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Originally Posted by jenerallyjen  I am in the same situation with my yorkie, Paisley. We've had him for a week and a half and he's a little over 8 weeks old. He goes crazy when we put him in his kennel, which is pretty small, and he cries/hollers off and on all night. He gets so upset he gets diarrhea every time and gets it all over himself and the kennel. I've put blankets and towels in with him (he's ruined them all) and puppy pads (which he shredded). He scratches and bites at the wire door and jostles the crate around so hard that it moves across the floor, and he only ways a little more than a pound. I'm afraid he's going to hurt himself. He has no problem pooing and peeing in there right where he sleeps. I think it is really traumatizing him and figured after a week and a half he would be at least a little better but he's not. Maybe some dogs just can't handle the crate? I don't think putting the crate in the same room with me at night will help, it will only make me sleep deprived for work the next day. I've read of the Snuggle Puppy but I'm pretty sure he'll just poo and pee all over it. I'm thinking of letting him sleep with me at night but he's not house broken so I don't want accidents in my bed either. I'm at a loss. Am I giving up too soon? It's so cold right now, I can't keep scrubbing him down every day and washing out the crate... any thoughts? |
new pups are like new babies...I've heard the time limit for holding their potty is one hour per one month of age...thus a 2 month old puppy could conceivable hold its potty for 2 hours. (I've found...after 5 puppies it seems to hold pretty true) That's the problem with a puppy you do need to get up every 2-3 hours during the night to take them out or to their potty pads. If you're forcing them to be contained during the night you do have an obligation to let them out to go potty, regardless of how tired you are. They don't want to potty in their beds, but without someone to let them out, you're essentially forcing them to go where they don't want to.
They're going to go, so it's up to you to either get up when they have to go or clean it up the next day. We do get up and down every night with the young pups, we alternate nights though hubby is very good about doing it more often than I (yes, I'm grateful) and we're tired the next day, but until you can get that down you have to do that.
We just got a new pup Saturday...and yes, the last few nights as I groggily take them to the potty pad I'm thinking,
'what was I thinking getting another puppy??!!' lol but that's the way it is.