nursejess80
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Ok, so we've had Ruby for 2 days now, and she is SOOO attached to us. She hates her crate and freaks out if she's not asleep in it. She whines and howls, which I expected, but nothing we do seems to help. I've tried talking to her in a soothing voice, putting a clock next to the crate at night, leaving toys and treats in with her, etc., but she only wants to be on one of our laps. Also, it's been pretty rough at night with the howling. We got out to potty before bedtime, and we got out about every 2-3 hours. BUT, she refuses to go to sleep in the crate. I have to get her to sleep outside of the crate and put her in it. She usually kind of stirs when I do this, but she'll usually settle in. Then, she'll wake up about 30 minutes later whining her head off. Needless to say, we aren't getting much sleep right now. I also did something I know I shouldn't have last night. At 2 in the morning I took her out and then she went back into her crate. She cried for about 20 minutes straight, even after I got her to sleep and put her back in there. I finally just put her in the bed with me. She slept for almost 3 hours without any problem. I don't want to mess up our crate training, but it just isn't going so well. Also, I'm nervous about ever leaving her because she gets so upset when we're not around. Any tips on what I should do??? I don't want her to be an anxious dog.....