Crate Issue
Any ideas as to why??? |
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| Anxiety is the most obvious suspect.
Are there any other signs that he may have some separation anxiety? Kristine |
| Ditto Aniexty at you going.
Do you need to crate him when out for a short time? Have you a small area that you can put up a baby gate on while you duck out for a short period and see if the same thing happens while you are out? He might be associating being put in the crate with you leaving him. Try a different approach in a confined area, give him a stuffed Kong as you go and no fuss on leaving or arriving back home and see if the situation improves. 
Change the routine for a few times when you have to go out by not crating him and then he might be pre-occupied enough with a different routine to take his mind off that you are going out. |
| There is no other option other than to carte him when I leave even for a short time. I ran to the Hardees drive thru one day which is less than a mile from my house and did not crate him. Maybe 15 minutes at the most by the time I returned home he had torn down two or three sets of blinds.
He can open his crate, so I have resorted to securing it with carabineers (spelling). Four of them just to be on the safe side. I have tried leaving his favortie treat with him, marrow bones, and that doesn't help either. He definetely hates veing left alone, and has anxiety issues. I can crate him while I am in the room with him and hes seems perfectly content. When I leave the room he barks and bangs on his crate. I gate crating him but no one other choice. As far as the inddor pens as I call them he can easily get out of them. He can jump over a standard fence. FYI just got him shaved today. They shaved off his goatee beacause it was badly matted. I cant wait for it to grow back I miss it. |
| You need to talk with your vet if his seperation anxiety is that bad. |
| I agree with talking to the vet.
In the meantime, since he's okay when he's crated and you are home, I'd do that/give him a treat, and practice leaving the room for very very short periods of time. Start with ten seconds. Go grab a pen from the next room, and say nothing upon entry/exit. Then do fifteen seconds, etc. Go up as gradually as he needs. It's a small step, but might help him get some confidence that you'll always come back, and you can build on it very slowly. Good luck to you guys. |
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