Puppy happy to be left but only for a short amount of time..

Hi,

we have a wonderful 13 week old terrier he’s a very excitable chap and has lots of energy! We’ve been slowly training him to be happy left alone, and he’s doing pretty well! So far we have been able to leave him in his crate for around an hourish as long as he is very very tired. However, if he’s a bit sleepy but still awake he will just whine and howl and not settle at all.

Also, he generally naps for around an hour and then wakes up, as soon as hes woken up he will look around and then begin to cry and howl if he’s alone (we have a little camera to keep an eye on him!)

My main question would be is this something he will get more used to and grow out of? I’m wondering whether as he’s older he will learn to play with his toys and feel comfortable after waking or be able to settle himself if he’s not super tired but we need to pop out.

(we use his crate to feed him, play with him etc and he’s always left with a kong toy and chew for when he wakes up)

any advice is hugely appreciated!!

 

Hi Judy,

thank you for your reply! He’s a bit of a chewer and takes interest in eating anything he can get his mouth on so we’re crating him until he’s gotten out of these habits!

that’s really helpful though thank you, I think we will work more on leaving him as you’ve mentioned above when he’s awake as this seems to be his issue!

thanks again