Lila&Ruby

How long is she spending in there? She starts whining and crying right away. However, she spend approx 4 hour-6 hours in there at a time, if we are not home. She has not slept thru one night yet. She wakes up every morning at 3 or 4 am. I dont mind this because she whines a little to let us know she has to go out. We allow her to use the restroom and then I put her back in the cage where she crys for another 30-40 minutes before she goes to sleep. Recently I have started to sleep on the floor next to the cage because that is the only way to get some sleep. When we are home, she is with us the whole time. The cage is only used when we are going to sleep or leave for work.

We have had Lila now for 1 month and she is not 14 weeks old. She continuously crys or whines while in the cage. My wife and I dont pay attention to her or make any noise towards her. We give her plenty of toys and I give her a treat everytime I put her in the cage. How long does it take to break her from crying or whatelse do I need to do or try. Thanks.

Thank you for the post, do you happen to know where to find a licensed training in my specific area. Do they have a website for license trainers by chance? I will google it, but thought that you may know of a site. P.S. Last night was not fun with the pup waking every 2 hours and whining in her crib (Crate).

I just got a 10 week old Cocker puppy for my wife, and we are already pulling out our hair. A little background, my wife and I already have an 11 year old cocker who is very submissive, calm, quiet, etc. The issue is that she runs away from the puppy which is causing the puppy to run after her and try to nibble at legs or ears. I feel protective of the older dog and grab the puppy up, if I dont do this the older dog runs away and jumps on the sofa. I am not worried about the nibbling as I am sure that will go away and she has already started to understand that you can not nibble at fingers, feet, or the other dog. How do I get my 11 year old cocker to stop running and become the "alpha" dog. (I am not sure if this is the right terminology, but I hope everyone understand what I mean. Thanks. Oh and for the name, Lila is the puppy and Ruby is the older one. :p