u/CaitlanLewisxx

Sorry in advance for the long post but we’re at a loss.

For context, my partner works full time Monday to Friday, and I only work weekends. We work around each other because of the issues we’ve been having (our pup not being able to be left alone).

I have a 13 week old Whippet, we had him at 10 weeks old. He’s overall a good puppy, he’s been very easy to train, however he is a proper Velcro dog.

Straight away we noticed he couldn’t be alone for any length of time. He’d follow us room to room, and if we put up barriers like a baby gate, he’d immediately cry and scream until we got back. This was the same for the crate, he’d cry, scream, bite at the bars etc constantly and he wouldn’t stop. He just has to be touching us in order to settle.

With previous dogs, we always allowed them to sleep where they wanted, which usually was our bed. So we allowed the puppy to share our bed with us because he slept really well that way and we’ve never had an issue with dogs in bed. I know this likely hasn’t helped, but we needed sleep and are conscious to not annoy neighbours with the endless crying.

However, now he is starting to be destructive at night time while we sleep and during the day. I don’t care so much about the damage to my house as it’s all replaceable, but what I do care about is his safety, so we are now looking at crate training - I have never had to crate dogs before.

Things we’ve tried, but haven’t worked:
\- Kong/licky mat with peanut butter - unfortunately he seems to have an intolerance to peanut butter as his bowel movements went very runny so we had to stop that.
\- Tried covering the crate both partially and completely.
\- Tried playing the radio etc.
\- Tried making the crate cozy with beds, blankets etc.
\- Praising him for going into the crate.
\- Putting a worn item of clothing in the crate.
\- We’ve tried both a smaller crate, and a larger one.
\- We’ve tried feeding his meals in the crate.
\- He has teething/chewable toys in the crate, including Bamboodles.
\- Tried making sure he’s physically/mentally tired, and all his needs are met.

We’ve tried leaving him in a puppy proofed room with the same things as above, still the screaming persists.

This isn’t a fear of the crate or a fear of confined spaces, this is a fear of being alone or not being able to get to us. He will go into the crate willingly to play and he will sleep in there if he’s really tired and I leave the door open. But freaks out the moment I close the door or leave the room.

Our hope is to crate him at night, and to hopefully be able to crate him during the day if we need to go out. At least until the destructive phase passes.

Any advice will be appreciated…TIA 🖤

Sorry in advance for the long post but we’re at a loss.

For context, my partner works full time Monday to Friday, and I only work weekends. We work around each other because of the issues we’ve been having (our pup not being able to be left alone).

I have a 13 week old Whippet, we had him at 10 weeks old. He’s overall a good puppy, he’s been very easy to train, however he is a proper Velcro dog.

Straight away we noticed he couldn’t be alone for any length of time. He’d follow us room to room, and if we put up barriers like a baby gate, he’d immediately cry and scream until we got back. This was the same for the crate, he’d cry, scream, bite at the bars etc constantly and he wouldn’t stop. He just has to be touching us in order to settle.

With previous dogs, we always allowed them to sleep where they wanted, which usually was our bed. So we allowed the puppy to share our bed with us because he slept really well that way and we’ve never had an issue with dogs in bed. I know this likely hasn’t helped, but we needed sleep and are conscious to not annoy neighbours with the endless crying.

However, now he is starting to be destructive at night time while we sleep and during the day. I don’t care so much about the damage to my house as it’s all replaceable, but what I do care about is his safety, so we are now looking at crate training - I have never had to crate dogs before.

Things we’ve tried, but haven’t worked:
\- Kong/licky mat with peanut butter - unfortunately he seems to have an intolerance to peanut butter as his bowel movements went very runny so we had to stop that.
\- Tried covering the crate both partially and completely.
\- Tried playing the radio etc.
\- Tried making the crate cozy with beds, blankets etc.
\- Praising him for going into the crate.
\- Putting a worn item of clothing in the crate.
\- We’ve tried both a smaller crate, and a larger one.
\- We’ve tried feeding his meals in the crate.
\- He has teething/chewable toys in the crate, including Bamboodles.
\- Tried making sure he’s physically/mentally tired, and all his needs are met.

We’ve tried leaving him in a puppy proofed room with the same things as above, still the screaming persists.

This isn’t a fear of the crate or a fear of confined spaces, this is a fear of being alone or not being able to get to us. He will go into the crate willingly to play and he will sleep in there if he’s really tired and I leave the door open. But freaks out the moment I close the door or leave the room.

Our hope is to crate him at night, and to hopefully be able to crate him during the day if we need to go out. At least until the destructive phase passes.

Any advice will be appreciated…TIA 🖤

Sorry in advance for the long post but we’re at a loss.

