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The first few nights I need advice about what to do the first few nights I have my puppy. I plan on crate training him and I know that he will whine. I don't mind getting up to take him out every few hours, but will this teach him to whine all the time? My sister suggested taking the crate door off and putting the crate inside a puppy fence and covering the entire area with puppy pads so he can sleep inside the crate but come out to go potty when he needs to. She said she slowly did away with the pads until her dog was able to hold it through the night and she now sleeps in her crate. I plan on letting him sleep in my room so I can touch him and talk to him when he gets upset. Are these good ideas and what are your suggestions? I want my puppy crate trained, but I don't want the experience to be tramatic and I want him to eventually like his crate. Where is the line between showing love and dicouraging whining. I'm a very nervous new mommy. Can ya tell? |
I've heard the way your sister told you to crate train is a good one. I myself had him in his crate the very first night he came home. What I found to be helpful was taking him out BEFORE he whined. I set up a schedule to take him out every 2 hours. Trust me, it was a pain, but it was well worth it. I've had him for 2 1/2 weeks. He's 10 1/2 weeks old. This way has let to a handful of times he's had an accident in the house....and it was my fault, not his. I should have been more alert to his signals to go. He's over the past few nights he's been taken out every 5 hours with more frequent trips out during the day. (ALSO - My puppy is about 4.5 pounds, smaller ones obviously need to be taken out A LOT MORE!) I know that the general "rule of thumb" is an hour for every month old he is, but in my puppy's case, this just doens't ring true. I think you have to find the right solution for your puppy...what might work for me might not work for you and vice versa. :D |
Those are great tips. I think that's what I'm going to do for my Yorkie. I already have a play pen for him: I'll just take the door off and put peepads everywhere else. I think I will also set up a 2-hour schedule. I'm expecting to get very little sleep when I get my boy in December, but that's the responsibility I want. I'm excited and dreading it at the same time...! Hehe. |
A lot of people I know have had great luck with putting the crate on the bed or a nightstand next to the bed with puppies. It reassures him that you are there, but gets him used to sleeping in his crate. |
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Morgan has slept in her crate from day one. Her crate is in my room near by bed. I didn't give her the option of pee pads. I gated off her crate and only gave her enough room to go in, turn around, and lay down so over all her crate was 1 foot by 1 1/2 feet to begin with. Morgan was a great puppy to crate train. She would whine for the first couple nights around 3 or 4am to let me know she had to go. So i'd get up and take her outside then put her directly back in the crate and go back to sleep. Then i'd usually have to get up again between 6 and 7. She NEVER had an accident in her crate and i can count the number of times she's peed in my house on two hands (these were only when she was a puppy and they were my fault for not taking her out sooner). She's now 1 year and 7 months old, completely housebroken and crate trained. |
Thanks guys. The crate on the nightstand is a good idea too! Hmm I guess it will depend on my pup. The breeder doesn't keep him in a crate right now, so I'm sure this will not be an easy transition. If you guys have any more tips, please keem 'em comin'! |
I think your sister had an excellent idea. |
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