How to get a 9 week old puppy to stop whining, barking, and howling from the crate, in 5 minutes? Here’s a simple approach to dealing with unwanted puppy shenanigans in the crate which don’t involve fancy tools or fancy training protocols. All you need are some rolled up socks, a crate, and the understanding of marking a behavior. Remember, there’s no rush once you’ve marked the behavior. In this case I used “no”, and then followed it with the correction. (The sock toss.) And I was consistent. T