I am looking for some tips with Crate training. We brought out mini home at 8 weeks, that was a week ago and he freaks out the entire time in his crate. The longest he is left in his crate is 3 to 3.5 hours when we are at work and we have people let him out. His Yelping can be heard from outside. This behavior worries me, it seems like he is yelping when he needs to eliminate but I am not sure if he yelps the entire time we are gone. He has only peed in his crate 2 times and never pooped but some of the times when we get him out he had a very large and soft stool.
Reading on the forums the soft stool may be due to over feeding? We are feeding him a 1/4 cup in the morning and a little more than a 1/4 cup in the evening. We give him a little more than an hour to play and exercise/potty before we go to work in the morning.
How long will this separation anxiety last. I even try to put him in his crate for 5 minutes while we are home and he yelps the entire time. I would love any tips I could try! Thanks!!
Here is the little guy!
Reading on the forums the soft stool may be due to over feeding? We are feeding him a 1/4 cup in the morning and a little more than a 1/4 cup in the evening. We give him a little more than an hour to play and exercise/potty before we go to work in the morning.
How long will this separation anxiety last. I even try to put him in his crate for 5 minutes while we are home and he yelps the entire time. I would love any tips I could try! Thanks!!
Here is the little guy!