| Hi Trish
As someone who just went through this I will tell you my experience. We brought Bella home when she was 8 weeks old (she is now 15 weeks old). The first night with us was also her firs night away from her littermates. We put her in the crate and she was beside herself. Whinig, yipping, crying making all kinds of interesting noises! We took her out of the crate and slept with her on the living room floor. She setlled down immediately. Night 2 we put a ticking clock in the crate with her. She whimpered for about 10 minutes and fell asleep - she woke us up when she needed to go potty (2-3x that night). Next night no crying and within 5 days she only woke us up once a night. Now she puts herself in the crate when she wants to sleep (Door stays open except when we sleep or go out). Maybe we are lucky but Bella loves her crate. She rides in a crate in the car as well.Hope this helps! |