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3 month old keeshond puppy... howling when I leave her in a crate?


I bought a 3 month old keeshond last week. She is playmate for my pomeranian. They get along great and sleep in a crate together... but the Keeshond still howls and barks (like crazy) when I leave for the day or them in the crate at night..... I don't understand... she is not alone.... any suggestions?

Each dog should be crated seperately. Two dogs should never share the same crate.

Are you crating the animal while you are home too? You need to also crate the animals while you are home for periods of time so they can become accustomed to the fact that the crate is their safe place. The howling will stop once the dog understands that crate does not mean gone or away.. it just means time for the crate.

well she probely dosen't like to be alone tou should gragely get her used to the crate

This happened for a few days w/ our pup. He eventually got used to being in the crate and the crying stopped.

She needs to get used to both the crate and your other dog. Don't go to her when she cries because then she'll learn that howling = attention, and she'll continue to do it. Otherwise, just wait it out. She'll stop.

If you leave music or an clock ticking or something that will calm them, it will make them stop howling and rest! It works pretty well!

Get two crates, one for each dog. They need to have their own separate space. As for the howling you need to ignore it, if you go to her every time she howls or makes a noise she will learn to do it more for attention. Try giving the dog some treats for going in her crate. I do this with my dogs, I give them the command "kennel" and when they go in I give them a few treats to associate the crate with a positive experience. Also make sure you aren't leaving her in there too long. A puppy can't hold their bladder as long as an adult dog only maybe 4 hours. She will howl and bark if she has to go potty because dogs HATE to go potty where they sleep and especially if they know they will end up sitting in a crate full of pee. Hope this helps!!

When we first got our Border Collie pup she HATED the crate. She would cry and howl like crazy. We gave her lots of different toys to have in there to keep her busy and sometimes left her in the crate when we were in the room with her watching TV or something so she wasn't alone. We were also very careful to ignore her whenever she would howl or cry and eventually (and sometimes it would seriously take about an hour) she would stop. Now, she loves her crate. She takes her toys in there and chews on them, and goes into it for naps. PS, we also had a lab puppy that was 2 months older than her and we crated them together.

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