I need help - crate training my puppy!!?

Question

I just brought my new golden retriever 3-month old puppy today. on the way home he threw up in the car. I tried feeding him at home but he just wouldn't eat. I just put him in his crate and he's crying and barking!! Am i doing something wrong or not doing something i should be?

Answer 1

I would take him into your vet first thing to make sure he has no health problems that could be the cause of his complaints.

Consider he is not use to being away from his mommy and the other puppy's. Probably not use to a crate. He may not know why he is complaining but complaining might improve his conditions and then he will learn that complaining works! You don't want that. LOL

The crate is a very good idea. You can cover the crate. It that does not quite him. A little pounding on top of the crate when he starts making a lot of noice with out any verbal correction from you might help him to be quite. He will think that his noise causes a bad reaction and he needs to be quite. If you speak he will think he is getting your attention and you do not want that.

Answer 2

When I brought my golden home they warned about car sickness. It happens and your puppy will eat when he's ready. Make sure there is food always available. Right now he's just trying to get used to everything. He's kind of shell shocked at the moment and will need time to adjust to his new surroundings.

As for the crate training, my puppy (when he was a puppy) barked and cried also. There is a method to crate training which I learned too late. Rather than just putting him in the crate and leaving him which may leave him feeling like he's being punished or abandoned it is said to start off slowly. Put him in the crate in an area where you or your family spends a lot of time and he can see you for 10 mins. If he barks or continues to cry ignore him. Only praise him when he is quiet. Do this a few times for the first day or so. Then up grade to 20 mins, still allowing him to see you. Keep doing this until you reach 30 mins and he can remain fairly quiet.

Then you start back at 10 mins but this time do not allow your puppy to see you. Follow the same method as above. Take as much time as needed for this. The crate should be a pleasant space for your puppy and he should feel safe when inside.

Never crate your puppy for longer than he can wait to eliminate, and definitely less than 4 hour intervals during the day. Do not leave food or water inside but a safe chew toy is alright.

Answer 3

Dogs sometimes take a couple of days to get used to new surroundings. New surroundings will cause them some stress and they don't eat when they are stressed. But not to worry he will start to eat like a horse in a couple of days. The crate training takes some time but he will get used to it. Make the crate comfortable for him. Put a pillow or blanket in there and a couple of toys and a chewy. Always feed him in the crate. Feeding him in the crate will help in getting him used to going in there on his own. Always use a key word to associate with the crate i.e Kennel, House, Bed. And use the word you choose everytime you feed him and every time you put him to bed at night or anytime he is to go in it.And when he cries or barks DO NOT take him out or he will soon learn that he can use that as a trigger to get you to let him out. After a few minues of crying he will give it up and settle down. Only take him out of the crate once he has settled down for a consistant few minutes, This will teach him that crying and barking is not the way to get out of his crate to play. Remember dogs have a natural instinct to den. Eventually he will start to see the crate as a den and will see it as a comfortable, safe and secure place to be and will grow to love it. Crate training is also the best way to pottie train your new pup. Every time he comes out of the crate take him outside and give the word "Pottie" and he will associate that word 'pottie" with going directly outside and doing his buisness. Don't worry about him going in his crate dogs will instinctually not pee or poop where they sleep. Good luck1

Answer 4

Give him sometime to get used to the feeling it is to moving.I know this because my friend got a puppy and on the way home there dog threw up...About the crate thing...maybe put up a fence in your kichen on both sides so he can't get out..put paper on the floor go outside for an hour and see what he does...if he doesn't bite or chew anything then you can leave him fenced in your kichen when going out...or you can just leave your dog inthe crate crying(thats sounds mean and hard to do though).

Answer 5

Yeah, don't listen to the non-crate people. We have two crate-trained dogs, and they need a place to go that is just theirs, a place they can escape from each other, from us, from scary mail carriers, and from my nieces with sticky fingers!! It is their "cave" and so they should not be fed in it. Make sure the crate is not big enough for him to find a space to go potty and not be laying in it. If the cage is big, put a cardboard box in one end so that he has just enough room to turn around and lie down. Otherwise, he'll potty in it and that is a really tough habit to break. Dogs instinctively won't potty in their "cave", but they will if they have an area where they don't have to lay in it.

You are doing the right thing, but they do need to get used to it, especially if the breeder didn't crate. Our Pomeranian whined for the first week or so, but we realized it was a little breezy because his first crate had a lot of ventilation holes in it. We put a blanket over it so that he was out of the breeze and also completely in the dark, and we put a dog-bed from the pet store in it so he was cozy and no more whining at night!

Now, we just say "cage" in the evening or when we're leaving, and they go in their cages with no trouble at all. My Boston Terrier even comes running to go in her cage when she hears me latching the Pom's cage, without the verbal command!