For context, my partner works full time Monday to Friday, and I only work weekends. We work around each other because of the issues we’ve been having (our pup not being able to be left alone).

I have a 13 week old Whippet, we had him at 10 weeks old. He’s overall a good puppy, he’s been very easy to train, however he is a proper Velcro dog.

Straight away we noticed he couldn’t be alone for any length of time. He’d follow us room to room, and if we put up barriers like a baby gate, he’d immediately cry and scream until we got back. This was the same for the crate, he’d cry, scream, bite at the bars etc constantly and he wouldn’t stop. He just has to be touching us in order to settle.

With previous dogs, we always allowed them to sleep where they wanted, which usually was our bed. So we allowed the puppy to share our bed with us because he slept really well that way and we’ve never had an issue with dogs in bed. I know this likely hasn’t helped, but we needed sleep and are conscious to not annoy neighbours with the endless crying.

However, now he is starting to be destructive at night time while we sleep and during the day. I don’t care so much about the damage to my house as it’s all replaceable, but what I do care about is his safety, so we are now looking at crate training - I have never had to crate dogs before.

Things we’ve tried, but haven’t worked:
\- Kong/licky mat with peanut butter - unfortunately he seems to have an intolerance to peanut butter as his bowel movements went very runny so we had to stop that.
\- Tried covering the crate both partially and completely.
\- Tried playing the radio etc.
\- Tried making the crate cozy with beds, blankets etc.
\- Praising him for going into the crate.
\- Putting a worn item of clothing in the crate.
\- We’ve tried both a smaller crate, and a larger one.
\- We’ve tried feeding his meals in the crate.
\- He has teething/chewable toys in the crate, including Bamboodles.
\- Tried making sure he’s physically/mentally tired, and all his needs are met.

We’ve tried leaving him in a puppy proofed room with the same things as above, still the screaming persists.

This isn’t a fear of the crate or a fear of confined spaces, this is a fear of being alone or not being able to get to us. He will go into the crate willingly to play and he will sleep in there if he’s really tired and I leave the door open. But freaks out the moment I close the door or leave the room.

Our hope is to crate him at night, and to hopefully be able to crate him during the day if we need to go out. At least until the destructive phase passes.

Any advice will be appreciated…TIA 🖤

Sorry in advance for the long post but we’re at a loss.

For context, my partner works full time Monday to Friday, and I only work weekends. We work around each other because of the issues we’ve been having (our pup not being able to be left alone).

I have a 13 week old Whippet, we had him at 10 weeks old. He’s overall a good puppy, he’s been very easy to train, however he is a proper Velcro dog.

Straight away we noticed he couldn’t be alone for any length of time. He’d follow us room to room, and if we put up barriers like a baby gate, he’d immediately cry and scream until we got back. This was the same for the crate, he’d cry, scream, bite at the bars etc constantly and he wouldn’t stop. He just has to be touching us in order to settle.

With previous dogs, we always allowed them to sleep where they wanted, which usually was our bed. So we allowed the puppy to share our bed with us because he slept really well that way and we’ve never had an issue with dogs in bed. I know this likely hasn’t helped, but we needed sleep and are conscious to not annoy neighbours with the endless crying.

However, now he is starting to be destructive at night time while we sleep and during the day. I don’t care so much about the damage to my house as it’s all replaceable, but what I do care about is his safety, so we are now looking at crate training - I have never had to crate dogs before.

Things we’ve tried, but haven’t worked:
- Kong/licky mat with peanut butter - unfortunately he seems to have an intolerance to peanut butter as his bowel movements went very runny so we had to stop that.
- Tried covering the crate both partially and completely.
- Tried playing the radio etc.
- Tried making the crate cozy with beds, blankets etc.
- Praising him for going into the crate.
- Putting a worn item of clothing in the crate.
- We’ve tried both a smaller crate, and a larger one.
- We’ve tried feeding his meals in the crate.
- He has teething/chewable toys in the crate, including Bamboodles.
- Tried making sure he’s physically/mentally tired, and all his needs are met.

We’ve tried leaving him in a puppy proofed room with the same things as above, still the screaming persists.

This isn’t a fear of the crate or a fear of confined spaces, this is a fear of being alone or not being able to get to us. He will go into the crate willingly to play and he will sleep in there if he’s really tired and I leave the door open. But freaks out the moment I close the door or leave the room.

Our hope is to crate him at night, and to hopefully be able to crate him during the day if we need to go out. At least until the destructive phase passes.

Any advice will be appreciated…TIA🖤

Sorry in advance for the long post but we’re at a loss.

For context, my partner works full time Monday to Friday, and I only work weekends. We work around each other because of the issues we’ve been having (our pup not being able to be left alone).

