Animal Welfare Professionals

I have adopted a puppy from the humane society and we have conquered potty training and sleeping in the crate. I dont know what else to do, if we put her home in the crate and walk our other older dog she starts howling in the crate and whining.  We have tried calming sprays, toys, activity toys, and music therapy. I dont want to have to take her back but I also dont want to cause her this much stress and suffering.  Any help or info is greatly appreciated. 

You're doing all the right things. I see that you've tried activity toys. Does that include a Kong or other type of food toy/puzzle? If your puppy is food-motivated, a Kong with some kibble and peanut butter, treats, and/or frozen with chicken broth and treats may work. I recommend giving her a kong with something delicious in the crate while you're home first. And only give her the kong when she's in her crate. Then when you take your other dog out, give her a Kong in her crate. 

I also recommend tiring her out first. A fun, tiring play session in the backyard followed by a filled Kong  in the crate might be just the answer. 

Side note:  Are you not walking her with your older dog because of her age/vaccinations? If that's the case and you haven't already, I recommend getting her into a puppy kindergarten training class so she doesn't miss out on socialization with other dogs, people, environments, etc. 

Is she the pup in your avatar? She's adorable by the way! 

Kim we have tried kongs with frozen treats and puzzle feeder toys with no luck. When we walk her with our older bulldog she just wants to play with him and not do her business.  I'm a travel nurse and we live in a RV. We take her for a long walk before putting her in the crate with the toy and we have recorded her and she will start with the food toy but then starts howling after a few minutes, and our bulldog doesn't go for a long walk because he is 10yrs and doesn't enjoy being outside, lol. If I am home we can walk them together but if I am working my husband has to walk them separately.  And yes she is the picture on my avatar! She sleeps in the crate all night in the living room with our bulldog on the couch and she cant see us in the bedroom and is fine. My husband is the one getting a little frustrated because he doesn't know what to do and we dont want to be asked to leave a park if she is too loud. Thank you for your reply, any advice is welcomed! :)

Hmm... it sounds like she's fine with the crate and it doesn't seem like separation anxiety since she's OK not seeing you in the other room while she sleeps. I'm not an expert but maybe she only has separation anxiety when you actually leave her alone in the RV. Does the humane society have a behavior specialist or trainer you could ask for advice? True separation anxiety can be tough but usually can be helped with a very specific training protocol. 

Have you tried starting the walk with both dogs together, then returning home when your bulldog has had enough and continuing the walk for your puppy until she's had enough? I used to do that with some of my senior dogs since they liked walking with my other dogs but couldn't go as far.