Answer 6

you are not doing anything wrong. when first introducing a crate to any dog they will bark and cry. several suggestions from experience: do not show any interest when he barks. if you get upset with him it will enforce the idea that he will get attention by barking. make the cage like a cave or a den. he will need to feel protected in the crate and in the wild dogs spend most of their time in the den. if he barks or cry try this, get a soda can and put a few pennies in it. every time he barks or cries shake it hard and loud. then he will associate the annoying noise with the barking and eventually not bark. also when you take him out ignore him when he gets excited because you do not want him to feel better about being out than in the crate. please be careful of leaving any type of collar on him in the crate, it can get caught on it or he could try and put his foot in it and strangle himself. also, be careful not to leave toys he can chew up in there due to choking hazards. i leve mine with a few biscuits and rawhide to chew on. goodluck!!! oh, the vomitting is most likely caused by a nervous stomach, my dog is 7 and still does that and worse in the car.

Answer 7

As for the eating, your puppy will, he just needs a little time to get used to everything.

Your puppy will also whine when you begin the crate training process. This is absolutely normal and one thing you want to be sure to do is to not give in to the whimpers and let him out. This will teach him that the whining gets him out of the crate and he will continue to do so.

Our border collie puppy needed to also be let out once or twice thru the nite time, as when that little, she couldn't hold her little bladder until morning. Be sure you puppy goes potty right before you crate, so that you will know this is not the reason he is whining. When you know it's not for a potty, you can stick out the whines and he'll eventually get used to the idea of a crate. It took our puppy about a week to really calm down about it, but each nite she whined for less and less time.

When I did take her out to potty in the nite, that is all she did and then went directly back into her crate. I wanted her to learn that nite time is not social/play time and the only reason for whining to come out would be to go potty.

At about 4 months, our puppy could make it thru the nite without the need to go out (so you don't have too long) but each dog is different as to when they can acheive this.

Good luck with your puppy!

Answer 8

Hi Snoop, I have 2 6 month ancient westie doggies. When we bought them round thirteen weeks ancient I needed to make the resolution to crate them or now not. I had a Shar Pei for four years (he died of ordinary explanations) who used to be NEVER crated, but additionally under no circumstances messed within the residence or ate something both. I proposal crates had been merciless! When I bought the ladies I used to be within the attitude that they might be similar to my Pei - boy used to be I flawed! :) So what I did used to be I bought 2 crates and the ladies sleep in them at night time - for peace of brain for me! At least this manner, I knew that they had been reliable and might now not get into something. At first in the course of the day I placed the crates in my hallway (eight'x15') and gated off the field. Quickly we found out that the "pen" concept wasn’t running for us seeing that now they had been crapping and peeing everywhere the hallway besides for the crates. Unfortunately for the final month or so we've got been retaining them within the crates in the course of the day in order that they may be able to gain knowledge of to keep it. We even have a puppy walker that comes by way of part method by way of the day so they may be able to stretch their legs and pass potty external. This is operating for us and they're studying to manipulate themselves and quit going potty within the residence. I additionally see right here that others have indicated that doggies can’t keep their waste for lengthy - that's actual. The crate can't be used as punishment. My women truthfully pass into the crate after they don’t must - it's like their little room they usually sleep in there after we are house. What I did used to be I went to the material retailer and collected a few fleece. I then reduce it into little blankets that had been fuzzy and fluffy and placed them within the backside. They are secure and they're convenient to scrub if they have got an twist of fate. Or you'll be able to use blankets or towels. I am hoping that as they grow older they may be able to have extra freedom, like perhaps have the whole hallway once more for themselves. Right now they aren’t very dependable and I don’t desire them coming into anything that may injure them. Good good fortune! :)

Answer 9

Yes, you are doing something wrong. First, don't put animals in a crate. Second, this is a puppy who is scared to death. How would you feel if a stranger picked you up, drove you in a thing you've never been in before and got car sick. Then, as an added bonus, they throw you in a dang box!

Why did you buy this puppy anyway? If I were him, I would've poophed on the carpet to show you I would never go in a box again!

Answer 10

Hi,
There will be a settling in period. He has just been taken away from everything that he knows.
Give him lots of love. I hope he has something familiar with him, like a piece of blanket that was in with him and his other puppies and Mum? that's what we had with our pup.

Some dogs get carsick, I don't know much about this sorry, mine never did.

Are you putting him in his crate in the day or night? because I would put him in there at night to sleep.
If he cries at night, you will just have to deal with it I think. He will get used to it.
If you feel guilty about it, just make it up in the daytime by playing with him lots and loving him.

In time, he will come to love his crate, it will be his safe space, his santuary. Our dog loves her crate. she chooses to sleep there over anywhere else, unless there is sun outside, she LOVES the sun!

Good luck and puppies aren't easy, but they are worth the hard times, when you get a loving happy dog at the end of it!