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3yo dog crying at night

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Grotbags42 · 15/12/2013 22:30

Help! I've a three year old male dog who is crate trained. He sleeps in his crate at night and during the day when we are at work. The last week he has been crying in his crate. He always goes in when he's asked- never had to force him. And never is it used as a punishment. I'm 33 weeks pregnant and wondering if he might be unsettled with me at all?? No behaviour changes in him so far tho.. Advice ?? Thanks x

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Ilovemydogandmydoglovesme · 15/12/2013 23:25

Right, ok, so how many days exactly are we talking about here? How long have you had him? You say he's three but have you had him since a pup? I am trying to help here, really I am.

yesyestisme · 15/12/2013 23:26

8 hours would be an average sleep. You also said as it's the weekend he has been out because you are at home.

One would assume from this that you work every weekday

MrsUptight · 15/12/2013 23:26

You said yourself he's in the crate 8 hours a day and at night OP! What the eff do you expect people to think??

Middleagedmotheroftwo · 15/12/2013 23:26

So how long is he in the crate each day, and how many days each week?

spottydottystripes · 15/12/2013 23:28

OK then. Stop being defensive and answer the question. What time is he locked in the crate and then let out again? And what time is he locked in at night?

BeerTricksPotter · 15/12/2013 23:29

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MothershipG · 15/12/2013 23:30

8 hours crated without a break is too long, is that clear enough?

PrammyMammy · 15/12/2013 23:31

Is his crate shut during the day or do you leave it open for him to come & go as he pleases/use it as his bed?
What kind/size of dog is he?
Does he need to be locked in? How does he wander/stretch his legs/do doggy stuff during the day when you're out?
I'm really sorry but if you're out 8 hours per day, this poor boy will be bored/scared/lonely/bursting whether caged or not, but I can only imagine how worse the crate makes things.

I have a friend with a crated pup. She works as a CM and the pup is a toy breed. He has a crate inside a play pen. He uses the crate as a bed, but also has the freedom to wander the pen, drink, chew, sprawl out, without causing himself any danger. Is that an option?
Can you imagine being caged for a working day AND all night?

tombakerscarf · 15/12/2013 23:34

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ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs · 15/12/2013 23:34

I am definitely not anti-crates, but I usually say to my clients that 4 h is the max they should be crated during the day. What kind of dog is he, and how much walking etc does he get?

PrammyMammy · 15/12/2013 23:38

Also, has this been his life for 3 years?

He could be crying during the night because he's already done his night length stint in the cage and feels like it's now day time.
He could also be crying all day while locked in the cage.

Dog's need stimulation, company, walks.

I have two dogs, I'm also pregnant, they would be so distressed if I was out for 8 hours in the day and they are not crate trained.

Ilovemydogandmydoglovesme · 15/12/2013 23:53

Hmm, op hasn't come back yet.

BeerTricksPotter · 15/12/2013 23:59

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Xmasbaby11 · 16/12/2013 00:02

I've never heard of a dog crate, but I can imagine I'd be crying at night in one of them. Sounds quite mean TBH.

ceres · 16/12/2013 06:10

I am a huge fan of crate training.

I am NOT a fan of leaving a dog in a crate for eight hours while the owners are at work. that is not crate training, that is caging and it is cruel.

it doesn't matter whether you work 1 day a week or 5 days; eight hours is waaaaaaaay too long to leave a dog in a crate.

furbaby · 16/12/2013 06:22

Even though op has been very defensive and all her comments have been "well I didn, t say that "

when she did :(
I do pray that she has learnt something .
It does seem that she thought it was norrmal behaviour to cage a dog for 16 hours .
And I think she was suprised by our reaction .
Op please stop giving it all the "I didn, t say that "
Just admit your wrong and learn from this and stop being so neglectful to your pet .

basildonbond · 16/12/2013 06:59

Sadly I think there's a huge number of dog owners who don't have a clue

My puppy met a lovely little 5 month old lab puppy a couple of weeks ago, she was v nervy and recall pretty non-existent - I got chatting to her owner and discovered that she got one walk a week as her owner worked full-time ...

lapetitesiren · 16/12/2013 07:12

Maybe he' s lonely. Can you have a crate near where you sleep for nightime use so he' s with the pack? Do you leave a radio or telly on for him in the day so he isn' t feeling like hes in an empty house?
Might be helpful to give more details- then the experts on here can guide you through. We all make mistakes with animals, you need to evaluate if you can adapt and make him happy or as some say need to rehome him. Presumably why you posted- to get help with that.

needastrongone · 16/12/2013 07:41

OP, please give us more details.

When the crated during the day, does anybody come in and walk him, play with him etc at lunch time. What training do you do with him? How much walking? Games? How many days a week does he have his 8 hours in the crate? What breed is he, that makes a huge difference, our Springer would go insane with this arrangement, a retired Greyhound, maybe less so.

Your posts just make us assume the worst, that might not be the case, but if you posted this on ANY dog forum, you would get the same response without further information.

Tryandguessthisonethen · 16/12/2013 08:13

have a lab that I crate trained, and when he was very small, he stayed in there whilst I was at work. Someone can round dduring the day to walk & play with him. He had a huge crate, puppy pads, toys, filled Kong's etc. By 6 months old, he was confined to one room with a pet gate and crate door left open and by 12 months, was able to have run of the downstairs (only lost a door frame and dining room table legs.....then I got a dog flap, and walk him off lead before and after work, and he was fine.

Your dog is 3 ffs, what you are doing is cruel. A new baby will make the situation worse not better.

scratchandsniff · 16/12/2013 08:20

I wonder why some people have dogs. I'd love a dog, but we don't have one as I work 3 days a week and I could not leave a dog on it's own for that long, it's cruel. No wonder your poor dog is crying.

Whoknowswhocares · 16/12/2013 10:00

OP. Why do you crate him during the day? Whilst it's quite common for a puppy, most dogs are at least allowed a little more freedom than that whilst their owners are out.
I'd hazard a guess that he's destructive, or that you are worried he will be if you chance it. That would be a very big sign that your current arrangement is leaving him without enough interaction and he is frustrated with the current arrangement.
Which would make the crying at night a second symptom rather than a new thing iykwim

You've been given a hard time here and maybe feel aggrieved. However, not one single person has said what you are doing with crate time is acceptable, based on the very limited info you appear willing to give. You dont owe us an explanation, but you DO owe it to your dog to take heed of his cries and our words and make some changes

furbaby · 16/12/2013 10:25

Op please get back to us .
I am feeling so upset thinking about your poor dog .
you may not think your wrong but what your doing is very wrong .
Even if you don, t want to come back on here please DON, T leave your poor dog for hours on end .
If I knew you I would report you for animal neglect :(

lapetitesiren · 16/12/2013 12:01

I hope op hasn' t been driven away- if she' s mistaken in the way she is treating her dog its far more helpful to the dog to help her find ways to improve his quality of life rather than threaten her. Please come back with more info and let us help!!! We' ve all got things wrong but you don' t know what you don' t know and some dogs might be ok like that. Its like parenting- you make mistakes and learn from them.

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