I have a 9 month old male Yorkie and he is a darling little boy in most respects. He sleeps in a crate in the kitchen every night and is also crated during parts of the day when my boyfriend and I are gone. He used to have problems with whining at night before falling asleep, but has since grown out of it. The one thing he hasn't grown out of is whining when my boyfriend and I ... shall I say... need alone time. We do everything just like he's going in the crate for bedtime or if we were to leave, but he starts to wail as soon as he hears us moving around. He yelps and barks louder when we are in the bedroom than he ever does otherwise. We have tried to drown out anything he might hear with the radio and air conditioner, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. Any advice? We're desperate.