[dawn27]

[QUOTE=lisa89;4388278]Yes the kennel is in our room at night and in living room during the day. She will not go in there and lay down. She likes the couch.


Last night I had her in our bed for about 15 mins, then to her kennel. She slept for just over an hour and cried. Took her outside but she didn't do anything. Brought back into our room, this time let her sleep in bed with us ( which is fine worth us) . She slept for 8 hours!!!! Probably would have gone longer but I got up.

So explain how she had been able to hold it for 9 hours last night while the other 6 nights in her kennel she couldn't??[/QUOTE]

*Honestly, if it were me I would not allow her on the couch. Reason being that she could try and get down and break a leg or a hip. Believe me it happens and it happened to one of my puppies after leaving our home. At the age of 5 months old she had to have surgery to repair her broken hip after jumping off of a recliner. Please never leave her unattended when she is on the couch.

Do you have a set cut off time for both food and water, if not you should. And when and if she gets up for a potty break do not allow her to go to the water bowel, put her straight back into her crate but only after you have gave her praise for going potty. Mine get no food or water after 9pm and go our one last time around midnight.

Please don't think that I am being mean or beating up on you sort of speak. Crate training is not for everyone and it does made for some major sleep depravity but it can be so worth it when you finally have a potty trained pup in the end. I just would hate to see your baby get hurt even though that is the last thing that you would ever intend on happening. Its really hard to resist letting her in your bed and that is totally up to you. I myself have never allowed our pups at such a young age sleep with us. It so unsafe, for the same reason we don't allow them on our couch at that age. We did have them in our bed for a cuddle but than they had to be in their cage/crate in our bedroom for bed time. So, if crate training is not for you and you do decide to have her in your bed, Please have her in a dog bed with high sides and in the middle. If that is what it takes for you and your family to not go insane than do it. But I would strongly suggest working with her getting her use to her cage during the days when no one in home or sleeping.