Hey all. We just got a 8 week puppy beagle and she is amazing. However, she doesn't like her pen. The moment we put her in she'll start whimpering and howling. She jumps up onto the pen and does everything she can to push through, she even begins to bite through it where I think she is hurting herself.
I was working from home today and tried to ignore her to see if she will settle and she did a couple times once I put her crate (which she sleeps all night in perfectly). But my last meeting of the day she was going nuts to the point I had to take her out and put her on the couch next to me. We have the couch close to the pen so she can see us, but are we doing this right? I worry ignoring her until she settles and falls asleep may be traumatizing her.
We've got toys, her water and food in there to try and make it a safe place. But after the last time I feel horrible and now I feel she isn't as affectionate with me. I could be overthinking.
Anyways, I just want to be able to put her in the pen when we have meetings or whatnot where we can't watch her.
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