Whining in Crate

[Roxy84]

We have had our 8 week old boxer since Saturday and have kept her in the crate at bed time. Last night she slept for about 2 hours then would wake up and whine and cry. I check on her and immediately take her outside so that she can take care of her business, I guess I am worried she will pee in her crate when she wakes up. Is what I am doing wrong? Should I let her whine and cry until she falls back asleep?

 

[Chuckie]

try this. I also have an 8 week old. yesterday we tired something different. we kept the puppy active all day and let him take 1 nap for about an hour. he has a lot of energy and we are trying to tire him out. well lastnight he didnt whine at all from sunday night where it was non stop. Or try putting the cage in your room so he sees you next to him sleeping that calms my bugsy down. just a thought i really dont have experience with boxer pups but that has worked so far

 

[jbbtlr]

I am also in the same boat with the whining and crying in the crate. We've had our puppy now for a week yesterday. And he is still whining and crying in his crate.

He does really well going in there IF he is just plain exhausted from playing. But in the middle of the night after he gets up and we let him outside and he's put back in his crate he sometimes goes right back to sleep and other times he whines, cries, and barks anywhere from a few minutes up to an hour.

I have put everything I can think of in his crate, his toys, his kong (which he doesn't seem to like much), a stuffed animal (which he loves), his blanket, his pillow? I am out of ideas.

I've been sick all weekend and stayed home yesterday and all I wanted to do was sleep. Since he isn't completly housebroke yet I don't dare leave him out of his crate when I can't watch him 100% of the time, not to mention he can find anything and everything that is left on the floor... But he whined, cried, barked, and started howling for almost an hour, and he is in our bedroom.

I am out of ideas...what do you do when they don't seem to like their crate, or am I just expecting too much since it has only been a week. :confused:

But boy they sure are cute and such cuddle bugs. I wouldn't trade him for anything! lovicon

~~Jeanette~~

 

[Roxy84]

Tried the room thing

We did also try keeping her in our bedroom but she still whines, cries and howls. I feel so bad when she is crying in her cage and I let her outside to go to the bathroom. I am going to leave her whine tonight and see what happens, hopefully she will fall asleep after a while. I also think its just the adjustment and comfort period. I wish she understood that we love her and aren't trying to make her feel bad when we put her in the cage. But I agree she is a complete cuddle bug and I wouldn't change anything about her.

 

[dakota NB]

Same Problem

I am having the same problem crys about 2 to 4 times a night sometimes for minutes and sometimes for and hour or so, it is heart breaking. I have tried putting her toys in the crate too and she tends to pace back in forth in the crate rather then play with them. I know she is tired because yes a cuddle bug like you say will fall asleep on my lap and I put her (Dakota) in the kennel with the door open when i am around and she is out of there as fast as i put her in and only a few days ago she would stay there in the same situation, I feel it is getting worse not better.

Question off topic how do i add pictures to the gallery

 

[Misty K]

When I first got my new puppy Olive, she cried and woke up every 2 hours for the first two weeks. But now she sleeps through the night which started when she was around 12 weeks old. So it does get better....just takes a little while for them to get use to it.

Try giving your puppy a treat inside the crate so they know it is a good place to be.

 

[jbbtlr]

I tried giving him his kong, and he's just not interested. Other than cheese, what do you use in yours? I put his biscuts in there and he ignores them, but loves them out of the crate.

Hopefully this week the poor guy will settle down a little bit while he's in there. I hate it when he's so stressed and we are right there. :(


Dakota NB...

I tried to send you a private message but you do not have that option available.

If you go the the members photo gallery under forums. You'll see in the upper right corner a register & log in. You have to log in separately for the photos to upload them.

 

[pinkpuppy]

Chloe has been with us for 9 days now - and she is 10 weeks old. We have 2 crates - smaller one in the bedroom for nighttime. She did awsome the first night, 2nd night she cried and we caved - but from 3rd night on she has slept in her crate. She doesn't cry anymore and gets up once to go to the bathroom. She's within arms reach to me and I hear when she wakes up; I take her out before she starts to cry (once I let her cry as I wanted to wait until she settled to take her out: she did settle as soon as there was a warm puddle on her blanet - thus we learned that when she's starting to whimper it means she wants to go potty). When we walk into the house from the night time bathroom break - she's so cute - she bee-lines for her living room bed. I simply pick her up and carry her to the crate. She goes back to sleep.

However, she does not want to take a treat from us when we put her in. I've been dropping it in anyway and the last 2-3 nights I've heard her crunch on it some 5 minutes later. I think she's getting the hang of things: she's very smart.

Try always going to bed at the same time (Chloe falls alseep in the living room - we wake her up at 11 to take her out and then we all go to bed). Also our first few nights I set the alarm clock to wake up every 2.5 hours to wake her up and take her out - sort of get her before she cries - but we don't need that anymore.

Hang in there

 

[Erik & Beth]

We had the same problem a few weeks back when we got our puppy. She was about 9 weeks at the time. At first we had her crate downstairs (we sleep upstairs), and it was horrible...she whined all night and only slept for an hour or so at a time. We moved her crate into our bedroom about 3-4 feet from the bed and now she's fine. She sleeps all night from about 10 to 5 without going outside. When she has to go potty she'll whimper, otherwise she either sleeps or plays contently.

 

[jbbtlr]

Koda slept really well Wednesday night...he slept from about 10:00am-4:45am, oh my I was so excited. But last night he slept from about 10:30-3:00, he needed to go outside so we did that whole rountine, then came the time for him to go back in his crate. He whined, cried, and barked for almost an hour.

I don't know what I am doing wrong. During the day he is in his crate. But I am home a couple two three times a day so he can get out and play and go the bathroom. The kids and my husband are home by 4:00 so he's out of his crate from then till bedtime.

He usually plays and plays, then crashes about for about an hour. Either way we make sure he is up and playing by 8:30. Poor guy can only play so hard for so long before it's almost impossible to keep him awake. So we let him take a nap. Then we play with him till 10:00 or later until he gets tired and he's ready to sleep.

The last few nights going to bed hasn't really been a problem, but it's when he wakes up and needs to go outside. He doesn't want to go back in his crate. We have started transferring the crate from the living room to the bedroom so he's more comfortable in it. And the other night he actually went in there and was playing with his kong. And when we are playing with him I make sure I throw is ball or whatever he's playing with in there so he has to go in at get it.

I just don't know what else to do to make him comfortable at night so he doesn't whine?

Suggestions?