Greetings! Once again I call upon the collective wisdom of those on this fine board. I have a 5 1/2 month old GSD who is crate trained and lives in my apartment with my wife and I. We walk/run/train with him vigorously at least twice a day and I even come home from work at lunch to feed him and let him out. My problem is that he is whining while in the crate when there is no apparent problem- i.e., excretion or feeding issues. I want him to know that it is okay to bark for good reasons (intruders, etc.) while in the crate but not to whine (and thus drive us crazy). He normally stays out in den with us; however we have to put him up in the crate on occasion where he has a kong with him to chew. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to break him of whining without ruining his drive to bark?
I will never let the dog out when he is whining. He should have some quiet minutes before he is let out (20-30), after he stops whining. When he is fully crate trained, that whining will stop.
He just wants to play, but you decide when that time is.
When training, I put a cover over my crate to keep my dog quiet. What he doesn't see, he doesn't react too. This way when it's our turn, my dog is fresh to work. Maybe a crate cover during whining time may settle him down.
I did a couple of things to make my dog spot whining in the crate:
1. I always feed my dog in the crate
2. I sat next to the crate with the door open block in the exit with the her in there when she was tired. I would just wait until she fall asleep then I would shut the door.
3. I put the crate in the family room with her in will watching TV so I could talk to her.
4. I put a nice big comforter in there with her, because she doesn't chew it and likes to lay on it.
5. Never open the crate door till the dog spotted whining.
If I were you I would put the crate in the den for a while, until he gets used to it. I bet hes whining because he's alone.
Oh yes..had this same problem but at a much younger age. My "cure" was I did not allow the pup to "train" me and open the crate door. If she was voicing her disatisfaction of crate time even though she had a nice blanket and chew..I just ignored it. When she was quiet; I would open the door. While crate training/potty training was in process and she would announce in the middle of the night that she had to potty (different voice on her part..ya have to learn to "listen" to them) I did get up and take her outside but then back to the crate and night night..
However; I did allow the pup an ample amount of time out of the crate and stuck to the same schedule and routine in crating the my pup. I realize there are "times" when it is more "convenient" to crate the dog than deal with visitor issues or human mealtime issues but I'd rather educate the dog to be obedient given the circumstances than crate the dog and no lesson learned.
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