[James]

And as for the sudden erratic behavior, we had the same issue last night with Rosa. She just decided she wanted to be rough and I could not get her calm. So, I leashed her, put her in my lap, and let her gnaw on a chew toy for a bit. She finally calmed down.

[James]

My girl is 12 weeks yesterday and daily indoor crate has been a nightmare. Yelping and such.

So, I took everything out of the indoor crate and put her outside for four days making much of going IN the crate (excitement, luring, treat, and non-destructible toy). After the fourth day she stopped yelping and howling.

For the last three days, I have been able to get her to go into the crate when I open the door, then she lays down expecting a treat (a piece of dog food). I am going to try her again at night but if she yelps and such I will have to put her back outside/garage so we can sleep.

BTW, I know this isn’t any advice, but maybe it will be some encouragement. They do get it.

[James]

Thank you as well! I’m glad for this counsel… it’s gonna be a fun adventure.

[James]

Thank you!!!!!!!!

This helps tremendously and reinforces what I was hoping was the case.

This is superb and very helpful! We’ve orders a smaller crate for the bedroom already. (Wife wants her in the bed already :))

I heard so much from some “experts” in the last few weeks that I have become paranoid and fearful I would destroy the dogs abilities and training if we loved it too much.