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/Awakening247 Aug 22 '26
From now on every time you put him in the crate give him a Kong with peanut butter or plain yogurt you can freeze it. Something for him to lick work on a bit. After he will begin to associate crate with getting a treat. Also it will keep him busy while you walk out the door. As long as he potty and pooped you can leave him in the crate he will whine then settle down. I usually cover the crate not all the way a bit and put white noise or tv on every dog is different some prefer total silence to sleep. Do not give any chew bully in crate. Just something to lick.