We have played with her before bed to tire her out. She has a treat toy to occupy her and even her stuffed bear but she still cries all night
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She never had a problem with sleeping in the crate from the first day we rescued her, she never cried. She was the easiest to train of our dogs until now
She goes in fine during the day, actually when I put my shoes on she goes in and sits and waits for me to close the door. It’s only at night that there is the problem
Unfortunately,I agree that you now have to retrain. A few suggestions…place the crate in your busiest room during the day and put her in it for short 3 minute periods and work your way up to longer times ie. 15 min to half hour. Praise her and give treats for quiet but no eye contact or “you’re okay” for whining. Next step would be doing this without her being able to see you. I would suggest putting the crate in your bedroom at night and praising her when she is quiet but making no sound when she is whining. I… Read more »
She is going to cry to be let out, and you just have to be strong and resist her. Habits such as this will escalate before they are extinguished. Which means she will try harder and harder to get what she wants before she gives up and does what you want (a calm dog in her crate!). Good luck, be strong. It will take less than a week to get her over this if you stand your ground.
retraining! by letting her out of the crate when she cries, you’re reinforcing the idea that crying = freedom from the crate. just gotta let her cry it out until she gets used to the old routine.