Where should I leave my dogs when I have to run errands like Grocery shopping, etc? Right now I have been keeping them in my large master bathroom, but every time I close the door, they cry. I have been doing this for a week & they are still crying every time.
I know they cry the whole time because when I'm home, I leave them in their room & do house cleaning & I hear them crying the whole time. At night, I leave them in there & they cry the whole night.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to train my dogs to go to their bed on their own when I have to leave the house for an hour or two?
What other places can I leave them? Should I crate them?
2007-11-26 06:44:15 · 6 answers · asked by California Girl 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I used to leave my other dog to roam in the house with a doggy door & he was never destructive. BUT I do not trust these little terrors, they chew everything...lol
2007-11-26 06:45:32 · update #1
How big should the crate be? My dogs will be 12 pounds each full grown.
2007-11-26 06:52:48 · update #2
They are puppies and are teething. So give them things they can chew and make sure you remove as much stuff that they cannot chew. When the go for a no-no. get between them and the item and claim that item as your. Using a noise and you hands snap them away from the item and mean it. They can quickly learn what is yours but you have to be consistent with the training.
A crate is a good item as long as you don't lock them in and it becomes punishment. Put the crate where you are and leave the door open, put in a few treats so they know it is a nice place to visit. Most dogs like the crate so when they need some safe, private time they know where to go.
The separate problem is different. Put them in the room and close the door and then go back in immediately. Hopefully, before they get to the whine. Do this over and over and over. They need to know you are coming back. As time goes you can stay out a few second longer and go back in. Build up the time you are gone. Soon they will realize you are coming back and can stay alone longer periods of time.
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2007-11-26 07:00:39 · answer #1 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First they need a crate. Get one slightly larger than the 2 of them. Put a favorite blanket and a couple toys in there. Another alternative one I am using is a pen. It is like a play pen. It measures 3 feet wide by 5 feet long it is open on the top and bottom. I place it on a tile base so it doesn't ruin the carpet. 2nd pups this age have very short memories. When you leave they can't rationalize - oh she is coming back. You need to ease them gradually into being alone. Get the crate or pen and place the puppies inside. Leave them for 10 minutes, yes they will probably cry. Then take them out and spend about 20 minutes or so playing with them, petting them etc. Put them back in the pen for 10 minutes and repeat as above. Once you can leave them in the pen for 10 minutes without them crying leave them for 20 minutes. Keep doing this until they can handle 20 minutes. Then increase to 30 then to 1 hour. Then to 2 hours. You have to reinforce for them that you are not going to disappear. At night you may still have a problem. The pups know that you are around but not with them. Their "pack animal" instinct is such that they want to be with you. I set up my pups pen next to my bed. I had to keep increasing the time that I left her and she does wonderfully. I left her for 4 hours today and she was fine. She is now 16 months old and doesn't sleep in the pen at night any more but for her safety and to make her feel secure I do leave her in the pen when I go out.
2007-11-26 07:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by ESPERANZA 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a very large crate for one. Then, to keep them calm, cover the crate with a blanket and turn on a radio or tv on low volume. I even put a stuffed animal in the crate with my puppy so she can cuddle up to it. She quit crying at night and it was only the 2nd day we had her.
2007-11-26 08:00:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try crating them together -the crate will become thier safe place to be, a place where they can't get in trouble -and (and this was a huge help) put a blanket over the back of the crate so that it looks like a little cave. It was the tops in calming my pup down.
2007-11-26 06:49:04 · answer #4 · answered by Liberty Belle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't crate them too much but if you do put a blanket over the crate the crate should be big enough for both of them... mabey a sheperd cage... one of the big ones... when your at home... put them out side when you are cleaning... if you have a fenced in yard...if not...let them run around whith you when you clean...it could just be a stage their going through...my puppies did the same thing...when you gone for an hour or two... get a dog sitter or ask someone to watch them. or even try treats like a rawhide or something they can chew on for a while... or you can try putting on the tv or radio to make them feal like someone is there with them... my aunt does this...the reason they cry is that they like you company and don't like to be alone. at night let them sleep with you... giving them there out bed doesn't spoil them it only makes them feel like thier being pushed away. if the reason you don't let them sleep with you is fleas then get flea medecin such as advantage or hurts.. and get flea shampoo for them as well. hope this helps.
2007-11-26 06:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I used to put the radio on for my pup and leave an old jumper on the floor with my secnt on it i'd give him atreat just befor I whent and after a while he stopped crying he always did and still dose when i first leave the room but after a few mins he stops good luck hope i helped
2007-11-26 06:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