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02-01-2009, 07:48 AM | #1 |
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| help....how to deal with the crying at night we just brought home our second yorkie, Harley. the first one Samson, is 8 months old and for the most part has never cried at night much less all night. Now our new little one, who we just brought home on Friday CRIES ALL NIGHT LONG!!!! we put the stuffed animal that he came with and has his mother scents, he has other stuffed animals in his pen, lots of blankets. I realize he needs to get use to sleeping alone (at least for now until I can put the boys together) but is there anything else I can do. I swear I got about an hour sleep last night and not much more than that the night before. my daughter wants nothing to do with Harley because of his crying. I think I read somewhere to put a hot water bottle and wrap it in a blanket and put in their bed. is there anything else I can do. I feel so bad for him but I also have to get some sleep.
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02-01-2009, 08:03 AM | #2 |
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| Where is the pup's crate? Is it in a bedroom where he can see/hear/smell people so he knows he's not alone? How old is the pup? Is he actually old enough to leave mom and his siblings? If he's too young, that could be the problem. The recommended age is 12 weeks; sometimes that isn't enough because pups mature at different rates. 12 weeks is much better than 8 weeks though! And, if they get along, why *can't* Samson sleep with him? I'm all for making the new member happy. If he's not, if he creates "hard feelings" with family members from the very beginning, bonding becomes very difficult. You've already mentioned your daughter wants nothing to do with him because he cries ... |
02-01-2009, 08:12 AM | #3 |
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| If you are crate training, i would suggest putting the crate on a different floor or .a seprate room. It may sound harsh, but if its that bad you can put the crate in a basement, of course if its cold down there, i wouldnt do it
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02-01-2009, 08:17 AM | #4 |
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| Samson usually sleeps in the front room, he has two beds in there and our door is always open, he sometimes sleeps with us but really only when its cold out (we live in AZ so that isn't too much). Anyways, Samson isn't feeling the puppy thing yet and is nipping him. I realize they need to work it out but it is a lot easier to monitor when I am awake. I don't want Samson hurting Harley if they were in the same pen while I am not awake. Harley is almost 10 weeks old, so a little shy of the 12 weeks. the pen is in the front room. I posted a question about whether I should put Sam in the pen with Harley but the consensus was not until I was sure Samson could accept Harley. I am trying to do right by both dogs. they are just at different points of their lives/training so I am juggling both of their needs. I am not complaining mind you and I realized getting a puppy was a lot of work. I am seeking suggestions to help all of us. thanks
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02-01-2009, 08:25 AM | #5 | |
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02-01-2009, 08:42 AM | #6 |
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| Re; the basement ...we don't have basements in AZ or I will say few homes have them. the front room is the furthest away from our room but closed to the kids rooms. the xpen is in there because its on tile and easier for me to clean up when he has an accident. RE: create - we have not tried the crate training on Harley. Samson really never used the crate and honestly had one accident in the xpen. I think I got spoiled with how easy Sam was to train. I think Harley is a little more tenacious than Sam. I love both of their personalities and Harley is just a butterball and as cute as can be. the nights are just killing me. DH and I are going to petco today to look at crates. Harley may need the crate training system and we'll try to put him in our room tonight. thanks you
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02-01-2009, 09:00 AM | #7 |
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| I have all mine in my bed. Even Pablo, I kept him from Lolas Litter. He has been in my bed since his litter mates left. Around 2am he wakes jumps off the bed,I have a platform bed low to the ground, goes to the bathroom on his pee pad then cries to get back in bed. I think you should try to keep him near you. His whole life has been turned upside down and he his mising is mom and his litter mates. |
02-01-2009, 08:18 PM | #8 |
