Thanks everyone for your advice.
I know my basenji understands and he does listen to me but he has selective hearing. We are traning on it and he is getting better each day.
So I am crate training Watson and he is having difficulty adjusting.
He does well when I put him in and he knows we are in another room for a short time…there is some whining but nothing else.
If we leave the house though even only for an hour he gets so anxious there is always a big mess when we get home and he needs a bath.
What can I do to make this easier for him?
Good basic article on retraining:
http://www.dailypuppy.com/articles/how-to-rekennel-train-your-dog/04ec74fb-b362-ce00-c71d-aaa079b7417e