A few times a week she will wake me up in middle of night to take her to pee she slepts in her crate but in my room right next to my bed so I hear her every move...

how do u get ur baby to stay in the crate my minnie crys the whole time in there n i feel really bad n take her out to put her on her doggy bed i got the crate for no reason she never use's it

The screen is a great idea! My Lexi would have chewed every thing. We even got her a good indestructible bed! We would give her a good chewy bone as well in there. And make sure and always remove her collar!

Oh I put her bed inside the crate and I put her stuffed monkey in there with her.. At first it was hard what I would do is lay in bed with her on my chest and watch TV until she'd fall asleep then I'd pick her up and say night night and in she went and quick as a mouse....

We bribed her! I never take her out when she is whinning. Then she wins! Tell her its ok. Then ignore her, As soon as she is quiet, good girl and take her out, praise and a treat. Do it again in a little while. Patience lots of patience.

oh that is a good idea i dont think my crate is big enough but when i leave to go out i have a gate so she stays in my room she takes to that pretty fine she crys but not as much i guess because she has alot of room to run around thanx im going to try to get her use to it so when i need someone to babysitte her i can tell them to put her right in there so she dont make any accidents at anyone house

I just sent you a pm but you just answered my questions so try this.

When you wake up take the pup for a walk outside for 15 min feed breakfast before you leave just bring outside for a quick pee when you place her in the crate leave her a toy and a blanket or towel (this will sound gross but put it in your hamper so it smells like you this will be comforting) remember nude baby only in the crate when you come home for lunch first thing take ouside to pee or place on pee pad depending on what you want to do eat lunch play try to get to pee one more time place back in crate when you get home remove from crate and take for walk again. When you are home with her do not give her free reign of the house either keep her on you or keep her leashed to you around your waste or in the crate I nevery realy liked to crate while I was home. She has to learn to respect her surroundings and you can only give small amounts of space at a time. Also make sure what ever toy you put in the crate has not removeable parts since she is so young you might want to use a puppy kong with a frozed treat. I hope all of this is making sense to you if not just ask questions either here or in a PM
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PS: Dad does not have to get up that early, if he lets her out later at night she will sleep later in the morning. No worries

Our crate is small. Just large enough for her to stand up and turn around. To big of an area, more room to potty. They don't like to potty where they sleep.

This is just what I do with Lexi! Yes it works great! Great plan!

Sounds good I'm gonna try this thanks for all the help and the words of encourgement..

How about a good sturdy piece of plastic? Or a shelf piece put side-to-side but high enough to not climb over? If you do use a screen, hopefully the wires will be think enough that she won't cut her little mouth on.

I guess I was concerned with your statement that you punish her. :confused: You say praise now but in your original post you said punish which concerned me. My Doodlebug ripped them apart too so I bought a frame which is what has already been suggested. It really is the age. I guess either I didn't understand your OP or I misread what you were trying to ask. :rolleyes:

Our little Jasper is already behaving himself.he uses his peepads and goes to sleep at night and doesn't whine anymore like he did when we first got him.What made a 12 wk. old do this?Persistence,I am a Stay at home Mom and I am potty training my 2yr. old boy while working with Jasper too ;-) We praise Jasper with liver snaps from the Puppy boutique where he is going to Puppy school.He also gets lots and lots of exercise so when we do put him in his crate when we eat dinner or leave the house or when we go to bed he usually goes to sleep because we have tuckered him out.We are training him with the clicker technique and he knows sit,stay and lay and come.Already at 12 wks. and is smart as a whip ;-) Be patient with her as the other said it is probably a lack of exercise,once she gets enough of that she will probably settle down a little more.
Right now we are having issues with biting but again we do this technique where we let out a yelp and stop playing with him asap.He gets the point pretty quick and stops but he still has his moments but they are pups they have many months of growing and learning.

From one training issue to another!
 

Our Bella was 3 years old when we got her and she wasn't housebroke at all. We had to train her as if she was a puppy, it was difficult considering she was already trained to go wherever. We took her outside frequently like every hour. When we weren't home and at night we crated her. It took a couple months of patience and consistency but she caught on finally. Now she goes to the door when she needs to go and hasn't had an accident in months. I don't crate her during the day when we are at work, we gate her into one room in our home with her bed and toys.

Our problem now though is that she doesn't want to be in the crate at night and yelps til we let her out. I stopped trying because it was waking up my kids and I'd rather deal with one dog then one dog and 2 kids! Now that we haven't been putting her into the crate she whines at my bed for me to get up. She sleeps next to my bed in her doggy bed for the first half of the night but gets up in the night every night wanting to go out but then afterwards does not want me to go back to bed. I usually end up crashing on the couch the rest of the night because if I try to go back to bed she just whines for me to go downstairs. She will lay back down in her bed downstairs but "insists" I stay downstairs with her. Any suggestions on how to break this habit? For the first 6 months we had her she crated at night, all night long without a problem. She whined the first night and because it was out of character for her I got up and let her out, talk about starting a bad habit! This has been going on for about 3 months now...any suggestions? I hate to crate her again, I'd just like her to sleep for the second half of the night like she does the first half. I know she is capable of holding it and sleeping all night as she did for the first 6 months we had her. I fear we have just plain spoiled her out of love! I will keep doing this if necessary, she's such a sweetie :):) but I would rather have her sleep next to me in her bed the WHOLE night! Any suggestions would be welcomed!

Its very hard. They whine and your first thought is, what if she really needs to go out! Your know tummy ache or something. But I think you really need to go back to the crate. You did it for six months and now maybe she is a little anxious about the "new" sleeping arrangements.
However, I know you are concerned about the kids. Would you be able to have someone take the kids maybe for a weekend and try a whole weekend of crate training? Just a thought.