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Originally Posted by stopdog
The dog has had a giant upheaval in his life. I wouldn’t spritz him with water - no punishment for being scared/lonely/new house, new people, new rules etc. If it was me I would move the crate to my bedroom so that the dog is with everybody. Dogs get lonely. As long as I let my dog sleep in the crate in their bed in my bedroom - they quieted down really quickly and everyone could go to sleep. Dogs want to be with their pack/family - keeping her downstairs would be cruel to me (the water thing is not even in my conceivable appropriate action area). When my puppies were puppies - I had crates in the living room and my bedroom.
Frankly I’m not a big fan of negative dog treatment in general. I believe positive reinforcement does so much better. And while dogs may not speak english -they do understand a lot.
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I was also anti-spritzing...did it once at H's insistence, but then he went down and spritzed her multiple times. To me, it's one thing if she's, say, chewing on the couch, but if she's scared and lonely, that's different. I suggested to H that we move the crate to the living room, where I sleep (long story) at least for tonight, and he was like, "If we move her there now, that's where she'll always sleep." When...I don't know if that's the case. New dog is a year old, if that makes a difference. Still i feel like adjusting to a new place would be hard, no matter what the age...
She has quieted down, not sure if she's asleep.