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Originally Posted by Brandy101b The truth is the puppy is like a baby and if you start sharing your bed now he will always need to sleep with you. I know that its hard to hear him whine and lose sleep but just like a baby you are gonna lose some sleep the first couple months make sure to take his food and water up a few hours before bed and make a potty trip before bed and then put him in his crate and let him cry it out, resist the urge to yell at him, talk to him, or even look at him any attention is attention even negative attention. He may for a while get up once or twice a night o potty thats fine, take hime out let him potty and right back to bed. My hannah got up twice a night for 2 weeks then once a night for about 2 mths now she sleeps through the night with no potty breaks it just takes time. Good luck! |
Great advice! And if you WANT the puppy in your bed, you can move him in LATER after he's housetrained and sleeps through the night. Remember, your goal is a completely housetrained well adjusted grown up dog who knows you are in charge. It's so much work to achieve that later if you give in now!
Puppies will fuss when put in their crate, but if it doesn't achieve anything (no attention from you) they will stop and settle down. It just takes awhile.
Enjoy your new pup, this will all be a DISTANT memory sooner than you think!