Sounds reasonable to me, too. Yes, there will be times you need to keep her away from trouble when you can't supervise. As she gets older, you can train her to stay away when you are cooking (if that is your wish) rather than being underfoot, and hopefully you can begin to trust that she won't get into trouble while you are distracted. The problem is when people constantly use the crate instead of observation and teaching the dog what is acceptable. Pups cannot learn the rules of the house whilst confined to a crate!
Best way to get a basenji used to being crated.
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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?
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Good basic article on retraining:
http://www.dailypuppy.com/articles/how-to-rekennel-train-your-dog/04ec74fb-b362-ce00-c71d-aaa079b7417e
