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06-30-2006, 07:02 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Really Bad Case of Separation Anxiety Yesterday I picked up my 11 week old female yorkie and took her away from her mother. For the first hour, she was shaking. After that, she was more calm. However, at night we tried to let her sleep in her crate in our kitchen but she kept whining. So we let her sleep beside my daughter where she could see her, but she kept crying! We just ignored her until she stopped and fell asleep. (She was in her crate for 5 hrs and pooped, but the crate is just the right size for her.) My concern is that I cannot leave her alone for just 30 seconds, even when I am in my apartment! How can I leave her alone? Please help!! By the way, her previous owner spoiled her by hugging her everytime she cried and never used a crate. Should I use the crate? |
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06-30-2006, 07:08 AM | #2 |
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| First of all Welcome. It sounds like you are going to have to retrain her. Just be patience and consistent with whatever you decide to do. Congrats on your new baby. If you want to crate train her just continue to do it. For a few minutes at a time and just increase the increment. Remeber it takes time. Good Luck.
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06-30-2006, 07:21 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Crate or not? Here's my crate situation...I'll be away from my home on the weekdays for about 8 to 9 hrs. at a time and would have to resort to leaving the crate door open and confining her to the kitchen with food/water in dishes. This I know makes it pointless as far as crate training is concerned, but this is what my vet suggested if I have no dog sitter. Only time I can close her up in the crate is overnight, but won't that confuse her as she'll know she is free during the weekdays? So my question is, should I just return the crate to the pet shop and stick with a dog bed? (I know this may take longer to paper train her). Your advice is appreciated. |
06-30-2006, 07:29 AM | #4 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cary, IL
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| Okay- opinions are going to vary on this one, but this is what I have done with all of my dogs in the past, and will be doing with Sadie when she comes home on the 9th... so far, it has always worked. I set up a place- in my case, it is my kitchen/eating area (no carpet) and I set up the puppy's crate, food/water bwls, toys, and a blanket or bed and while I'm at home, I keep a careful eye on the puppy, take it out OFTEN for potty, play, etc. and let it have the run of the gated area. i only let the puppy out if she's done with eating, potty, etc. and I'll be with her or holding her, etc. At night, I absolutely put the puppy in her crate for the night. She WILL cry and whine, but I don't let them out. If anything, I'll go down by the crate, talk to her, soothe her, but I will not let her out. I'm not usually worried about a potty break because I cut off their water 2 1/2 hours before bedtime and make sure they go potty before bed. In all my experience, just being next to them and talking or even singing to them will calm them down enough to go back to sleep. But please know, that this will go on a few times, if not even more times in the night the first week or so she is home. Maybe less time, maybe more. I have even brought my blanket and pillow down to the crate on especially hard nights, but I never move the crate, or let the puppy out, or hold her. She will eventually get the idea that the crate is her sleeping place. This is an adjustment period, it may be hard at first. As far as whining is concerned, if the puppy has everything she needs, has eaten, gone potty, been loved and cuddled a while, etc. I just ignore the whining. She will eventually stop. I know it may be really hard at first, but it works. Also, if I go out anywhere, I always make sure the puppy has gone potty, and I crate her. Believe me, it is beter and safer that way, but you have to plan a little, make sure she has gone potty at least. I usually give the puppy a toy or something she really loves to occupy her when I am gone, and only use it for that occasion, so she doesn't get bored with it. Like I said, there are MANY opinions as to how to do these things, but this is generally my experience and has always worked. Hope the info helps. Since your puppy is 11 weeks old, she may need a bathroom break once in the night, but don't talk to her or play with her when you let her out, just give her the potty command, let her do her business,and then straight back to the crate. You don't want her to think that whining and social time go together..
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06-30-2006, 07:35 AM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cary, IL
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| Okay, so while I was posting, you posted again and since you're gone all day, I would keep her crate in her play area, with the door open and her blanket inside the crate and nowhere else, so she can start to get the idea that her crate is her sleeping/safe place. She will go in and out of there, maybe even take her naps in there, dogs like to den. As far as the potty goes, I'm sure you'll have the potty pads down, so I would train her to use those ASAP. It wouldn't hurt to train her to on those as well as outside, though. I think it would be a god idea to do that. As far as nighttime goes, the same as I said before. good luck, I really hope you find something that works for you!
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06-30-2006, 07:41 AM | #6 |
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| I crate train mine the same way. Good Job. |
07-01-2006, 01:30 PM | #7 |
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| When I got my 8-week old pup - If he wasn't sleeping - I pretty much carried him around with me wherever I went (in the house). And - he had no problem sleeping anywhere. He slept in his bed most of the time, but also beside me on the sofa - and in a little bed on the top of my desk when I worked..... and - he slept with me at night. This didn't spoil him at all. Quickly, as he began sleeping less, he wanted to venture out and around the house without me (and he's a boy - so I just slapped a belly band on him and let him go.) My puppy never cried a minute in his life because he was being left alone. l never let this happen. But, even so, he quickly wanted to venture out on his own all over the house to play with the other dog or play with his own toys or even take a nap somewhere without me. I think sometimes making a little pup feel safe and secure -- also helps them become more independent sooner. After staying home with my new pup for only two weeks, I went back to work (6 hours - 4 days a week), and to my knowledge he has never cried or whinned when I'm gone. I do know he plays with his toys, eats, and sleeps a lot, and he's sure happy to see me when I get home. ****** My own personal opinion - but I feel that taking a little puppy away from its mother and litter mates for the first time and leaving it alone in a crate or a room to cry (lonesome and frightened) causes more problems than being with them, holding them, and being near them ------ and then allowing them, on their own, to leave you and go to other areas and play and do other things. This is the way puppies learn to be away from their mothers. They feel safe and secure with her, but gradually venture out more and further on their own and they become older. No happy, healthy, playful little pup wants to be with its mother 100% of the time forever. Carol Jean |
07-01-2006, 02:19 PM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tupelo, MS
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| from my experience, dogs dont like to poop and pee in the same spot sooo i'd suggest putting TWO pee pads down a bit away from each other.. get her tee-tee on one and put a lil doo-doo on the other.. give her some time to figure it out. good luck! |
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