separation anxiety - Page 2

What kind of crate are you using?  the oldest dog in our house was born on a farm and was in, basically, a giant ex pen and a dog house.  when He cam to our house, the crate was a varikennel.  for three nights he thrashed and wailed in that kennel.  I bought a wire kennel and the dgo was fine.  Like a freaking miracle happened.  Now, he is fine in either kennel.  My husband created the separation anxiety he does have now, by smothering him with attention when he comes home and making long good byes.  Anyhow, long story short, try a different kennel.  I would also make the kennel the feeding place for a while to see if that helps.

Darcy

If he is only 12 weeks, have you thought about buying a soft crate for the time being if you are worried about him hurting his teeth.

My pup is now 17 weeks. At 8 weeks I started him off in a soft crate to give him a little bit of time out after his meals or if I needed to potter around doing housework.

He initially got a bit upset and would whine and then would have a paddy and tip his water bowl over. But after a few times of ignoring him and letting him out when he was calm he stopped. As he got bigger, I then got him accustomed to to the heavy duty adult crate, always giving him a treat and a Kong and his toys to play with. He will even go in there on his own accord now and again if the door is open and will lie in there quite contentedly chewing one of his nylabones and  then popping his head in and out to see what we or the other dogs are up to.

As its previously been said on other posts, the best thing is not to make to much fuss of him when he goes in the crate. Build the time he is in there gradually. Only let him back out when he has stopped protesting otherwise he will think you are rewarding him for whining. He will come around. It is hard because they can sound so pitiful and you do get worried that they could be getting stressed. But you will find everything will click into place eventually.  You will get there, just hang on in there.

You have done a good job teaching the dog if it is loud enough, long enough, you will come get it. Just leave the dog alone if you want to stop this behaviour.  If you don't, then continue what you are doing.

it's a dog, seperation anxiety doesn't exist.  another new wave term made up to sell people something,  rather than tell them they have spoiled their dog or made it neurotic by treating it like  a human baby.  don't fall into that trap with your pup.

dog isn't lonely or insecure, they are manipulative and this one is playing you like a fiddle.  forget the gadjets, just leave him alone for as long as it takes.

See my post on King Shepherds; I have learned a thing or two about seperation anxiety the HARD WAY. GSD's can be weaned from a constant compainionship (to an extent). Some other breeds (Malamutes) cannot, and attempting to do so will result in a catastrophe.