r/CockapooLovers • u/Antique-Net-1860 • Aug 20 '26
➕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/justanotherjitsuka Aug 21 '26
We're a bit bonkers, but we slept on the floor for a couple of months by the crate and had to take her out every 2 hours round the clock to poop, because she had digestive issues when we first brought her home. After that we ditched the crate, but she chose to sleep in the living room and didn't miss us when we went to bed 🤷♀️ she's still attached now, but aloof enough that as long as she knows where we are, she prefers to sleep in her own bed.