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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn’t work for everyone to sleep with a dog. It’s fine to confine a dog somewhere at night so that it won’t come wake you or others up or get into trouble in the house. A crate is a safe place to confine the dog. It’s humane as long as it’s the proper temperature and the dog can turn around in it. Crating a dog for the 6-8 hrs the humans are asleep in no way implies that the dog is inappropriately confined for 20 hrs/day. Crate training makes traveling with dogs sooo much easier too; it has a safe space that smells familiar.

As for OP’s question, we don’t know why the dog is crying. It could have issues related to toileting. It could have separation anxiety. Both are best managed by moving the crate into the master bedroom and reading up on training methods and/or consulting a trainer. It’s a little bit like sleep training a baby; one has to be very careful about what one reinforces and when. Intermittent reinforcement is also the riskiest strategy and most difficult training mistake to undo. So don’t bring the dog into bed, for example, unless you’re ready for that to be its permanent nighttime spot.[/quote]
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/271890.page  This old thread contains a bunch of posts about a JRT that is only out 6 hours total a day. Owner wondered why the dog had issues. Lots of people don't consider how long total these dogs are spending isolated. If you want an animal that truly enjoys that kind of confinement and isolation, I suggest a ball python.[/quote]

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