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I think that most people here try to make it a positive experience as much as possible, hiding treats in the crate with the door open, feeding/watering in the crate, etc. However, your puppy has now figured out that if he pitches a fit, he gets out. It's like magic! So, it you are probably going to have to wait out a few tantrums, as hard as it is. My girl would wail when in the crate during the day (she was always okay at night), so I practiced it just sitting beside the crate and as soon as she was quiet for a couple of seconds I would either let her out or drop treats in through the side. She never got out when she cried, unless there was a good chance she needed to go outside - in which case, I picked her up, carried her outside, she did her business (or not) and then I carried her back to her crate. Then if she was quiet she got to come out to play. Naturally, I gradually upped the time she needed to be quiet before she got out or treated. Crate training is the best thing you can do for your dog! Mine now pitches a fit if her crate door happens to be closed and she isn't in it!

 

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Stick with it! This kind of thing always gets worse before it gets better - he's going to think that the crying worked last time, and it's not working yet, so I'll have to go louder. Then they'll know to let me out. My breeder slays told me it takes 2 weeks of never compromising to break learned behaviors like that (same with begging for table scraps etc) and if you do it once to start the two weeks over. If you occasionally give in it's even worse, because then it becomes a random reward, so they're always thinking "if I really push it maybe this time I'll get what I want."

 

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I did exactly as the previous poster did. Picked her up, carried her out, quiet praise and a treat for going potty, then picked her up and carried her inside and popped her into her crate with another treat. If it gets to be fun, then they'll be wanting to go out over and over and over...

 

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Hope last night went better for you!! I've been dealing with my foster squealing when I put him in the crate (and he was already crate trained - just testing boundaries) and today is the first time he didn't make a peep, but it's taken a week! You'll get there!