Bed Time

[macdog3]

We have a 9 week old puppy who does not enjoy being in the laundry for bed time one bit...

If we put his bed next to ours he will sleep fine but if we try and put him in the laundry he does not be quiet and one night did not sleep at all (or at least it felt like it)...

Were not adverse to him sleeping in our room on his bed but do not want him to think if he cries he can get what he wants...

Any advice???

[ness]

Hi,

Not sure but I had a similar problem. Originally wanted my new BC pup to sleep out in a crate in the other room. Ended up dragging crate into my bedroom on night 1 as she wasn't settling. She was around 9 weeks at that point. I left her in my room with me till she was roughly 16 weeks (might have been 20 weeks) but as soon as she was sleeping through the night happily (probably could have been earlier) I just moved the crate back out to the other room and didn't hear a peep out of her. Although I do only put her to bed when she is already pretty sleepy. I can still hear her wake up in the morning as its only on the other side of my door. My older girl sleeps on a bed in the corner of my room but I didn't think either of us would get enough sleep if I let the pup sleep out of a crate.

[LittleRock]

My boy initially slept in the laundry... Chewed the paper l had left in there. But the breeder did give us a stuffed toy that had been with the litter for a little while so it had the litters smell on it. After a few restless hours (we ignored him as hard as it was) but he settled and slept well. We then started introducing him to his kennel (outside) and put his blanket and snooza pillow in the kennel so it had his smell on it. He took to his kennel like a star and has no problems sleeping outside. We can also let him sleep inside and then back outside with no complaints. Some people have told me that as hard as it is, when you are trying to get them to sleep and they start crying, don't give them attention. This attention can then cause problems down the track and even around the corner. We managed to ignore his crys, but only just. Its easy in theory but difficult in practise.

Good luck. It does get easier....

[Papi_Searcher]

We had some sleep-little nights as the puppy settled in, I think the key is to find something that you WANT and stick to it, if you change things a round too much they can cause problems... They will cry when put to bed, but they soon stop when they realise that crying aint getting them any where!

That being said our puppy started out in a "pen" in our room and is now in the guest room...

[LuvMyCav]

We have a 9 week old puppy who does not enjoy being in the laundry for bed time one bit...

If we put his bed next to ours he will sleep fine but if we try and put him in the laundry he does not be quiet and one night did not sleep at all (or at least it felt like it)...

Were not adverse to him sleeping in our room on his bed but do not want him to think if he cries he can get what he wants...

Any advice???

If you're not adverse to having pup sleep in your room in his own bed then why not do it? Obviously you don't move him during the night when he's in the laundry and crying because, as you said, that will teach him that crying gets him what he wants. Just change the set up before going to bed.

Your pup has come from being with his mother and litter mates and now he's being asked to sleep alone, away from his pack. Naturally, that's a frightening and lonely thing but in time, he would get used to it, however, if you're happy to have him in your room then I think that's a great set up.

[ellz]

If he is happy to settle in your room and you don't mind him being there, then let him. He has come from a litter with brothers and sisters and a mother with him all the time into a new environment. He will feel insecure and look to you, his new family, for comfort. You aren't giving in to him provided you still set the boundaries and stick to them.

[GoldD]

We had our pup come and sleep in our room at about 10 weeks, we found that he slept like a rock, didn't wake at 5am and the barking we experienced in the bathroom stopped.

He now sleeps at the foot of our bed (on the floor on his own doona) and on occassions where one of the kids has a sleepover and that child is afraid of big dogs, he has slept successfully in the laundry without and reaction at all.