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03-12-2009, 08:09 AM | #1 |
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| Whines at night in his crate - help.. Harley is 8 months old - we have had him for 2 months. He is crate trained during the day while we are at work & he "was" trained to sleep in his crate at night. Last week he has decided that he wants to whine & cry until we cave (after an hour) & go get him and have him lay on the couch beside us and we proceed to sleep there. I know we have started a habit already but I don't want him waking up my kids. Is it normal for his behavior to change after he was trained & doing SO well for 2 months??....I just really don't want him to sleep with us in bed - I never let our kids & I really don't want our puppy either.... |
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03-12-2009, 08:37 AM | #2 |
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| Well, you said it, you started it. It is really hard to hear them but you've got to be strong. Not sure if I am understanding, are you awake and in the same room with him while he is in his crate? If that's the case, than I could understand the whining. If you are off to bed, maybe try to either leave a radio on or a clock with the ticking noise near his crate. I would also suggest a cover for his crate. I used to have a baby monitor so I could determine if the the whining was just that or something more. There was one night he was crying very loudly and I caved...he had to potty. Good luck and be strong. Is putting his crate next to your bed an option? Ours are in their expen downstairs at night.
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03-12-2009, 12:44 PM | #3 |
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| I can't help you there because I let Jackson start sleeping in my bed @ 3 months old and he began sleeping through the night that very night! LOL. I love him sleeping in my bed.
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03-12-2009, 12:50 PM | #4 | |
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03-12-2009, 09:47 PM | #5 |
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| well... The bummer deal is,you can't give in,no matter what, that's positive reinforcement and while it may be easier now to just give in after so much irritation, it will only further his behavior, gauranteed, give it a few hard nights without giving in, and force yourself to get up in the night and hit his cage and make a nasty, mean noise. I guarantee this will work |
03-12-2009, 11:33 PM | #6 |
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| that happened to charlie too. He was doing very well sleeping in his crate and then out of the blue he whines and cries. I tried to ignore it but with other people in the house it is hard. so I would always go out and play with him to tired him out..once he is tired out, then he will go sleep and there will be no more whining and crying. That happened for almost two weeks and now he is fine sleeping in there again. However, sometimes in the morning he will whine and cry after i take him out to potty and put him back in the crate. He always want to cuddle by the fireplace in the morning before he goes back in his crate..what a baby! hopefully your baby will grow out of that and back to sleeping quietly in his crate again. |
03-13-2009, 08:13 AM | #7 |
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| all dogs do that all dogs do that... we don't let our dog come upstairs period. yes, the dog whined for a couple weeks but once he knew that it's not possible, my dog quit whining. if you make exceptions, the dog will keep whining. the dog will think "well, i whined last time and my owner brought me to the bed so i'll whine again to make that happen". the key is to be consistent and teach the dog that it won't happen ever. Last edited by pinkpuppyllc; 03-13-2009 at 08:15 AM. |
03-13-2009, 08:31 AM | #8 |
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| Another idea that you might want to consider is when he starts crying, take him outside to use the bathroom. I know this may be repetitive as he will cry several times throughout the night, but he will eventually learn that if he cries it will only get him a trip to the potty and right back in the crate. |
03-16-2009, 01:51 PM | #9 |
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| Thanks for all the advice!! It has gone better - he has stayed in the crate every night since I posted this last Thursday. It's getting "better" - he still whines some but we have not taken him out. It just seems that now he is SO hyper in the morning - maybe because he's mad at me. We do need to get him neutered - I've heard that helps calm them down - we just haven't gotten it done yet. Thanks again for all the ideas. |
03-17-2009, 05:24 AM | #10 |
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| One thing to think about is that dogs are pack animals. They don't like to be alone or apart from the rest of the pack. They think they're one of us, or vice versa and want to be with us all the time. They don't understand crating and to some it's a form of exile. Our Border Collie wouldn't have it at all, but those pooches seem to have a really developed mind. What we've tried to do with Reesie is to let her grow up think that the crate is a hideout, a safe place to go when she isn't feeling well or has some anxiety, or just needs some peace. She's in there right now, and the door is open. Since patella surgery, she goes in there more often but that's expected. Best suggestion I've heard in another thread is to let the peanut sleep in a stroller next to the bed and see how that goes. Keeps them close but safe. |
03-17-2009, 09:05 AM | #11 |
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| we too had issues with Scamp whining and barking in the kitchen at night after we went to bed. We decided after severael minutes of non stop whining/barking that we would put him in our room in a pack and play (lned with plastic, with a pee pad and a towel in it and a chew bone. As soon as he began to whine in the pack and play I immediately corrected him saying his correction word....it took two corrections and we have had three nights no whining since! We only got him four days ago. We hope to eventually transition him to his petbed in our room, once hes potty trained (vs the pack and play). Basically we didnt care if he was in our room--just did not want him in our room or waking up our one year old by whining and barking in the kitchen
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