10 week old pup-questions

[laurenr]

Originally Posted by DianeW

Congratulations

This Is The Way I Did It With My Little Harvey.
We Got Him At 8 Weeks, He Weighed 1.4lb.

We Intended To Have Him Sleep In The Kitchen In A Crate, (the Crate Was Too Big So I Made His Bed One Side And Put Wee Pad Folded In The Other Side). However We Tried And He Cried So My Daughter Slept On Sofa With Him For 4 Nights (we Just Couldnt Bear To Leave Him To Cry - It Was That Little Face!!!!!!).

When I Took Him To Be Checked At The Vet - He Told Me I Should Get Him Into The Sleeping Pattern I Wanted For Him Straight Away - As It Was Unfair To Get Him Used To A Different Way Then Change Him Again. It Was Heartbreaking And He Cried For About An Hour For The First 3 Days - But Eventually Stopped And Though He Doesnt Love His Crate - He Doesnt Object To Going To Bed At All.

We Take Him Out To Wee Regularly And He Hardly Has Any Accidents - He Is 10 Months Now And Weighs 3.5 Lb.

Good Luck With Your Little One.

Thanks for the info Diane. Quick question - did you take him to go potty in the middle of the night? Or did he do it on the wee pad on the side of his crate? If it's the latter, how big is your crate? I bought the smallest I could find, but the pup is soooo tiny, she will only take up one little corner.

[Siara28]

laurenr, I had a crate that was too big for my babe (and still is) and I put 2 shoes boxes in the back and covered the boxes with a fleece blanket.........there is a little head room at the top (maybe 3-4 inches) and he sometimes crawls up there, it's so cute!!! But I bet about 1/2 the crate is his, the other is 'blocked off' so that he doesn't mess in his crate. I do think that some people say NOT to put the wee pads IN the crate because it confuses them, but I am not positive about that. I think most people suggest you leave the crate door open and put a wee pad OUTSIDE the crate, but all you wee pad people, correct me if I am wrong.


Good luck, you get baby today right??

[laurenr]

Originally Posted by Siara28

laurenr, I had a crate that was too big for my babe (and still is) and I put 2 shoes boxes in the back and covered the boxes with a fleece blanket.........there is a little head room at the top (maybe 3-4 inches) and he sometimes crawls up there, it's so cute!!! But I bet about 1/2 the crate is his, the other is 'blocked off' so that he doesn't mess in his crate. I do think that some people say NOT to put the wee pads IN the crate because it confuses them, but I am not positive about that. I think most people suggest you leave the crate door open and put a wee pad OUTSIDE the crate, but all you wee pad people, correct me if I am wrong.


Good luck, you get baby today right??

Siara, when you refer to leaving the crate door open, are you talking about during the day, when I place the crate in the doggie pen? I want to close the door only at night.

Your first few nights that you described earlier, did you have the crate right next to you when you slept???

I am sooooo nervous and soooooooooo excited.....no more just visiting....... my baby Mango comes home today!!!!!!!!!

[Siara28]

Like I said, I am not too familiar with the wee pad thing, because if you see a post farther down I had a post titled something like "has anyone NEVER used a pee pad" or something like that, and the people who DIDN"T use pee pads found that it confused the puppy (which is how I feel) but some people living in high rises etc... HAVE to use it!! But even wee pad users said IDEALLY outside is the best.
So since I don't know much about the pads, I thought someone once said NOT to put pee pads IN THEIR crate, so some people just leave a pad outside the crate so the puppy can go out of his crate to do his business and then go back in!?!?!?!

The first night we had Scruffy home, I put him right by our bed for 2 Minutes, and then I couldn't listen to the whimpering, so we put him out in the hall, I guess that distance gave me the courage to ignore him, and after just 3 nights of ANY kind of whimpering, that was it.
I hear my baby right now..........what time are you getting your pup??

[laurenr]

yay!!! I brought my baby home an hour ago..... she walked in like she owned the place and immediately started charging after my old girl Spanky, (she's 9).... Spanky looked completely horrified at this little fluffball hurtling towards her.

I placed her in her pen where I have her crate, with the top off for the moment; weepad on opposite end and food close to crate. It's cosy and cushy with a baby blanky. I just peeked at her and wouldn't you know it, she climbed right into her bed and conked out asleep.... I did not even have to show her....

Now I am sitting with this huge smile... staring.... waiting for my baby to wake up and go out for her very first pee at home outside (TG it's a warm and sunny day here in Southern Cal...)

Wish this new Mom luck, especially for our first night together........

[Siara28]

YAY!!
Congrats, and welcome little new one!!!!!!

Have fun and keep us posted, my lil guy is conked out for now too because everyone went to Burger King..........so he is catching a wink before they coming hurling back to him.

[laurenr]

I posted this in the training forum as well:

Anyone with a suggestion?

Older dog and new puppy- HELP!:

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67745