Crate training adult dog

[u/scunnered732]

My 4yo female Shepherd gets really bad separation anxiety whenever we leave her by herself. When she was a puppy she had a crate and things went smoothly for a few months, until one day we came home and she'd bent the wire crate and broke out and turned the house upside down. So we got a new crate because we'd need a bigger one in the near future anyway. That didn't last long and she'd found a way out of that one. Because I'm an idiot I didn't think a heavy duty crate would've been a thing so bought another wire crate, thinking this was a good one, obviously not.

So basically she's had experience being left in a crate but for roughly 3 years now she's just had full run on the house. A few things have been destroyed at first but mostly just things getting knocked over, until recently she's started to get destructive again.

Should I buy a sturdy crate and try crate training again?

[u/scunnered732 → u/[deleted]]

Thats my main concern here and partly why we gave up with the crate after the third attempt.

[u/whiterain5863]

Yes. Your pup needs training.