This weekend, I attended a wedding at a hotel that is dog-friendly.  We decided to spend the night and brought Koda along.  We had her crate, bed, toys, treats, etc.  She was fine in the room, and we left her in the crate when we went down stairs for the ceremony.  I came upstairs to check on her, and she seemed fine, but when I left, the howling began.  I made the mistake of going in to try to get her to stop, but quickly realized she needed to howl it out, and one guy popped his head out of his room with a confused look on his face.  I apologized and told him she would be quiet in a few minutes, and she was.  My boyfriend had to go to the room to bring the wedding present downstairs, and I warned him that she was whining for attention.  He did the same thing as I did, and she was quiet after a few minutes.  I know she is in a totally new environment and wanted "mama and dada," but is there anything else I could have done?  I gave her toys and kongs, but that did not prevent her whining.