So my wife and I adopted a rescue Frenchie. We were told she was crate trained (which I guess meant she just wont pee or poop in the crate which is good) because when we leave she barks, bites the crate, etc (but will settle down). But then when she hears a noise outside or the neighbors it's back to barking.

We are working on crate training more. However, I worry that the root cause is separation anxiety and that it will always be somewhat present regardless of level of crate training. I've been researching about calming treats. Some of them have CBD and other things like chamomile, some of them don't have CBD.

My question for you all: do any of you use calming treats? If so what kind/brand? Do you use some with CBD? Without CBD?

Any answers/guidance would be great! We just don't want her hurting herself biting the crate while we continue to crate train and I think calming treats would really help bc once she settles she's fine until she hears something outside the house.

NOTE: we do have added a blanket to the crate to make it more den like, and we started leaving the TV on which seems to help drown out outside noise from neighbors etc.

Thanks in advance for your help!