Keep the crate in your bedroom next to the bed. And never, ever let the dog out if he is noisy. You'd be reinforcing his behavior. Variable reinforcements worked better than fixed ones. These bones make excellent devices for taking a dogs mind off of his aloneness when stuffed with his favorite foods such as cheese, liver treats, salami and alike.
Many trainers say that a dog is most upset during the first hour after an owner leaves.
The bone stuffed with goodies becomes the center of the dog's attention for an hour or so while he tries his hardest to extract the food from the bone's hollow middle. This allows the owner to slip out without a fuss. When you return home, remove the bone from the dog's crate, let him out, put him into a sit and poke the remaining food out onto the floor for the dog's consumption with a chopstick or other device. Now the bone gets put away until next time. Not to mention , it is messy and smelly.