Thank you for all of your advice.
I have him in an xpen with his potty area, bed, and food bowls. Also, he has two toys with him and a blanket from the breeder I got him from that is supposed to smell like his parents and litter mates.
He is doing well over night - actually he has slept 8 straight hours 2 of the 3 nights he has been home so far, so no complaints there. I do keep a ticking clock wraped in the towel and in a cloth bag in his bed at night which seems to soothe them (he curls up and sleeps next to it).
Right now I dont have him on much of a schedule for being in the xpen, which is where I plan to have him over night and while I am at work (with two visits daily, but this won't start until three weeks from now) and when I cannot be directly observing him. Should I put him on a schedule for being in the crate with me not in the room while I am home? Would this help with him being alone? I am trying to encourage self-play when he is out of the xpen. It has only been three days since he has been home with me but he seems to have formed a close attachment to me and will follow up about wherever I go! I did visit him every 2 weeks from the time he was 3 weeks old untill he came home with me. I love this but I want him, for his sake, to be happy when he cannot be with me.
Thanks for any advice!! |