treat when quite but since he is alway quite when I am in the room I can figure out how to get him to be quite while we are away or not in the room. He will quite when I tell him "enough" (which works for alert barking) but will start back up within 2-3 minutes. I have also tried ignoring for as long as 6 hours (when none of my neighbors were home) with hope of it stopping but it didn't.

He is by no means ready to have free roam of the house as he still tends to chew on shoes and any other small thing he can get his paws on. But my neighbors will kill me and I will probably evicted if I can not stop his barking while in the crate during the day. Any suggestions would be greatly welcomed

Kela

What about trying to up the ante as far as his treat is concerned? It is possible that he isn't that entralled by the kong......why not try a big raw MEATY bone, one that he can keep knawing on for a while.

Another idea is to increase the away time from him slowly,perhaps starting with 15 minute to 1/2 hour sessions...... and then he will gain confidence that he isn't gonna be alone for long periods.( hopefully)

I've never had this problem, but if I did, that would be the way I would approach the issue.

Good Luck!! Let us know how you do. And give it time....

I have found that with a new puppy, try putting one of your dirty t-shirts in the crate with you, if you have ever had a dog live inside with you you may have noticed your dog most likely slept on some clothes you had laying around in a corner, they are comforted by your scent.

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I have found that with a new puppy, try putting one of your dirty t-shirts in the crate with you,

Unless you got in trouble with the spouse, I meant, in the crate with the pup, LOL <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

This would account for Chris's appearance at training Club last Saturday..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Oh, boy you asked for it MR. Pinky!! If anyone wants to get Will anything for his B-Day or like XMAS he prefers Pink towels, Not Jamie!! Any explanations of laundry should fall on def ears, Doh <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

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I have found that with a new puppy, try putting one of your dirty t-shirts in the crate

Be careful with this... I left a T-shirt in with my pup, to try to comfort him, and left him unattended. When I came home hours later...1/2 the shirt was missing. He pooped shirt for a day. Luckily, he suffered no medical problems. If you do put something in the crate with your pup, and leave him unsupervised, make sure he can't or won't destroy and eat it. It may work out okay for you, if your pup doesn't chew things up in his crate.

Do you ever crate your dog while you are home during the day? My GSD was fine at night, and a terror during the day alone. He finally got better about being alone in his create when we would crate him for short periods while we were home. He still whines a bit when we're gone, but it's not the constant screaming it once was.

Good luck.

Perhaps try covering the crate with the "smelly" t-shirt instead of putting it in the crate. Then he can still smell your scent but not be in danger of eating the shirt. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />