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Hi everyone - This is my first post to the site so thank you in advance for any responses.
We have a 3 1/2 month old American Bulldog Terrier mix. We have not had any problems getting him to like his crate and goes in fairly easily most of the time and will go in on his own and nap or play with toys. My question is that when my son and I get home in the afternoon we play with him and feed him and then he wants to go back into his crate and sleep. If we allow him to do this, he will sleep in there for up to 1 1/2 hours. When he does this, he is not as tired as I would like him to be when we are ready to go to sleep at night and he will sometimes whine at bedtime. We have recently been closing the door to the crate during these times to try to encourage him to stay out and play.
Liking the crate is not an issue but is it a bad idea to close the door and make it unavailable to him? I wouldn't want it to backfire on us.
We have a 3 1/2 month old American Bulldog Terrier mix. We have not had any problems getting him to like his crate and goes in fairly easily most of the time and will go in on his own and nap or play with toys. My question is that when my son and I get home in the afternoon we play with him and feed him and then he wants to go back into his crate and sleep. If we allow him to do this, he will sleep in there for up to 1 1/2 hours. When he does this, he is not as tired as I would like him to be when we are ready to go to sleep at night and he will sometimes whine at bedtime. We have recently been closing the door to the crate during these times to try to encourage him to stay out and play.
Liking the crate is not an issue but is it a bad idea to close the door and make it unavailable to him? I wouldn't want it to backfire on us.