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Transitioning from Bed to X-Pen in Another Room Another situation I’d like some help on is transitioning my boys from sleeping in my bed, to sleeping in an x-pen when I’m at my boyfriend’s house. I want to do this for a couple reasons - #1 being he doesn’t want them to sleep in the bed with us, #2 – his bed is WAY too high and he has hardwood floors and I’m afraid that if they jumped off the wrong way they could seriously hurt themselves and #3 – his bedroom is too small and so they will have to sleep in another part of the house (either a spare bedroom or basement). I’d also prefer another room because with the slightest movement they get so excited and think I’m waking up and want to go outside and be fed and I want them to learn how to wait. My question is what’s the best way to make this transition? I’m currently putting them in the x-pen at night at my place in my bedroom… They’re doing ok with it, but seems like when they can’t see me if I put them in another room they whine and bark for hours! Any suggestions? |
I think Jackson would never speak to me again if I kicked him out of my room.... LOL! I'm not much help because if Jackson knows I am in the other room but he can't get to me or have access to me, he can't stand it and will also bark/whine. I would say it's just going to take time and getting used to. |
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Putting something that smells like you in the crate with them is a great idea, but other than that, you're just going to have to ignore them and they should get used to it within a few days. If you're working on it at home, try moving the kennel a little further away from your bed each night, then outside the doorway to your room, then down the hallway etc. |
Yeah, that's what I was gonna do - gradually move it... I know it's just gonna take time. I'm just worried that it'll take forever and I'll be sleep deprieved for a long time! LOL Ugh... Thanks for the input. |
Yeah- no easy way to do this, you are going to have lots of sleepless nights with a lot of screaming. Imagine if the person you loved and slept with every night put you in the basement all of a sudden with no explanation? |
I realize that alot of you may think I'm being completely heartless for doing this and changing their routine and in all honesty I feel guilty doing it. But with divorce and new relationships (especially with someone who's never had dogs before, but is willing to accept them, just not in the bed) this is what I have to do to ease the new boyfriend and my dogs together. With time hopefully they will begin to bond and form a relationship of their own, and hopefully we can buy a house that will be more accomodating for the dogs. But until that time, I'm trying to do the best for all of us involved. :( My new boyfriend knows that my dogs and I are a package deal... |
You're not heartless. Situations change, it's just part of life. My pup was potty trained to go outside only, and he really enjoyed his outside time. My landlord foreclosed on his mortgage, and Kaji and I had to move out. I had to switch Kaji to strictly piddle pads only. It was completely foreign to him, and he gave me looks like I was punishing him. He picked it up in 2 weeks, and is completely use to our new routine. It just takes time and patients. |
You're not heartless, you're reaching out and asking people the best way to do it. Life changes sometimes, dogs can adapt:) When I first moved in with my dh (bf at the time) 7 yrs. ago, my Beagle was 5 yrs. old at the time. She'd slept in bed with me from 8 weeks old, but our bed was just not big enough when we moved in together and it was uncomfortable (plus he didn't want her there, but I agreeded it was too hard). I got her a nice plush blanket and put it on the couch. She slept there perfectly fine, I was more stressed than she was the first few nights;). She's been sleeping on a blanket on the couch for 7 years now and she'd probably hate being squished in the bed with us if she had to be at this point. They'll be fine, they have each other, it'll just take time:) |
Dogs don't need to sleep in the bed- but why not have them in a small pen/ even a crate in the same room? It would make the transition go much easier then putting them in the basement. |
Have they stayed over at the bf's yet? Harley doesn't sleep in our bed at home but he has his own room and has free run of that room at night. But when we travel he stays in his Xpen at night and is fine. If I put him in a crate or xpen in our apartment it's the end of the world. So you may be better off introducing each part of the new ritual separately. Go straight to them being in a crate/new place at the bf's, and then do the gradual change in your place. Not sure if that makes sense or not. |
I have thought about putting them in a crate in the same room as me so I may give that a try and see how it works. Like I said before I just dont' want them telling us when we need to get up - the slightest movement and they think it's time to get up and eat and don't relax until it happens. Apparently I spoiled them into thinking I WORK for them! LOL :p |
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