Last night, for the first time, when we put Winston in his crate to go to sleep, he started barking and crying non stop. We went upstairs to bed and after my husband went downstairs to tell him to be quiet, he was quiet. About 20 min later, just as we were falling asleep, we heard a very faint whining coming from what seemed like just outside our bedroom door. My husband and I were laughing when we opened the door and he came prancing in. Winston had figured out how to let him self out of a double lock crate. I noticed that this morning he barked alot when I left for work, even with a frozen Kong treat by his side. I'm worried that there may be some separation anxiety. We have a smaller crate we will keep in our bedroom tonite to let him sleep up with us, but I don't know what else to look for as far as separation anxiety. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Winston is a 6 month old Havanese, we brought him home 2 months ago and he is enrolled in puppy classes with me. He's about 7.5 lbs, just got neutered 2 weeks ago, pretty good with housetraining and is generally very healthy, active and friendly.