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Several weeks ago, after being fine with her crate for about a month, Mercy staged what I have come to call "The Great Crate Revolt". Her walker called me one afternoon to tell me that Mercy had practically disassembled her crate with her fussing. From that point forward, I couldn't get her to stay quietly in her crate, so I decided to leave her at large while I was work. I kept feeding her in her crate, and planned on gradually reintroducing her to her crate when she'd had a chance to get calmer about it.
She hasn't been doing particularly well out and about. She started off chewing the odd piece of paper, but it has progressed to blankets and pillows. Even this I could live with, but Friday I came home and found that she had chewed my phone charger. I'm just grateful that she didn't hurt herself.
To make matters worse, today I realized that she's been going potty on the bed room rug for quite some time. I have no idea how I didn't notice this before, but there it is.
Obviously she is not ready to be out of the crate. Fortunately, I already started closing the crate door for short periods while I'm in the room and that's been going well. Unfortunately, today I put her in the crate with some toys and treats to see how she'd do if I went downstairs. She started whining loudly and trying to get out. left her for about 20 minutes to see if she'd settle down, but she didn't. She calmed down when I came back into the room and I waited for her be quiet in the crate for several minutes before I let her out.
Now I just don't know what to do.
Mercy was found as a stray in September, when her leg was amputated, so she probably never had a lot of formal crate and potty training, although her foster mom told me she'd been doing well with both while she was in foster. She about a year and a half old.
She hasn't been doing particularly well out and about. She started off chewing the odd piece of paper, but it has progressed to blankets and pillows. Even this I could live with, but Friday I came home and found that she had chewed my phone charger. I'm just grateful that she didn't hurt herself.
To make matters worse, today I realized that she's been going potty on the bed room rug for quite some time. I have no idea how I didn't notice this before, but there it is.
Obviously she is not ready to be out of the crate. Fortunately, I already started closing the crate door for short periods while I'm in the room and that's been going well. Unfortunately, today I put her in the crate with some toys and treats to see how she'd do if I went downstairs. She started whining loudly and trying to get out. left her for about 20 minutes to see if she'd settle down, but she didn't. She calmed down when I came back into the room and I waited for her be quiet in the crate for several minutes before I let her out.
Now I just don't know what to do.
Mercy was found as a stray in September, when her leg was amputated, so she probably never had a lot of formal crate and potty training, although her foster mom told me she'd been doing well with both while she was in foster. She about a year and a half old.