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softlyspeaks · 10-22-2015, 11:02 AM

I'm getting excited and nervous trying to prepare myself for the first night, just in case Pax comes home at 8 weeks. This won't be until the first week of December. I'm a big planner and I hope to be able to pick him up in the morning so we have all day to try and familiarize him with us and our routine. I'm assuming he needs to eat every 4 hours at 8 weeks and my experienced breeder assured me he could sleep all night

I didn't think he'd be coming home until 10-12 weeks. I've been studying some good tutorial videos and tried to glean the best tips I'll share. In anticipation, I've already begun to adjust my schedule, going to bed earlier and setting alarms for getting up, feeding times and bed time preparations.

He'll be in a small cozy crate when not supervised and I'll also tether him to me. I've explained to my daughter that during "crate" times, she can take him out to play but after crate, he has to have opportunity to potty and after play before entering the crate is a potty opportunity. I was encouraged to give him 10 min of free roaming time in the house after going outside to potty and work up to an hour.
here's the plan:
1. put the food up 4 hours before bed
2. put the water up 2 hours before bed
3. play with him the hour before bed
4. 15 min outside potty time before bed
5. we'll have a small crate to place by my bedside and cover it
6. have a small soft toy and blanket, perhaps warm a bean jean bag, used for touch therapy(hope there will be room for him) in the crate.

Encourage me with your success stories, I've read just a couple of them on the site

Tell me your puppy slept 6-7 hours straight. The puppy will not be sleeping in our bed so I hope to hear from you that crate your babies. I really do not want the puppy to have to sleep somewhere else other than beside my bed because of crying but can't stress how important our sleep is.

Sincerely,

SS

10-22-2015, 11:02 AM	#1
softlyspeaks Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Outside of the USA Posts: 93	1st night success stories at 8 weeks I'm getting excited and nervous trying to prepare myself for the first night, just in case Pax comes home at 8 weeks. This won't be until the first week of December. I'm a big planner and I hope to be able to pick him up in the morning so we have all day to try and familiarize him with us and our routine. I'm assuming he needs to eat every 4 hours at 8 weeks and my experienced breeder assured me he could sleep all night I didn't think he'd be coming home until 10-12 weeks. I've been studying some good tutorial videos and tried to glean the best tips I'll share. In anticipation, I've already begun to adjust my schedule, going to bed earlier and setting alarms for getting up, feeding times and bed time preparations. He'll be in a small cozy crate when not supervised and I'll also tether him to me. I've explained to my daughter that during "crate" times, she can take him out to play but after crate, he has to have opportunity to potty and after play before entering the crate is a potty opportunity. I was encouraged to give him 10 min of free roaming time in the house after going outside to potty and work up to an hour. here's the plan: 1. put the food up 4 hours before bed 2. put the water up 2 hours before bed 3. play with him the hour before bed 4. 15 min outside potty time before bed 5. we'll have a small crate to place by my bedside and cover it 6. have a small soft toy and blanket, perhaps warm a bean jean bag, used for touch therapy(hope there will be room for him) in the crate. Encourage me with your success stories, I've read just a couple of them on the site Tell me your puppy slept 6-7 hours straight. The puppy will not be sleeping in our bed so I hope to hear from you that crate your babies. I really do not want the puppy to have to sleep somewhere else other than beside my bed because of crying but can't stress how important our sleep is. Sincerely, SS Last edited by softlyspeaks; 10-22-2015 at 11:05 AM.