How to ditch the crate

[Trigs92]

Hello everyone,

My dog is 13 months old and has been crate trained from day 1. He sleeps at night inside without any issues (I’m stating to leave him out and he is great), if he has to be inside during the day he hates it. My wife stays home and he is rarely left in the crate in the daytime and if he is it’s only for a couple hours.(he’s actually managed to break out 2-3 times, and when he got out he’s made a mess in our house.)

Being a guard dog I would prefer him to be protecting our house and not be locked away in the crate, but he just can’t be trusted yet… I tried the other day leaving him out for 15 minutes and he started to destroy things.

Just wanted to hear from others Corso owners at what age they were able to leave their dog home alone and if anyone has tips that could help me out and speed up this process.

Thank you!

 

[glen]

Welcome to the forum,
If im getting the right impression from what youve read.
You say hes rarely left for long, this could be seperation anxiety when he is left.
Also yes hes 13 months but hes still very young, could even be a fear stage.
The mess, is he chewing or toiletting in the house.
Iv had 3 ccs, still have 2 males.
I would do very short times, leave him things to chew,, kongs with treats in that will occupy him.

 

[Trigs92]

Welcome to the forum,
If im getting the right impression from what youve read.
You say hes rarely left for long, this could be seperation anxiety when he is left.
Also yes hes 13 months but hes still very young, could even be a fear stage.
The mess, is he chewing or toiletting in the house.
Iv had 3 ccs, still have 2 males.
I would do very short times, leave him things to chew,, kongs with treats in that will occupy him.

I could definitely see it being separation anxiety, he isn’t allowed upstairs (we have a baby gate up) if we go up to do something he will sit at the bottom of the stairs until we are back down.
If my wife or I leave the house (but one is still home with home with him) he may wimper and be uneasy at the front door for abit. I have no idea how to fix this …

The mess he will leave is chewing things other than his toys… last time I left him out for 15 minutes he chewed up our wedding book (which was on our hall table) knocked over the baby gate made his way upstairs and chewed things he shouldn’t of. He does not do these things when we are with him.

 

[glen]

Try taking him for a long walk before your going to leave, dont make a big deal of when your leaving, and do short times, sounds silly but start small 5 to 10 mins, leave music or tv on so its not silent,
Do this daily,
Get toys you can fill, peanit butter ect,