hes torn up his metal crate.his nose is raw from banging his head against the crate.i tried pet calm but it gave him diarrea
2007-03-02 09:00:44 · 13 answers · asked by rdnkwmn1964 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
well have you tryed to put one of your shirts in the crate. the smell will help him calm down
more info, causes, how to help deal with it, and treatment.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1547&articleid=2266
2007-03-02 09:09:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs should not be kept in crates at all.
Discuss with a friend all the options: leave alone in the room with a blanket? Take with you to work? Leave with neighbour? Dog walker?
If you can't find a solution, you should consider giving the dog to someone with more space/time.
I know this sounds harsh, but the dog is not suffering from separation anxiety, he's suffering from being caged for too long ie. neglect.
2007-03-02 09:23:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't use a crate for treating seperation anxiety and clearly it is not putting your dog in a calm mental state.
You need to see a behavioural trainer and get a proper treatment plan, not just get advice from sites like this.
You cannot treat seperation anxiety while at the same time leaving your dog, it is a slow step by step process.
Start by ignoring him for short amounts of time while you're int the room.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=treatment+plan+for+dogs+seperation+anxiety&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
2007-03-02 09:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by sarah c 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
See your vet, there are different medications out there, we had to do the same with ours, took over a year for him to overcome it, and it takes a lot of patience, is there a room like the kitchen you can gate or close off instead of a crate? Ours is also claustrophobic we found out he hates confined spaces
2007-03-04 07:46:44 · answer #4 · answered by TheatreFan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first things first take him to the vet and get his noes looked at and they may be able to prescibe a REAL drug.
Next, you are keeping him in a crate much too long during the day. Try and ex-pen or a baby gate and put some toys and chews in there. Try a Kong and fill it with peanut butter. Why must your dog be in a crate all day?
2007-03-02 09:07:15 · answer #5 · answered by Sassyshiba 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Crates are for cruel lazy owners.
Be a good owner and get rid of it and train the dog better.
2007-03-02 16:18:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dog is closest to my husband, we never had a problem in his cage but i put my husbands old dressing gown in with him, he sleeps all night and stays in 3 to 4 hrs a day. can you get someone to pop in and see him for a while wen you leave him for a while
2007-03-06 07:37:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its cruel putting the dog in the crats anyway
they should only be used in cars so that the dog dosent hurt itself
2007-03-02 10:14:16 · answer #8 · answered by zeuse 666 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my dog did the same thing when I crated her up at frist. I took one of my stuffed animal dogs and spryed it with my perfum and put it in the crate. she stopped hurting her self
2007-03-02 09:07:45 · answer #9 · answered by Chrissy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi we had a lab who was the exact same. guess what settled her A muzzle . we put a muzzle on her and set up a video camera and when we went out she just lay on her blanket hooray but before that she would bark and just go crazy so try that and hope it helps
2007-03-02 09:09:13 · answer #10 · answered by ELAINE F 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