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(Date Posted:07/20/2006 1:17 AM)
Ok, this question doesn't have to do with a rat terrier, but it does have to do with a puppy, so here it is. My friend Emily now has Just Jack (my foster pup) in Florida. She was here with him for several weeks, andhe wassleeping in his crate until about 6 am. They flew to Florida on Monday (with Jack in the cabin as a carry on). He is in a new crate (as my crate stayed here), so it smells different (he does have the same blanket), and he's in a new environment. He is absolutely fine outside the crate, but bedtime is another story. Emily puts him in his crate when she goes to bed at 10 or 11. Around 1 AM, Jack starts crying. She has been waiting for him to stop crying, and then she takes him outside, and he goes. When she puts him back in the crate, he cries the rest of the night.Ok, so the question: What should she do to stop this behavior?I told her to give him a warm water bottle to cuddle up to, and then to ignore him until at least 4 AM - to see if he'll just go back to sleep. I'm thinking that what is happening is that he's alone and doesn't like it, so he cries. Then he doesn't want to be left alone again after going outside, being in a strange place and everything. The thing is, I haven't had a crabby puppy in what seems like forever! So, does anybody with more experience with this have any other/better advice?
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Rebecca
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