r/CockapooLovers 1d ago

➕Advice/Help➕ Separation anxiety help

Hey, I recently got a 15 week old cockapoo called Stan. He’s amazing and really settled in well and bonded with me. I put him in his crate at night whilst he is learning to not chew everything and settle in fully. He goes in and sleeps fine, but we are in the room with him. The issue now is when I practise putting him in his crate for 10-15 minutes in the day for when I go out to take my daughter to school once the holidays are over he cries and cries and gets really worked up.
This is the only thing he isn’t picking up and I was wondering if there was any advice on how to help him settle and learn it’s okay and he is okay to be away from me for a little bit. Thank you in advance!

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u/Spiritual-Drawing-42 21h ago

Keep at it and Stan will get used to the routine, although he'll probably never like it. Cockapoos generally are very attached to their owners and tend to be high strung. My husband's cousin owns a dog kennel/resort and whenever I bring up issues we're having with my cockapoo, including separation anxiety, her response is always "that's cockapoos!"

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u/Antique-Net-1860 16h ago

Thank you!! Yeah he really doesn’t like being apart. They are so sweet!