I have a 16 week lab puppy, and he is a menace when he gets tired but he absolutely will not sleep at home. He's great when I bring him to work, he naps all day under my desk. Or I can put him in the car and he's relaxed and will sleep, but that's not practical especially when it's 10F out.
At home we can't figure out ANY strategy to get him to nap. Crate doesn't work, he screams and panicks until we let him out. Lights off and music doesn't work. Tethering doesn't work. White noise doesn't work. Covering his crate doesn't work. We live in an apartment so we can't let him go on barking.
Is this something he should grow out of and finally chill out? He's teething now so that might contribute but this has been a problem since we got him at 8 weeks… I know he's going through normal puppy stages but my husband and I haven't bonded with him all because he's so much anxiety-inducing work 24/7, and we joke that the breeder gave us a dud. Help!!
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