u/Dizzy_Citron_6595

Got a new puppy for the first time by myself. ive been training for pee and poop outside gets a treat, if she walks down the stairs she gets hugs and praise and when she goes back up to get back to the apartment she gets half a treat. If she pees on a pad she gets praise and the other half of the treat. Ive had her since sunday now and Sunday she was to scared to walk down and up the stairs and I get it there alittle tall so of course I pick her up each time but before I do I always make sure i try to get her to climb them by walking up a few steps and saying come on girl you got this! Well today when I got off work she walked down the hole flight by herself and pretty much ran up the stairs goin back up!! 🥹 ive also been crate training and im a sensitive guy when it comes to baby animals especially if im raising them, but anyway every night before bed I put her bed in there with her favorite beaver toy at the moment and a pad on the other half of it. And we walk to the crate which is at the end of my bed and I put like 4 or 5 pieces of food in there let her eat those and walk back out and then do something else for a second and then put 4 or 5 more pieces and then close the gate and when she looks at me I give her a treat and pet her chin then put the blanket on top for "cave" mode lol. But then she starts whimpering and crying usually last for three to 5 minutes but never anything longer than that and she doesn't make a peep unless I get up to pee but its usually just alittle cry or two and back to quite.

am i doing the right thing. Its so hard for me to hear her crying and just want to run over there and open the gate