Hi all, I'm new to this forum, i have a an 11 week old cocker spaniel called "Bonnie". Potty training and basic commands are going fairly well with her and she is full of life as you can imagine! The big worry i am having with her is i can not leave her at home for any short periods of time. We have been crate training her to build her up to leaving her on her own for a bit and it was going well, she also sleeps at night fine in her crate appart from waking up every 2 hours crying to go outside to the toilet. If my partner and i go to the shop for 10 minutes, we put her in her crate, we settle her and make sure she goes to the toilet before we leave, and put her Kong plus other toys in there with her, when we come back after literally 10 minutes she's howling plus wee'd and poed everywhere in her cage and dragged it into her bed and all over the cage. Has anyone any advice on how i can settle her to be on her own?
Many thanks