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| whining puppy! I know what you are feeling!! My fiance and I just brought home Chloe on Monday. She is nearly 10 weeks as well. We had trouble with her whining and whining all night for the first 3 nights. What we did was NEVER ever pay attention to her when she was whining, that way she knows that her whining is not working. Don't even look at him when he is whining if you can help it and he will eventually get tired of it and learn that it doesn't get him anywhere! Another thing, Chloe is left in her XPEN at night with a bed, pee pad, food, water, lots of blankets and toys. After the 3rd night of whining, my fiance and I looked up that a ticking clock is supposed to work well, as it reminds them of a heartbeat (from their mother, or litter mates) So we picked up a wind up clock at wa-mart, but it stopped working later that night -- darn it! My fiance looked up a sound of a clock on the internet, and we put it on my laptop and set it next to her pen and let it play all night long. She hasn't been whining AT ALL at night. She wakes up at 9:00-10:00AM and will wait for us to come and let her out. She is doing very well! Remember, don't give in to him whining, don't give him any attention and wait until he stops, don't even look at him..and try the clock if you can! Good luck! They are so much fun!! |
02-01-2009, 10:41 PM | #9 |
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| I got Tobey when he was too young but i didn't know any better at the time. he was 2 days shy of 8 weeks. we got him a small plastic crate and did the crate training- I HIGHLY recommend it. it worked like a charm. it was very hard and time consuming for several weeks but in the long run was worth all the work. At night we would set his crate on my night stand with the door facing me. that way he was literally only inches away and I think that made him feel more safe. When he did whine I would just speak in a low very calming voice and say things like "its okay, Im right here, shhh..." then I would turn my head away from him. usually the whining would stop in a few minutes. if he kept it up I would get up, take him out to his potty pad, wait for a bit and if he didn't need to potty I would take him and put him right back in the crate. I needed to send a message that you only get out of the crate if you are quiet or if you need to potty, that way if he kept whining after being put back in the crate, i knew he didn't need to potty so I did my best to just ignore him and he would eventually give up and go to sleep. I really felt like a new mom at first and didn't sleep that well for several nights but I knew I had to be very consistent with him and that it would get better. and it did! once he was potty trained (a little under 2 months) he has never been back in that crate now he sleeps with us and hops down from the bed to go potty if he needs to in the middle of the night training him to a potty pad was the best thing I ever did.
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02-02-2009, 01:02 AM | #10 |
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| I would put him in his crate in your bedroom until he is settled and you are able to leave him with your other little doggie at night. Rocky cried for 3 nights and we read about keeping him in our room, he immediately started sleeping well and after 3 weeks was sleeping through the night with no toilet trips! |
02-02-2009, 02:21 PM | #11 |
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| he is escaping the xpen thanks for everyone's advice. now for the new situation on the crying thing. he is apparently an escape artist and can climb walls. he did it twice today. I got a call from my daughter, who was sleeping at the time, and she said she woke up to a dog crying outside her door. he totally climbed the xpen AND a baby gate to get into the front room. So now the xpen is pretty much useless for him. what a stinker!!!! I did not want to crate him during the day because there are times we are gone longer than others and I have heard not to crate them too long. this guy is going to keep me on my toes!!!
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02-02-2009, 08:25 PM | #12 |
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| We had the same problem. What ended up working for us was putting him in a small carrier/crate on the night stand so he could see us. |
02-03-2009, 12:24 AM | #13 |
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| Our Rocky can squeeze through the baby gate at the side, we had to block it off and it stopped him but if you have a very small Yorkie it may be harder - also they can jump quite high when they want to. |
02-03-2009, 05:43 AM | #14 | |
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yes I posted later that Harley is now a climber (he must have been a mountain climber in a previous live). He actually had a better night. After a few nights of not getting any sleep my DH put him in his crate in the spare bedroom and slept in there with him (I HAD to get some sleep). He had to go to work at 4 am and put him back in his xpen and cried for a while but went back to sleep within 20 minuets or so. it took him less time to sooth himself. YEA!!! the good thing is when I got up he was sleeping but woke up when I came into the room. I pulled him out and he and Samson went to snuggle together in one of the beds. this is the FIRST time they have voluntarily slept next to one another.
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02-03-2009, 10:44 AM | #15 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cordova, TN
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| Our Sophie and Ally never cried - they have slept in the bed with us since the first night we ever brought them home. They both sleep all night and cuddle up to us either under or on top of the cover. It is fun to sleep with them and we would not have it any other way.
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