Allison's post on her puppy, Charlie, prompted me to write one about Pickles.
Pickles is the only dog. She hates being alone. We bought a crate for her but she dislikes it. Even though I left the door open and put treats in there and toys and a nice bed, she wouldn't spend any time in it and the few times that I shut the door for even two minutes she cried. She actually seemed horrified but maybe I'm reading too much into it.
Pickles usually sleeps in the livingroom. My DH stays up late and she falls asleep and then he creeps off to bed and normally she'll stay downstairs and sleep. (I'm an early to bed person so I'm usually asleep by then.)
However, if she wakes up she scratches on the door and cries. Twice she "broke out" of the livingroom and ran upstairs and got into our bed and just looked at us as if to say, "well... why didn't you tell me we were all going up here to bed?! " And of course she's SO ADORABLE. I've ended up going downstairs and sleeping on the sofa with her sometimes so that we can get some sleep.
I have a feeling that I'm doing something really bad.
Do other people have problems getting their puppies to sleep alone at night?
Do other people just give in and let them sleep in the bed?
Do other dogs really hate the crate? Do they come to love it?
Any other experiences with getting your cavalier to be a little more independent?
Pickles is the only dog. She hates being alone. We bought a crate for her but she dislikes it. Even though I left the door open and put treats in there and toys and a nice bed, she wouldn't spend any time in it and the few times that I shut the door for even two minutes she cried. She actually seemed horrified but maybe I'm reading too much into it.
Pickles usually sleeps in the livingroom. My DH stays up late and she falls asleep and then he creeps off to bed and normally she'll stay downstairs and sleep. (I'm an early to bed person so I'm usually asleep by then.)
However, if she wakes up she scratches on the door and cries. Twice she "broke out" of the livingroom and ran upstairs and got into our bed and just looked at us as if to say, "well... why didn't you tell me we were all going up here to bed?! " And of course she's SO ADORABLE. I've ended up going downstairs and sleeping on the sofa with her sometimes so that we can get some sleep.
I have a feeling that I'm doing something really bad.
Do other people have problems getting their puppies to sleep alone at night?
Do other people just give in and let them sleep in the bed?
Do other dogs really hate the crate? Do they come to love it?
Any other experiences with getting your cavalier to be a little more independent?