fyi... Pesto is crated no more than 4 hours at a time. I always give him a Kong filled with good treats (he only gets the kong and those treats when in the crate) but to no avail.

It's been a few weeks and it hasn't gotten better.

When he is on the deck and I'm in the garden where he can't get to me, he cries also so it's a separation anxiety thing as well as a crating thing.

I've tried putting him in his crate and sitting with him, then leaving the room for a few minutes and coming back, giving treats, etc. but he still cries. I feel like I'm reinforcing crying by coming back in when he's crying. I tried waiting until he stopped crying (VERY painful -- took forever especially when he knows I'm still home) and it still isn't better.

I'm resigning to the fact that it will take a long time and all I can do is keep putting him in the crate, leaving for work, and hoping that some day he'll be ok with it

Poor little guy has bonded so much and he's so sweet. Too bad Smudge can't console him. Smudge is usually happy that Pesto is locked up and can't torment him (Smudge is in an adjustment period too and is still not sure he wants anything to do with this new furry creature in the house).