Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005
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Gotcha - I was confused because my dogs weigh 65 & 85 pounds, plus the pup is 40ish pounds. I couldn't fit two of them in a crate, much less 3
Like I mentioned, the exercise pen might be a great option for you. My pup is the loudest hellion lately on earth in her crate if I am home. She is 19 weeks old and has figured out that being with me is a lot more fun.
She crates wonderfully at night, when I am gone or in the car, so I know she is just being a stinker. We are spending time with the crate open and she will willingly go in to nap. Sometimes I shut the door, sometimes I don't. Sometimes she gets some kind of a goodie. We are working on it little by little. Worst part is when she comes to work with me and I try to crate her in my office...not happening just yet. She is so loud, she will disturb the whole building! But I'm being patient and helping her learn that the crate is good place...even during the day when she thinks I'm off having wonderful adventures in the other room LOL.
lauren danter Webboard User Reg: 11-01-2013
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Well i have started to put the other dogs out when i want her quite and to go in the cage and she is a hell of a lot better, does still get quite noisey but not as much and and last night even with the others in the kitchen she didnt make a peep all night by her self in her cage. she has also started to just go in by her self not all the time but we are getting there slowly.
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lauren danter Webboard User Reg: 11-01-2013
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i thought we were getting somewhere, but she has started again and getting louder , she is even whining and barking while out side , which is a problem as over here i can be reported for having a noisey dog so its difficult to let her just bark out side.
Never look down on any one unless you are helping them up.
Before Leerburg I thought this was fixed by getting seriously angry at the dog making noise in the crate. IE sitting by the crate and when any noise happened, pounding on the crate (for a pup) or actually reaching in and shaking the dog. The thought being, "If you call me to you by making a racket, you won't like what you get, so SHUT UP in there".
That, combined with occasional food rewards for quiet behavior. And short tolerable periods in the crate, teaching that "crate only lasts so long, it's not so bad".
That worked for setters and retrievers. These working dogs might actually get worse if corrections were attempted when they were "cornered" in a crate.
I'll be interested in what experts say about this.
Mike Arnold Webboard User Reg: 07-09-2004
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Young dog in crate. Blanket over the crate to create a cave. A radio on low with either voice or music or a noisy clock on top of the crate.
Create a space just for the wee dog, with its own quiet sounds.
And then ignore the dog.
Or not.
In my world, the dog adapts to my rules and stuff. I expect a dog to adapt to the crate, especially a young dog. But each dog has its own crate, and the crate is not its prison but its den. It takes time and patience. I leave the crate door open when the dog is not in it, and a marker of success is when the dog seeks to go into its den without command.
Not much help but then not much coffee.
Mike A.
"I wouldn't touch that dog, son. He don't take to pettin." Hondo, played by John Wayne
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: lauren danter
i thought we were getting somewhere, but she has started again and getting louder , she is even whining and barking while out side , which is a problem as over here i can be reported for having a noisey dog so its difficult to let her just bark out side.
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