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Hey guys. Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but it seemed more puppy related than training related. Feel free to move it if you need to!
Last night was our first night with the pupster. It was all going so well in the evening as we were winding down.. She was in her crate on her own accord, sleeping away. I woke her up to go for the last potty run before bed, and put her back in her crate (lots of loves and a small treat for being in her crate!) She settled right down and went to sleep.. then the screaming started. Relentless. Nothing I could do from the outside would quiet her. I thought she would eventually calm herself and sleep.. but she started chewing on her paws, and screaming LOUDER, pain, I assume.
this cannot be normal. I took her out and put her in bed with me. She snuggled so close and settled right down but she was whimpering under her breath for a good 15min, like I had traumatized her. I tried again later in the night with the same results. I'm really at a loss here. I read up on crate training (this is my first time crate training) and nothing really prepared me for how awful that was! Any tips? I don't think its okay to keep her in there if she's going to hurt herself (Anyone with experience on this??)
Last night was our first night with the pupster. It was all going so well in the evening as we were winding down.. She was in her crate on her own accord, sleeping away. I woke her up to go for the last potty run before bed, and put her back in her crate (lots of loves and a small treat for being in her crate!) She settled right down and went to sleep.. then the screaming started. Relentless. Nothing I could do from the outside would quiet her. I thought she would eventually calm herself and sleep.. but she started chewing on her paws, and screaming LOUDER, pain, I assume.