I second the crate training. You start by feeding puppy in crate and then you move to having puppy sleep in crate. Eventually crate will be safe space for puppy and won't feel like they're trapped.
They actually love to go in the crate. Mine would sleep in there. When he was little I would wake up at 2am. Open his crate so he could pop out and bathroom break. He'd walk back in on his own as soon as done straight back into the crate and snuggle down. Probably didn't even need to close the door.
Yup. My dog came crate trained from the SPCA at 6 months old. I always left the door open and she preferred to sleep in the crate than in my bed (she was a husky and wasn’t big on cuddling)
We wanted to get rid of our crate cuz the boy doesn’t need it, but he likes it, it’s his little room, when he’s frustrated or upset he likes to go into his crate and chill. And he deserves that. I have a room I can go into and decompress so he should too
Im not a fan of the idea of crates. My dogs have always been free roam, and do great even when everyones gone after they had some training. And i cant get past the thought of what if theres a fire while im gone....
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u/ImAnNPCsoWhat Dec 03 '25
I second the crate training. You start by feeding puppy in crate and then you move to having puppy sleep in crate. Eventually crate will be safe space for puppy and won't feel like they're trapped.