So this is our second puppy. Shes a mini aussie. We got her last week at 10 weeks old and started “crate” training (its more a play pen with small areas for bathroom/sleep/play). This is mainly for when we return to work next week. We have been feeding her in her pen, putting her in there when shes napping, short term leaving the room, treating when shes settled, and ignoring when crying.
Today we left the house for the first time for 2.5 hours to see how she does with treats/toys/a puzzle/water. She cried for an hour and a half, finally settled for 20 minutes, cried more, then settled again before we finally returned.
Our last puppy, we didnt have to crate all day until she was about 4 months. This one we are forced to do it much earlier. We will try and return from work at lunch briefly, but then back out.
My question/plea for help is, what else can we do? I know shes a baby and its going to be hard regardless of how much prep/training we do for a few days. But has anyone else had success with this? Is it really as bad as every youtube trainer channel says it is? Did we do this puppy a disservice without having a way to be with her until shes a little older? Idk its just really hard turning on our ring camera and hearing her cry. I feel like jm just ranting now…anything to help please
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