Normal puppy behaviour I am afraid! Sadly you cannot just put a puppy into a cage and expect it to sit there silently! The only help and advise I can give you is that it takes time to train a dog, I would suspect that he is disliking beong in the crate due to lack of stimulation. He should only be in there when he is tired or for his own safety or when you are out!

i have had him for 2 weeks

what do u think?too long in crate?

I'm steering clear of this one - good luck ladies

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Hi Mark,

Firstly, I want to say welcome to the forum! Loads of fab and helpful ppl on here so im hoping you get all the help you so need.

I had a feeling whilst reading the original post that some ppl may respond a little frustratingly at saying "i might have to get rid of him" but Im sure thats the last thing you want to do.

I really hope people will try to help, offer advice and support as you clearly ask for and that this thread doesn't turn into a arguement, as alot of the threads lately have been brilliant!!!!!!!

Mark, I cant offer a great deal of advice, but I did crate train my dogs, and all I can say is PATIENCE. You need alot of it......Puppies will take longer to learn, but be consistent, calm and listen to the advice you get.

Take a look at a couple of articles that I hope could help.

How To Crate Train Your Dog

Quick Guide to Crate-Training Your Dog | Dog & Cat Health, Wellness, Products and Breed Information

I hope it goes well, and wish you lots of luck and please keep us posted with how its going hun.

Lorraine x

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This is a baby puppy. You have had him just two weeks. He has now been on the earth for ten weeks and you are thinking of 'getting rid' already? Listen to the advice others have given and stop looking for easy fixes. Pups are hard work and if you cannot cope with this little one then if and when you decide to start a family in the future you are going to find that extremely hard work and babies are not so easy to dispose of. Sorry if I sound harsh but you decided to take the pup on so you have to take the responsibility to learn how to calmly deal with all the little problems it will throw up rather than take the easy option of getting rid of a living breathing animal like it was a piece of unwanted furniture. I am sure that you don't really want to do that anyway?

The others here give excellent advice so please do calm down, sit back and take a deep breath and set yourself on a plan of action to help you over this little hurdle with him.

thank you i have come to this forum for help for me and my puppy max. i have a perfect 4 year old boy. its hard to sit and listen to constant barking.

Of course it is hard, its never going to be easy and im sure your 4 yr old isnt perfect all the time hun!!!!!!!

Im sure we'll all try and help best we can..........there are many many methods to try so there is hope!!!!!

You've just got a normal puppy by the sounds of it and got some work to do, but it will be well worth it in the end!

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What do you mean you have a perfect 4 year old boy????? Do you mean human child cos in a previous post you said you'd never had a dog before

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He means son

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