Hello,
I am hoping someone can help me with this. I have a 2 year old male weim named Pete. He is a great dog, only one problem, when he goes out for the final time in the evening he comes back in and lays on the couch until I am ready to go to bed then he goes to his crate for the night. He is very good at going to his crate any other time but at night. He snaps at me everynight, last night he actually got his teeth around my hand, no blood, no hard bite. But tonight, he will go straight to his kennel after his last outside. Not sure what else to do.

If anyone has any advise to share, let me know.

Thanks!

Putting him in his crate after his last potty run sounds like a good plan.You could try high value treats if he gets off the couch and crates on his own at bedtime. I imagine the couch is a lot more comfortable than the crate. He may need serious motivation to vacate.

I have the opposite problem. Terra is ready to go in her crate at night. The rest of the day? Not-so-much.

I hope you are able to resolve it.

Ada is so so with her crate, I will say
in the last few weeks she's got tremendously better. Bedtime isn't usually a problem, we say Kennel up she will pretty much go. During the day she's very reluctant, but if you take her and point her that direction and say kennel she will go. This last week
in the mornings she hasn't wanted to get out, and this morning after pulling her out for potty I couldn't find her and sure enough in her crate. I've noticed if we leave the door unlocked/ open she is much happier, unfortunately we don't trust her enough yet.

But Ada isn't allowed on the couch, one for that reason alone we didn't want her to not like her beds and two she likes to do the whole dig at rearrange my bed thing and my new couch has already taken enough abuse!!


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AdasMommy1 wrote:


I make my bed in the morning and Terra scratches up all the blankets into a ball in the middle of the bed every day.

Just curious why the crate? My Weim sleeps all night in one of my kid's beds (they take turns). The kids and dog love it.

Pete ordinarily loves his crate, it is just a night. Last night worked perfect he came in and I said kennel before he was able to hop back up on the couch and he went right in.

We had a weim sleep with us everynight for 9 years! He was wonderful but my husband said no more, he wanted some sleep. No more children in the house either. Also, I have 2 dogs, they both are in there crates, I know they would both be in bed with us if they weren't crated at night.

LoveMyDogs wrote:


Haha I meant her bed...she has been my bed once. She'd love it I'm sure, but then my husband would have to go I suppose. She's still young we don't trust her out without us around.


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I thought that might happen...going directly to his crate. They do seem adaptable to consistency.
We have gone back and forth with the bed issue. Our big boy Bob usually prefers the bedroom floor rug and Billie's crate is tucked in the closet with the door left open. She sleeps with us now but she is so polite and tiny at 49 lbs. She does not disturb us at all but if she was a hog and wiggler we would put a 'no bed' into affect.

A crate is just a good overall positive thing to have them learn. It is a safe place and often throughout their lives they are placed in crates for travel, the vet, or just too destructive to be left to roam the home. Billie is just one of the rare non destructive ones, except for watchbands
Has not been crated since around 9 months. I do randomly play 'crate games' with her. Toss in a treat and have her down/stay. Go and hide and have her find me after a release command.

I find that they are such a sensitive breed that an occasional firm voice will get them off the couch or if they pick up a bad behavior. We use the word 'scoot' for Bob. He is over 10yrs now and gets a bit cranky. He will sometimes grumble, no bite, but annoyed. A very firm voice snaps him out of it.
A high value treat will work as suggested. I just noticed he turned two. That is an assertive age and they try and test you. Keep an eye on it. I allow mine on the couch but will often make them move just to keep ahead of it. -I have a favorite reading spot and Bob likes it also. Now i just walk in the room and he moves to the other end... mr. grumpy.

yep, when I make my bed and the dogs happen to go in there, the blankets are all pulled back, they would rather lay on the sheets

rfbjerken wrote:


Oh, my husband won't tolerate it either

I personally wish the puppy could sleep in our bed.

Hi All
I have a small dog-male- he is crate traied. Reason being that he marks all over the house. I will be getting Weim next week, and I also plan to crate train her. I spent good money on a good quality crate big enough for her to stand in and have her bed. The crate will be pen for food drink and sleep. Theen when I need to leav them on their own, the crate will be closed.
As if they are in a kennel.....only not so dark. In the winter to make them cosy, I cover it with a blanket.

Dogs feel safe in closed places as long as you make them associate the crate with treats and positive things,
My Cavalier was 1 year when I got him his crate....best 80Euros spent

Good luck

Just a word of caution, if you are getting a puppy and need to potty train him, do no get too big of a crate at first. He only needs enough room to lay down basically at first until he is fully potty trained.

Congrats on your new Weim!