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Originally Posted by gsipac  Thanks for all of the responses and suggestions!
I don't have anything against letting him sleep with me, its just I want to train him to sleep downstairs first until he's fully potty trained. As mentioned in my earlier message, he also cries if i leave him alone to potty in the back yard. rather than going potty, he'll jump against the glass door. so, most of the time, i stay outside with him until he finishes. is this something he'll grow out of? |
I had this problem with Tara fist when we got her. She would whine all night through and my husband always gave in to her and she slept the first night with us. But because we live in apartment with carpets all over, she quickly had to learn that she sleeps in the kitchen and that's it.
First few nights I would suggest to settle him down to bed, leave radio playing quietly and leave potty pad and some dry food and water. He has no excuse to whine or bark then. If he does ignore it for a while if he doesn't stop I would sharply go there and tell him to be quiet/a little bit of tough love goes long way! Then I would leave. In other words he shouldn't want you to come back after that until the morning. Tara as well learned to sleep on her own and now she is in bed even at 9 a.m. and I actually have to come and get her or lure her out with a treat and then we go out potty, after that she goes back to bed and stays there until I have my dishes done, I am with her in the kitchen after waking. Then we train, do tricks and play fetch. She adopted our routine and she is well settled now, he needs to know you are the boss, not him! If you give in to him, he will continue doing it as he gets what he wants. I would never let Tara sleep in our bed as she already peed there once and that was in the beginning yet. And now I wouldn't want to change the routine she is used to. Kitchen is good place for her she understands it as her personal cave/place and her den/bed. She has learned respect as she knows leader sleeps in his own cave.
Good luck hope you get him adapted to your routine.