I have a 13 week old Whippet, we had him at 10 weeks old. He’s overall a good puppy, he’s been very easy to train, however he is a proper Velcro dog.

Straight away we noticed he couldn’t be alone for any length of time. He’d follow us room to room, and if we put up barriers like a baby gate, he’d immediately cry and scream until we got back. This was the same for the crate, he’d cry, scream, bite at the bars etc constantly and he wouldn’t stop. He just has to be touching us in order to settle.

With previous dogs, we always allowed them to sleep where they wanted, which usually was our bed. So we allowed the puppy to share our bed with us because he slept really well that way and we’ve never had an issue with dogs in bed. I know this likely hasn’t helped, but we needed sleep and are conscious to not annoy neighbours with the endless crying.

However, now he is starting to be destructive at night time while we sleep and during the day. I don’t care so much about the damage to my house as it’s all replaceable, but what I do care about is his safety, so we are now looking at crate training - I have never had to crate dogs before.

Things we’ve tried, but haven’t worked:
- Kong/licky mat with peanut butter - unfortunately he seems to have an intolerance to peanut butter as his bowel movements went very runny so we had to stop that.
- Tried covering the crate both partially and completely.
- Tried playing the radio etc.
- Tried making the crate cozy with beds, blankets etc.
- Praising him for going into the crate.
- Putting a worn item of clothing in the crate.
- We’ve tried both a smaller crate, and a larger one.
- We’ve tried feeding his meals in the crate.
- He has teething/chewable toys in the crate, including Bamboodles.
- Tried making sure he’s physically/mentally tired, and all his needs are met.

We’ve tried leaving him in a puppy proofed room with the same things as above, still the screaming persists.

This isn’t a fear of the crate or a fear of confined spaces, this is a fear of being alone or not being able to get to us. He will go into the crate willingly to play and he will sleep in there if he’s really tired and I leave the door open. But freaks out the moment I close the door or leave the room.

Our hope is to crate him at night, and to hopefully be able to crate him during the day if we need to go out. At least until the destructive phase passes.

Any advice will be appreciated…TIA🖤

What’s the best way to crate train my 11 week old Whippet? He’s a proper Velcro dog and hates being on his own for any length of time, even if I just need the toilet. He just non stop cries in the crate.

I’ve seen so many different ways people crate train. But I was wondering if anyone has found a way to work best with Whippets?

He sleeps in bed with us atm which we don’t mind because it’s the only way we can get sleep. But I don’t necessarily want him to sleep in the crate overnight, we just want to be able to put him in there if we need to leave the house.

It doesn’t seem to be a fear of the crate itself, just hates being alone and hates not being able to get to us. Seems like separation anxiety.

What’s the best way to crate train my 11 week old Whippet? He’s a proper Velcro dog and hates being on his own for any length of time, even if I just need the toilet. He just non stop cries in the crate.

I’ve seen so many different ways people crate train. But I was wondering if anyone has found a way to work best with Whippets?

He sleeps in bed with us atm which we don’t mind because it’s the only way we can get sleep. But I don’t necessarily want him to sleep in the crate overnight, we just want to be able to put him in there if we need to leave the house.

It doesn’t seem to be a fear of the crate itself, just hates being alone and hates not being able to get to us. Seems like separation anxiety.

My boy is 11 weeks old now. Had his second DHP vaccine at 10 weeks so he’s now clear to have short walks on pavements near home etc.

He had his first walk today which went well.

One question though, how do you deal with your pup encountering other dogs? He encountered one today and was very curious and eager to meet the dog, I held him back though because the owner didn’t seem interested in socialising.

What’s right to do in this situation? Let him meet the dog (with owner’s permission)? Hold him back? But I know this can create reactivity. I don’t really know what’s best to do in that situation.

Any advice on walking a puppy is appreciated, TIA🖤

My boy is 11 weeks old now. Had his second DHP vaccine at 10 weeks so he’s now clear to have short walks on pavements near home etc.

He had his first walk today which went well.

One question though, how do you deal with your pup encountering other dogs? He encountered one today and was very curious and eager to meet the dog, I held him back though because the owner didn’t seem interested in socialising.

What’s right to do in this situation? Let him meet the dog (with owner’s permission)? Hold him back? But I know this can create reactivity. I don’t really know what’s best to do in that situation.

Any advice on walking a puppy is appreciated, TIA🖤

I lost my soul dog around a week ago. I’m obviously still heartbroken and my heart and home were so empty, I quickly realised I couldn’t live without a dog.

So I got my puppy a week later, who’s 10 weeks. He’s an absolutely darling but I feel like losing my soul dog has shaken me so much, I’m terrified of something bad happening to my puppy.

