When you are dealing with something that an animal is afraid of, the best approach is to find his "comfort" distance from the thing that scares him. A busy street makes this a bit more difficult, as you have to find a way to give him that "distance". If you have a car, maybe transporting him to a less busy area might make a good start. Perhaps a side street, where he is comfortably away from busy traffic. You could then walk toward the busy street, pausing as soon as you see some sign of anxiety, and retracing your steps just little until he is in his "comfort zone" again. Gradually…...with the use of bribery and rewards......ask him to approach closer to the scary stuff. Liberally reward him for being there, then retreat. The idea is to not force, let him decide when he is ready. If he feels he can retreat at any time, he will have more confidence. This approach may take awhile, but is less likely to create a permanent aversion. (it works well with spooky horses).
Night crying /howling…
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I can't help you because our Bs sleep with us and the only time they spend in crate is during the driving a car.
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We didn't let Paco sleep in the bed with us until we were sure he had potty training down; during that potty training time, he slept in the next room in his crate and cried the first week, even if we moved the crate into the doorway where he could see us. Over time, though, he stopped.
One night I sat with him and rewarded him with treats every time he got quiet. I think getting filled up with treats made him tired and he fell asleep and was quiet for at least that night.
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thanx all…..............will keep him in the room withme (in crate)
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Can't wait for the day….
LOL… be careful what you wish for.... you will have to learn to sleep on the smallest part of the bed... as B's will take over 99% of the space.
I have to say... when my elders were with us... for about 10 yrs. they all slept in bed ... maybe one or two nights in a crate... but for the most part bed dogs... now that they have passed over the rainbow bridge and I have just to two new pups... they sleep in their crates.. and "I" have never slept better...gggg
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Buddy used to crowd me so I bought a doggie round bed, put it on one side he sleeps in that. Pesto, no crowding.
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Buddy used to crowd me so I bought a doggie round bed, put it on one side he sleeps in that. Pesto, no crowding.
Glad that worked for you… mine would have just looked at me and say... cool, Mom's sleeping in a little bed tonight, we have more room!"
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Glad that worked for you… mine would have just looked at me and say... cool, Mom's sleeping in a little bed tonight, we have more room!"
LOL, Pat…OMG, you took the words right out of Ruby's mouth!
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Glad that worked for you… mine would have just looked at me and say... cool, Mom's sleeping in a little bed tonight, we have more room!"
LOL, it worked because he's not an under cover dog at all. My last 2 were under cover dogs and would not have used it. One would go under cover at the bottom and the other at the top. Most of the time thankfully they did not crowd me. My first Basenji was perfect always stayed on the other side in the same spot never crowding.
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My female sleeps in the bed with us but she likes to sleep at the foot of the bed under the covers. She's never been a problem!
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Good for you, working with the crate - if keeping it in your room works, go with it. We totally flunked crating - ours sleep with us….
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Buddy used to crowd me so I bought a doggie round bed, put it on one side he sleeps in that. Pesto, no crowding.
I fell into this by accident by putting their dog beds on top of mine one day. They seem to really like them (the smaller the better), I just move them around the house when I want to encourage them to sleep somewhere. Both my dogs start out in their little round dog beds and they eventually migrate under the covers sometime in the middle of the night or early in the morning.
Although, what helped the most is I bought a King-sized bed.
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Welcome erica ruth and winco. Have you any pics ?
We have a 5 month old who sleeps in her crate, in our bedroom. She's quite happy in there and will go in on request at bed time.
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we thikwe have finally sussed bedtime….we put winco into his bed in the crate after his evening walk,with a treat and toyand ignore him and watch tv. he moans a bit but isay ahhh! and he falls asleep.we sneekout once he
sgoneand hey presto!!!! he doeswake atdawn but at least were sleeping lol i will post fotos of the lad once i suss the laptop fotoe mailthingy i am new to it all.........but willgetthere.do you know Irene Horner she is from your end of the country. B.A.OB..?.and Helena Lane?thannx for mail erica
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:DMake sure your puppy is warm enough! We tuck ours in with a light blanket at night. When we started crate training, my other dog who is not crated and my cat were staring at her so I covered the crate with a blanket to eliminate the "eyes"! Now it is a month later and we no longer cover the crate. When we turn off the TV at night and say "Time for bed" she automatically goes into the crate and nestles in her bed and we shut the door to keep her safe in her den! In the morning I get up early, take her outside and then she goes back to bed with her humans so she can warm her feet in the toasty bed with the big dog and the humans for a half hour or how ever long it takes us to roll out of bed! Hope it all works out and you don't end up sleeping in the dogs bed!
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i have the sleeping quietly done now…........thanks everyone for your input...very helpful. winco now has decided to make the lowMmmmmmmmmmmmmm! noise when my friend comes into the house/ do i ignoreshout move awayfrom usany sujestions pals erica and the wing commander,....
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Be aware that the lowmmmmmmmm sound might be the beginnings of a yodel. This is how our boy started. He didn't yodel for the longest time, and now he only does it when someone comes in. The longer it has been since he saw you and the more he likes you, the more vocal he is, but it all started with what we thought was a growl. Then we noticed his body language, ears slicked back (whippet ears) and tail wildly wagging, running in circles, etc
Does he like your friend? If so, this might be what he's doing, and you don't want to discourage him from the beginnings of his yodel!!
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yes Dan i have ,,,,,loads hahaha erica
