Now the dog is 11 weeks old. the crate is near the bed. She refuses to
go to sleep at night when put in crate. She starts to bark. She cannot
stand crate. I then put her in pen and barking starts over again.

I closed off bedroom to rest of house last nite and allowed her to
have access to closed in porch and hoped for the best.

I woke up this morning to feel her tugging the blankets.

The dog is very friendly with people and other dogs, but she is a pain
in house and you have to watch her constantly.

right now she is at my feet lying down peacefully.

what can I do to make her accept crate or pen without her non stop
barking??

Roger

On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 08:14:00 -0700 (PDT), meteore
wrote:

Now the dog is 11 weeks old. the crate is near the bed. She refuses to
go to sleep at night when put in crate. She starts to bark. She cannot
stand crate. I then put her in pen and barking starts over again.

I closed off bedroom to rest of house last nite and allowed her to
have access to closed in porch and hoped for the best.

I woke up this morning to feel her tugging the blankets.

The dog is very friendly with people and other dogs, but she is a pain
in house and you have to watch her constantly.

Well, you have to watch all puppies constantly, or very near
constantly. They're baby dogs, just like kids are baby people - they
need supervision.

right now she is at my feet lying down peacefully.

what can I do to make her accept crate or pen without her non stop
barking??

I am not a puppy expert - my youngest puppy was 3 months old when I
got him and we didn't have any problems crating him at night. My IG
pup was 4 months when we got him, but he slept in bed with us from the
get go. Is that not a possibility with your pup?

meteore said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Now the dog is 11 weeks old. the crate is near the bed. She
refuses to go to sleep at night when put in crate. She
starts to bark. She cannot stand crate. I then put her in
pen and barking starts over again.

Suggestions:
1. Wear her out with lots of pre-bed exercise. A tired dog
sleeps.
2. Not all puppies get used to a crate quickly. What are you
doing when she complains? If you're not doing this, you
should: When she's quiet for even a few seconds, let her out
of the crate and praise/treat her.

Don't forget, crate training is not just for your convenience,
but for her safety when she travels or stays overnight at the
vet. Crate training is worth pursuing even if you let her on
your bed at night, as per Sally's comment. My last puppy
slept on the bed and she's fine with a crate.

I closed off bedroom to rest of house last nite and allowed
her to have access to closed in porch and hoped for the
best.

Whatever you do, you have to be consistent. Changing
approaches will just confuse your puppy.

I woke up this morning to feel her tugging the blankets.

The dog is very friendly with people and other dogs, but
she is a pain in house and you have to watch her
constantly.

That's what you have to do with a puppy. The reward, though,
for all the work now, is a well-behaved and confident dog for
the next 15 years.

right now she is at my feet lying down peacefully.

what can I do to make her accept crate or pen without her
non stop barking??

If my quick synopsis doesn't satisfy, Google this group on
"crate training". You'll find lots.

Roger

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--Matt.

On 7 Jul 2010 16:07:32 GMT, Matt wrote:

Don't forget, crate training is not just for your convenience,
but for her safety when she travels or stays overnight at the
vet. Crate training is worth pursuing even if you let her on
your bed at night, as per Sally's comment.

That's an excellent point. My Borzoi yearling was 7 months old when
we got her. She's very bright and a quick learner, but she was not
crate trained by her breeder and we have not been successful in crate
training her. Fortunately, there are other ways to keep her from
being destructive in the house, and she's too big to crate on car
rides. But she'll be spayed in a couple of months, and will need to
be confined for at least a day or two during recovery. So we need to
redouble the crate-training efforts.

On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:14:00 -0700, meteore wrote:

what can I do to make her accept crate or pen without her non stop
barking??

Roger

feed and water your puppy in the crate,

and search this site:

http://leerburg.com/