I’m constantly watching him like a hawk and have puppy proofed my house to death, yet he still finds stuff he’s not meant to have. And I find I’m babying him a bit because I’m just so paranoid.

Has anyone dealt with this anxiety after losing their soul dog? I just can’t bare the thought of him getting sick.

1 week ago I lost my soul dog, my baby girl.

We now have an 11 week old Whippet pup. He’s a lovely boy, but he keeps picking up things he shouldn’t especially while in the garden, constantly munching grass/weeds to the point his poop is green which scares me, he’s obsessed with stones even though we’ve gone through the grass so many times removing tiny stones yet he always finds more, and we have to pull them out of his mouth. He picks up every little thing that could be harmful.

I’m so scared that he’s going to swallow stones or something else which will obviously need a trip to the vet. I’m terrified of him getting hurt or unwell.

I’m honestly terrified when he goes out to the garden, and I’m constantly watching him like a hawk, ready to step in.

How can I stop him trying to eat literally everything? It’s so much anxiety.

1 week ago I lost my soul dog, my baby girl.

We now have an 11 week old Whippet pup. He’s a lovely boy, but he keeps picking up things he shouldn’t especially while in the garden, constantly munching grass/weeds to the point his poop is green which scares me, he’s obsessed with stones even though we’ve gone through the grass so many times removing tiny stones yet he always finds more, and we have to pull them out of his mouth. He picks up every little thing that could be harmful.

I’m so scared that he’s going to swallow stones or something else which will obviously need a trip to the vet. I’m terrified of him getting hurt or unwell.

I’m honestly terrified when he goes out to the garden, and I’m constantly watching him like a hawk, ready to step in.

How can I stop him trying to eat literally everything? It’s so much anxiety.

1 week ago I lost my soul dog, my baby girl.

We now have an 11 week old Whippet pup. He’s a lovely boy, but he keeps picking up things he shouldn’t especially while in the garden, constantly munching grass/weeds to the point his poop is green which scares me, he’s obsessed with stones even though we’ve gone through the grass so many times removing tiny stones yet he always finds more, and we have to pull them out of his mouth. He picks up every little thing that could be harmful.

I’m so scared that he’s going to swallow stones or something else which will obviously need a trip to the vet. I’m terrified of him getting hurt or unwell.

I’m honestly terrified when he goes out to the garden, and I’m constantly watching him like a hawk, ready to step in.

How can I stop him trying to eat literally everything? It’s so much anxiety.

1 week ago I lost my soul dog, my baby girl.

We now have an 11 week old Whippet pup. He’s a lovely boy, but he keeps picking up things he shouldn’t especially while in the garden, constantly munching grass/weeds to the point his poop is green which scares me, he’s obsessed with stones even though we’ve gone through the grass so many times removing tiny stones yet he always finds more, and we have to pull them out of his mouth. He picks up every little thing that could be harmful.

I’m so scared that he’s going to swallow stones or something else which will obviously need a trip to the vet. I’m terrified of him getting hurt or unwell.

I’m honestly terrified when he goes out to the garden, and I’m constantly watching him like a hawk, ready to step in.

How can I stop him trying to eat literally everything? It’s so much anxiety.

Our boy has had his first round of vaccines (DHP and L4). He also had his second DHP vaccine on Tuesday 28th July. His second L4 is booked for the 10th August.

How soon can I take him for his first walk? We’re excited for him to experience the world for the first time🖤

Our boy has had his first round of vaccines (DHP and L4). He also had his second DHP vaccine on Tuesday 28th July. His second L4 is booked for the 10th August.

How soon can I take him for his first walk? We’re excited for him to experience the world for the first time🖤

Our boy has had his first round of vaccines (DHP and L4). He also had his second DHP vaccine on Tuesday 28th July. His second L4 is booked for the 10th August.

How soon can I take him for his first walk? We’re excited for him to experience the world for the first time🖤

Our whippet is 10 weeks old. He is due to meet my sisters two Patterdale puppies soon (they are 13 week old sisters from the same litter). Our pup will be the first interaction for them too.

I’m obviously a bit nervous, does anyone have tips for socialising Whippet pups? Or if anyone’s had experience socialising with Terrier pups? I’m worried they’ll hurt him because of Whippets delicate skin..

Our whippet is 10 weeks old. He is due to meet my sisters two Patterdale puppies soon (they are 13 week old sisters from the same litter). Our pup will be the first interaction for them too.

I’m obviously a bit nervous, does anyone have tips for socialising Whippet pups? Or if anyone’s had experience socialising with Terrier pups? I’m worried they’ll hurt him because of Whippets delicate skin..