Hi…I think i posted a question like this before but anyway here goes….
I have a german shepherd mix puppy. I got him about a week ago. he was a stray and i don’t know if he was abused or not but he was very very skinny.
We took him in and since he’s going to be a very large dog i would like to crate train him. (i bought this crate for my lab/dalmation and i only put him in there when i leave because he’s very distructive) When i put my puppy in there…i have a divider to make sure he only has enough space to turn around and lay down comfortably. He barks and whines and cries and i know they say to ignore it….but how can i when i have neighbors? I mean i don’t want to disturb anyone and i’m pretty sure they can hear him when he’s in there. It sounds so awful…he howls and cries and it sometimes sounds like someone is really abusing him. What should i do? LIke i said i don’t want to disturb my neighbors…thats all i’m concerned about *Sigh*….am i crate training him correct?
I put his food in there and he knocks it over…and i also put a bone in there for him…and…I put a radio in there for him because i heard that human voices can keep him company…i even tried putting a blanket over his crate because they said that it wouldn’t be so loud if i did that….