New puppy crying

[bjh3738]

I have a ringneck parrot who is always in mischeif. He spends alot of time out of the cage he would have it no other way. He is all over the house even goes from room to room. He has a play area but nothing seems to keep his interest very long we have tried everything. He eats with us we give him his own plate but he still choices to steal things from our plate.
Benji is like part of the family we love him dearly. He has never learned to talk but he will immitate sounds or laughing at you little things. And he has heard us say 'no Benji' so much he only hollows back 'ankk' as if his way of saying no.
He plays with lots of energy but we do not leave him unattended more than a minute or when you go back into the room believe it or not theres nothing left of it. And if you talk on the phone or to someone believe it or not he gets louder than you and when you be quiet he will too then look at you I suppose this is attention. But he gets plenty of that.
But his dancing and prancing and setting down watching videos of music with me and tugging at my shirt sleeve till I give him a bite of whatever I am eatting makes up for all of it he is very bonded to me more than anyone he is easy to bond with humans but not other birds. We could use with a little less of his destructive self? Any ideals besides kill the bird?

[bjh3738]

ok

[Daisy Jo's Mom]

daisy didn't like her crate either when we first put her in it....but like everyone else said we put alot of treats and her fav toys in there with her and she eventually got used to it.....but when she whined it broke my heart so i would stick my hand in there and pet her a little bit and then slowly move away....that might have taken her longer to like the crate but it helped my heart

[Lescoop77]

I am a sucker. He is still whining - and crying at the top of his little lungs and for a 7 week old pup he doesn't have that big of a bark yet. LOL

It is not working w/ him in the crate at night. I try to play with him to wear him down as much as I can so that he will sleep. I put him in and he whines a little, then falls asleep. As soon as he wakes ( about 2 hours later) he's screaming and I take him out, potty and put him back in. The crying lasts for what seems like forever that's when I give in and then I cave, take him out and sleep with him! As I'm getting ready for work I try to wear him out as much as I can so that he will sleep in the crate while I'm gone. When I put him in and walk out the door, while standing in my driveway I can hear the little guy. Poor thing - I just know he's going to end up with Laringitis (sp?) ahahahahah LOL

[lv4dogs]

Uh oh, mommy's giving in. LOL

I know its hard, very hrad, but if you stick with it, NEVER let him out when he wines it will get better.

7 weeks is still a little young to be seperated from his littermates & mother so try leaving a ticking clock near him.

[LittleOrangeKitten]

Geez y'all...a baby is a baby. Place a radio close to his cage and leave it on a station that's easy to listen to - like jazz or classical. He will have "company" such as voices and the music will be soothing to him. Leave him a t-shirt, or other clothing item with your scent on it, to comfort him with additional familiarity. And yes, I know it's hard to do, but you are going to have to ignore him and let him get used to his surroundings. He will learn quickly and you both will be happy.

[BC_MoM]

I just adopted a 12 1/2 week old Border Collie pup.

She cried so much it sounded like you were torturing her.

Here's what I did:
- Her crate is in a room where there is a bit of human activity
- I take her outside right before she goes in her crate
- I cover her crate with a blanket (to prevent whining)
- I leave the radio on quietly so she's not as lonely

If she whines a bunch and doesn't shut up, I slowly creep into the room and growl "QUIET!!!!" at her.

I also immediately take her outside when I take her out of the crate.

[Jessika]

When he cries, DO NOT baby or coddle him or give him any attention at all. If you do, he'll learn "Oh I want attention or I don't like this situation, if I whine mom won't make me do it anymore!!" so whenever he wants something or attention he'll learn to whine.

So you just need to ignore him, and NOT give any attention and he will learn that its not getting him any attention, so he will stop