LillyBulldog
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- Dec 13, 2011
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Another Crate Training Question - I'm Exhausted (Scroll down for pics!)!
Hello Everyone,I picked up Lilly from the breeder 3 days ago and she is a little princess. She has been to the vet, and has already fallen in love with my girlfriend and I. I have no problems or concerns.. other than how crate training has been going.The first night I got her and put her in the crate, she did no crying. She was on the breeder schedule and she went #2 in the crate overnight, but that only happened once.The next night she went potty before bed time, and we played with her until she was too tired to even stand. We put her in the crate and she started to cry and yelp for about 20 min. This is my first bulldog and the sounds they make are quite unique... so out of bad judgment and concern for the puppy as I have never heard snorts and noises like that, I went out near her crate and laid next to her before she fell asleep. She slept all night and had no accidents.Now yesterday is why I am writing this. We did the normal routine.. potty, play, then crate time. She has toys in her crate (I even put a Kong in there with frozen peanut butter), a nice blanket, etc. She started crying and yelping like usual for about 30 min, then went to sleep. About an hour later, she woke up and starting yelping and crying even louder. I live in an apartment complex and yelping and screaming dogs at 1 am will not make the neighbors happy (especially being on the 2nd floor!). She was going at it so much and so loud that I had to do something in fear that my neighbors would be pounding on my door. I let her outside.. she did no potty, put her back in the cage, laid next to her.. and finally, she went to sleep. I am now at work dead tired as I have gotten 3 hours of sleep.. and I just don't know what to do. If it wasn't for how loud she was and my living arrangements, I would have left her alone. Any advice would be helpful. I have a noise machine next to her, tried to put the TV on, keep lights on/off, toys, treats, put her day bed in there, ran her out of energy before putting her in there, have a sheet over the crate, made her space a little bigger, etc. Pics will come soon.. she is a cutie
Hello Everyone,I picked up Lilly from the breeder 3 days ago and she is a little princess. She has been to the vet, and has already fallen in love with my girlfriend and I. I have no problems or concerns.. other than how crate training has been going.The first night I got her and put her in the crate, she did no crying. She was on the breeder schedule and she went #2 in the crate overnight, but that only happened once.The next night she went potty before bed time, and we played with her until she was too tired to even stand. We put her in the crate and she started to cry and yelp for about 20 min. This is my first bulldog and the sounds they make are quite unique... so out of bad judgment and concern for the puppy as I have never heard snorts and noises like that, I went out near her crate and laid next to her before she fell asleep. She slept all night and had no accidents.Now yesterday is why I am writing this. We did the normal routine.. potty, play, then crate time. She has toys in her crate (I even put a Kong in there with frozen peanut butter), a nice blanket, etc. She started crying and yelping like usual for about 30 min, then went to sleep. About an hour later, she woke up and starting yelping and crying even louder. I live in an apartment complex and yelping and screaming dogs at 1 am will not make the neighbors happy (especially being on the 2nd floor!). She was going at it so much and so loud that I had to do something in fear that my neighbors would be pounding on my door. I let her outside.. she did no potty, put her back in the cage, laid next to her.. and finally, she went to sleep. I am now at work dead tired as I have gotten 3 hours of sleep.. and I just don't know what to do. If it wasn't for how loud she was and my living arrangements, I would have left her alone. Any advice would be helpful. I have a noise machine next to her, tried to put the TV on, keep lights on/off, toys, treats, put her day bed in there, ran her out of energy before putting her in there, have a sheet over the crate, made her space a little bigger, etc. Pics will come soon.. she is a cutie
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