Brought home my 8 week bernedoodle yesterday and just curious about crate training and if I'm doing anything wrong and how to approach tonight. I want to do positive associations.
He has one crate in the living room, but no direct eyesight to our bedroom.
We did small spurts of crate training yesterday during the day with kibble and it was fine. He would usually come right back out. When it came for a longer crate nap, he settled within 1 minute. He stayed in 20-30 minutes before waking up .However, if he wakes up he doesn't really tell us. He just shuffles around, no whining. I think the crate may have been a little too small for him. I started covering maybe the 3rd time he went in.
At night (same size), he slept in the crate from 11pm-6am. I played brown noise (as opposed to white noise) He did not cry but did hear him shuffle around in there and maybe even play with a toy? No accidents.
Today made the crate slightly bigger and I think it's better because he can step all four paws in and turn around to get his crate training treats. During the day he's tolerating again 20-30 minutes and just shuffling about when he's awake.
For tonight, should I continue with what I did yesterday?
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