I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!

What is her crate schedule like?

hmm, no suggestions. we never put any of our dogs in a crate for the night or otherwise. she probably feels trapped (i know i would) or associates it with her being left alone. certainly sounds like anxiety.

It's just so weird beacause for the last few weeks, she's been fine. Now, suddenly, she is crazy barking!

Her crate schedule varies but it always has. Nothing has changed in that regard.

We will see how tonight goes...wish me luck...

How much time does she spend in her crate. Could she be barking to entertain herself? Boxers are active dogs with active imaginations.

She goes 4 hours at a time. The worst barking is at night, when we are there and she should be sleeping.

She barkes when we leave but stops soon after (the old, stand by the door and pretend we are gone trick) and is never barking when we get home.

Just leave her out of the crate, at least at night. She wants to
be with you. Put her bed next to yours, and she'll be fine.

I never had any dog in a crate, even when they were
puppies.

We can't allow her to be out during the day until she is past her destructive puppy phase and so she must get used to her crate.

When she is a little bit older, she will be allowed to sleep anywhere she wants but for now, the crate is it.

BD,
(assuming the crate is in a different room), is there room in your bedroom for it?

Can you keep her confined to one, relatively doggie-proof room, rather than the crate?

Like put up doggie doors in the kitchen, make a little bed for her there?

bd wrote : "she should be sleeping. "

perhaps she just isn't tired . tired dogs will usually sleep anyplace/anytime .
does she sleep when you let her out of the crate ?

is the crate plenty big , so that she can stretch out comfortably ? can she move around in her crate ?

is there something in the crate that 'annoys' her ?
any strange smell , something sticking out ?

does she willingly go into the crate or do you have to coax/push her ?

bailey (ehbeth's dog) would sometimes go into the crate by himself if he wanted peace and quiet . he will sometimes go into the spare room and curl up on a nice soft chair 'to have some peace and quiet' .

is she in heat ?

perhaps put her on the internet, so she can tell us what she wants !

hope you find out soon what the 'complaint' is !
hbg

Yes, she is in the bedroom with us.

She can jump over/knock down baby gates. And the crates initial purpose is to house train her; she won't go where she sleeps so she learns to hold it and let us know when she has to go. If she were free roaming during the day, we'd never get her house trained. Or it would be harder. :wink:

Hmm, I'll leave it to the experts. Long time since I had a puppy.

Put a sheet over the crate so she cannot see out when you want her to be quiet. When you put the sheet on tell her "enough" or "that will do" which will indicate you want her to stop her curent behavior. Lack of stimulation can quiet them and that is the purpose of the sheet.

She will be sleeping so hard I can carry her half way up the stairs before we wakes up but the minute she is in that crate, bark bark bark bark bark!

And before it was a little whining in protest but now...holy crap.



It was divided in half because she was so small and the vet said that puppies feel more comfortable when the space around them is nice and cozy. It is also recommended that you keep it so that they can't pee in a far coner and then sleep in the other. That way, if they mess where they sleep, it makes them angry and unhappy and they won't do it again.

But now that she hasn't had an accident in about 4-5 days, and none in her crate since the second day we had her, I open it up all the way for her. It's for a full size dog so she has lots of room.



When it started, there was nothing different about her crate. On Saturday, she got a new bed (nice and fluffy) but on Wed when it started, nothing was different.



Ha! No, we have to put her in. She has gone in there a few times by herself while we were just hanging around upstairs. But ran back out. She did lay down in there when I climbed in. I wanted to see what she was seeing. I know, I am a dork but it was really comfy. :wink:
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God I hope not. She's 11 weeks old!



I wish she could tell me what's wrong. Maybe she's just being a little ****. Or maybe she is really scared of her crate for some reason. Maybe she just wants attention. I don't know.

Got it on there. I think it makes it worse that she can't see us. I don't know.

The problem is that the "experts" don't have to live with a disgruntled dog.

And since every dog is different, who knows.

We might be allowing her that bedroom floor sleeping privledge sooner than later, considering that she hasn't had an accident in a few days. However, the accidents she did have were upstairs. She hasn't figured out that the door is downstairs.

Bella Dea,

Is there a reason she HAS to be in the crate? I'm not up on all this so I don't know. It does sound like she just does not like the crate.

Also, are there any new animals in your area? Anyone with a new cat, dog, etc? Have you talked to the vet? Sometimes dogs bark like this when something is wrong with them.

It could be so many different things, Bella. I would definitely check with the vet first. Then if she doesn't HAVE to be in that crate, try leaving her out of it and getting used to being out of it. Who knows, maybe she's saying, "And I'm not going back into that crate!"

it sounds like she wants attention, and/or she thinks she's outgrown the crate.

how about this?
as an experiment, let her sleep on the bedroom floor tonight, with the door closed so she can't roam around the house...