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Boo Bear · 03-07-2008, 11:03 AM

We got Boo when she was 9 1/2 weeks old. We put her in a large kennel in our kitchen at night. She can hear the humming of the refridgerator and the clock ticking. She cried/whined the first week, but the vet encouraged us to let her whine as long as it wasn't too long of a time period. It was hard to hear her bark and whine, but sure enough, after a week, she stopped. She has been sleeping all night in her kennel since, and we never hear a peep from her until we wake her up in the morning. Now, every night at a certain time, she'll go into the kitchen to let us know she is ready for bed. I think that they will adjust to whatever routine you get them used to. Good luck!

yorkiepup2 · 03-07-2008, 11:17 AM

Welcome to YT! Congratulations on your new furbaby! Remember that they are con artists in little fur coats (LOL). Set the ground rules on what is acceptable behavior.

celstu1 · 03-07-2008, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by canman

We put him in our bathroom because it is tiled. The room itself has a jacuzzi tub, a separate shower, double sinks, so it is quite big and plenty of room to run around in. Plus it has a huge window made out of those glass cubes PLENTY of sunlight. About 90% of the time I come home for lunch and let him out to go potty and play with him a little. Last night we tried to let him sleep with us but
all he wanted to do was play and bite, it was already midnight so we had to put him up so we could sleep. Tonight we will try putting him on our night stand in his kennel of course

so he can see us and HOPEFULLY all will be well.

I'll report back tomorrow.

When you put him in his kennel on the night stand put a clock that ticks in the kennel and put a blanket in it and over it. This helps it feel more like a den and the clock sounds like his moms heartbeat and comforts him and will help him sleep, which in turn will help you get some sleep. I did this with my boys, they still cried for about a 1/2 hour, but after that they were OUT like lights and slept through the night! The clock was a miracle worker! Good Luck and welcome to YT!!!

03-07-2008, 11:17 AM	#32
yorkiepup2 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington Posts: 789	Welcome to YT! Congratulations on your new furbaby! Remember that they are con artists in little fur coats (LOL). Set the ground rules on what is acceptable behavior. __________________ Kali and Nikki's Mommy

03-07-2008, 11:03 AM	#31
Boo Bear Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 24	We got Boo when she was 9 1/2 weeks old. We put her in a large kennel in our kitchen at night. She can hear the humming of the refridgerator and the clock ticking. She cried/whined the first week, but the vet encouraged us to let her whine as long as it wasn't too long of a time period. It was hard to hear her bark and whine, but sure enough, after a week, she stopped. She has been sleeping all night in her kennel since, and we never hear a peep from her until we wake her up in the morning. Now, every night at a certain time, she'll go into the kitchen to let us know she is ready for bed. I think that they will adjust to whatever routine you get them used to. Good luck!