RosietheDobie
Novitiate
Hello! I'm new to this forum and to owning a Doberman. I know they are wonderful, smart, and loyal dogs. I recently adopted a 7mo old female, red/tan doberman named Rosie. She is the absolute sweetest. I've only had her a week and she already is great at sleeping in a crate overnight without fuss. I have been trying to get her to "like" her crate for leaving her alone during the day. I first tried confining her to just the living room while I'm out but she cries, whines, etc., and I'm in a condo so don't want to disturb my neighbors too much. I know all of this is normal since (1) she's still a puppy and (2) I just got her, but looking for some help!
I've been trying crate games and can't get her to go in the crate unless I chuck a treat inside and she hesitantly goes in. With other dogs, I've been able to give them the command to go in the crate and once they do, I give them a treat. With her, I can't even get her to go in most of the time. I also tried slowly working up to giving her treats while the crate door is closed and walking away for a few seconds, which she does fine with...for only 30seconds without making a huge fuss. I also tried giving her her favorite beef neck bone to chew on while in, and she'll just stand up in the crate looking for me instead, not even caring about the high value treat.
I'm not sure what to try at this point to work up to being able to leave her home alone while I take short trips for errands, let alone longer ones if I have to go into the office for a meeting, etc. Any advice?? THANK YOU!
I've been trying crate games and can't get her to go in the crate unless I chuck a treat inside and she hesitantly goes in. With other dogs, I've been able to give them the command to go in the crate and once they do, I give them a treat. With her, I can't even get her to go in most of the time. I also tried slowly working up to giving her treats while the crate door is closed and walking away for a few seconds, which she does fine with...for only 30seconds without making a huge fuss. I also tried giving her her favorite beef neck bone to chew on while in, and she'll just stand up in the crate looking for me instead, not even caring about the high value treat.
I'm not sure what to try at this point to work up to being able to leave her home alone while I take short trips for errands, let alone longer ones if I have to go into the office for a meeting, etc. Any advice?? THANK YOU!