First night with 8 week old puppy

[Heatherlisi]

Can anyone please help me out ? Last night was my first night with my new puppy , she cried and barked to where she woke up my kids. I don't know what to do , can someone please help. Should I just let her cry and wake up everyone? Last night I put her in bed with me , then she stayed quiet.

 

[stephanieb]

Various people handle this different ways. Some crate train the puppy and live through the initial crying and swear that the pups learn to love the crate and see it as a safe place. I know this worked exceptionally well for my son. For me, I put our EM in bed with us. It lasted about 2 weeks and then he moved himself off the bed. Just wasn't comfortable for him. He would have been 10 or 11 weeks? No problems since. We brought home a new bull / EM cross yesterday and Ren is 9 weeks. She slept with us last night and was fine. No fussing and slept through the night. Will see if she too moves herself off the bed in a few weeks or if I have to kick her out in a few months. LOL. I think the choice is entirely yours and you will have to see what works best for yourself and your family as I don't believe that there is a "right" answer for everyone.

Good luck!

 

[shialyn]

Hi when i first got shia at 8 weeks. I took a blanket along and had them rub it on her mom. I put that in her crate at night with her. Also what I did was put a ticking clock beside her crate ( they think its there mothers heart beat) she was up every 3 hours the first 2 night to goto the bathroom. But after that she sleep all night. When she is crying don't get her, tell her no. when she stops then get her. If you let them out when they are crying or barking, that tells them thats what they need to do to get out. Good luck with your baby.

 

[Heatherlisi]

Thank you for both of the responses. I did put a homedics machine in the crate for her with the heartbeat sound, that lasted until 2:30 am ( same time every night) then she started barking and my daughter woke up . I wound up putting
Daisy (EM) in bed with me of coarse she slept soundly. Lol! In the morning me, my husband , my son , and daughter
along with Daisy Wound up in mine Nd my husbands bed.. I guess Daisy will be sleeping with us for a bit.

 

[AKBull]

It'll be tough for a little while, no real way around it. You're not going to get her used to sleeping in her crate if you're quick to put her in your bed though. They catch on real quick to things that make them happy. "Hm, if I cry enough I get to sleep in the bed... hmm"

Junior would sleep until around 4am and then it was apparently time for me to wake up. There were several times I would wake up on the couch with him running around. Those were long days. LOL Eventually he would sleep through the night.

 

[sunbear]

Good luck! You might want to try an extra little meal just before bed. Like a bottle right before bed, full little tummies help then sleep through the night.

Ours like to wake up by 5:30, sometimes they will go back to sleep. If we can keep them from waking up the rest of the gang, we can get a few extra winks of seep.

We let the gang sleep in our room, but on the bed. If the pups (2 ems) are on the bed, then mom and dad (both ems), the husky and the chihuahua think they need to be up there too and we would be on the couch. We keep the door to the safe zones (family room and kitchen) open for them. Many times we find the adult dogs on their couches and the pups are next to the bed.

@shialyn, I like the idea of the blanket. We kept blankets from the welping box in the family room for the pups to sleep on as they gained more freedom in the house. It helped them feel comfortable and they had a comfy place.

 

[GibsonSG]

When I got my beagle he was 3 months old. We initially were not going to do crate training. I put his bed next to our bed, and he was like a little kid, we had to get him still to get him to go to sleep. So I would coax him into the bedroom and onto his bed, and then lay down myself, and reach down and pet him until he fell asleep. Then he started getting up in the middle of the night and leaving us surprises. And there were nights that he would refuse to stay on his bed and go to sleep and I would have to keep getting him up and putting him back on it.

So after about a week we decided to get a crate. He was OK with it from day 1. I just gave him treats and got him to go into the crate with the door open several times... then would get him in there and close the door for a minute or two, gradually working towards longer stays in the crate with the door closed. This was over a Saturday afternoon... that night when we went to bed, I moved it over next to our bed where his bed used to be, and he slept through the night. No problems since then. I can tell him any time of the night or day to go to bed and he runs and jumps in his crate.

After we got the DDB, we started off with her crate in the bedroom, but she snores SOOOOO loud that we couldn't sleep. So we moved her out into the hallway for a couple of nights and slept with the door open, then a couple of nights with the door closed, then moved them both into the kitchen and they've been fine ever since.

 

[lilliesmomma]

I crated my EM puppy with a hot water bottle (mine has fuzzy sheepskin on it) along with an alarm clock. Her crate wasn't in the bedroom with me but whatever works best for you. It did really well for me. I do this with all my puppies.

 

[mastiff22]

If it was me i would say stick with the crate training. Maybe find a different location in the house thats farther away from the bedrooms? Last night was my first night with my FM pup and she was in the spare bedroom across the hall in a crate. She did get pretty loud i located her on the other side of the house in the laundry room with a night light and a radio. She seemed to do a little better but its just one of those things you gotta get used to. I have a boxer as well 7 years old and he was crate trained he doenst make a sound if i put him in is crate. It will get better and you dont always have to leave your dog in the crate but i would try to at least till a year or so. good luck!

 

[Cody]

I know it is hard with kids in the house, but I would stick with the crate training.
It may take a few nights where everyone is sleep deprived but in the end it is the best and safest thing for the pup and the family.
Besides if you ever travel with him a crate will be your best friend
Good luck

 

[jillbenn]

ditto everyone else, we just got our DDB (8 weeks). He sleep slept in our bed all night- no problem. He doesn't love the crate, but will sleep most of the night (til about 4 or 5). I use our old baby noise machine and put a blanket over some of the crate- I think he likes the cozier feeling.

 

[Farakin]

I crate trained, put a blanket over the crate and and got up every 4 hours to let Molli out to go to the bathroom. It was annoying, but hey it worked. Only took a month.

 

[lolisnme]

Can anyone please help me out ? Last night was my first night with my new puppy , she cried and barked to where she woke up my kids. I don't know what to do , can someone please help. Should I just let her cry and wake up everyone? Last night I put her in bed with me , then she stayed quiet.

Hang in there!! it gets better. But you do have to get them to be on their own unless you want a huge dog in your bed for ever. I wasn't the most logical but I sat by her crate until she fell asleep then I went back to bed. If she cried within 2 hours we would just ignore it after that I would take her outside for "potty" to get her used to "if I whine I go outside, then back in the crate (not into my owners bed)". ANyway, it gets better but you have to be consistent. Hoe this helps