New puppy - crate training/barking all night
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. Just keep trying and keep working with her it should get better soon. Good luck.After a few evenings of trying when we brought Jade home (which has now been nearly three years ago - geesh!!!), we ended up just putting her in the bed with us. We were living in an apartment at the time and had received special permission to have a boxer - can you believe, they were actually listed as a potential attack dog?! And, were afraid that our neighbors would complain if Jade kept whining and howling.
We put her in the bed with us and, three years later, that is where she remains. It is so nice to cuddle up to her at night, although she has to sleep right between me and my husband, just where we put her when she was a puppy. I guess we didn't think that the 5 lb puppy would grow and begin vying for her own space - stretched out and giving us barely 1/2 of the bed to share.
But, it is all worth it! May just be exciting when we have human babies sharing the bed, too!
~Tawni
We put her in the bed with us and, three years later, that is where she remains. It is so nice to cuddle up to her at night, although she has to sleep right between me and my husband, just where we put her when she was a puppy. I guess we didn't think that the 5 lb puppy would grow and begin vying for her own space - stretched out and giving us barely 1/2 of the bed to share.
But, it is all worth it! May just be exciting when we have human babies sharing the bed, too!~Tawni
2BoxersnOhio
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We had the same problem with Quinsi when we brought him home. He cried and cried and cried the first 2 or 3 nights we had him. What I ended up having to do was carry him like a baby, rock him to sleep.. then quietly put him in the crate and go to bed myself. If he woke up in the middle of the night because he had gone potty, I would have to clean him and the crate up and do the rocking process all over again. Thankfully this only lasted for 2 or 3 days. I always made sure it was nice and padded on the bottom for him (usually with a blanket and a fluffy pad) and a couple of stuffed animals. When he was a baby (when we first brought him home) when I would lay him down in the crate, I always made sure he was laying on his bear (it's that Mommy Bear thing, the one for infants with the heartbeat sounds, although it doesn't work).. I figured as long as he felt some kind of fur that it might help his transition. To this day, he still sleeps with that bear in his crate.
I also moved where the crate was sitting. At first I had it sort of in the dining room, alone. When I moved it to the living room area he seemed to quiet down. I have a big 1960s Coca Cola clock that illuminates and acts as a nite light, I think he enjoyed that.. as well as having a bigger space to look at. All I know is that a few weeks later we moved the crate for my daughters birthday party and that night we put him in the crate, which was in the dining room as it was in the beginning, and he cried. I got up and moved it to the living room, he was fine for the rest of the night.
Then, the other night for no reason that I know of, he started howling after we went to bed. Full on howling and crying. After having him for 9 weeks and him not doing this since, it was weird. I got up and let him out thinking maybe he had to go potty. I pointed him to the puppy pad and he just looked at me.. trying to be cute. So I sat down on the couch and he jumped up and sat in my lap. He just wanted company I figured. I assumed his crate was getting too small for him and the next day, I bought him the bigger crate. He loves it... so that may have been it. He may have been trying to tell me that his crate was getting uncomfortable.
I also moved where the crate was sitting. At first I had it sort of in the dining room, alone. When I moved it to the living room area he seemed to quiet down. I have a big 1960s Coca Cola clock that illuminates and acts as a nite light, I think he enjoyed that.. as well as having a bigger space to look at. All I know is that a few weeks later we moved the crate for my daughters birthday party and that night we put him in the crate, which was in the dining room as it was in the beginning, and he cried. I got up and moved it to the living room, he was fine for the rest of the night.
Then, the other night for no reason that I know of, he started howling after we went to bed. Full on howling and crying. After having him for 9 weeks and him not doing this since, it was weird. I got up and let him out thinking maybe he had to go potty. I pointed him to the puppy pad and he just looked at me.. trying to be cute. So I sat down on the couch and he jumped up and sat in my lap. He just wanted company I figured. I assumed his crate was getting too small for him and the next day, I bought him the bigger crate. He loves it... so that may have been it. He may have been trying to tell me that his crate was getting uncomfortable.
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pyermoli
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I had trouble with Oscar crying while being in his crate. I was told to put an article of clothing that I had worn and a stuffed animal. I put a t-shirt of mine on an old teddy bear and he slept through the night bundled up against it. Congrats on the new baby and good luck!!!
mugs&guiness
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Hey I guess no one noticed this thread is over 3 years old!!!
I've done that before too!
R.
I've done that before too!
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