Serket Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Gypsy's adult teeth are starting to come through. 2 at the very front on the top, and loose ones down the bottom, and a lost tooth but no new on up the top on the side. She seemed ok when the first two came through - we didn't even notice the baby ones were gone until we saw the new ones. Last night however she just wouldn't settle in her crate - she got me up 5 times during the night, but didn't need to go to the toilet except for the first time. I've been giving her cold carrots from the fridge to chew on in her crate which she really likes, but I ran out last night, and so she got a biscuit instead. She's fine to go in to the crate and sleep there, and normally sleeps right through. She woke me up each time by barking really loudly, whereas toilet time is normally grumbles and quiet barks. Each time I took her out to the yard, gave her a few minutes to go to the toilet and took her right back inside to her crate, where she settled right away and was fine, until an hour later when she'd wake me up again. In the end I wondered if her teeth were hurting and keeping her awake, and I gave her a piece of frozen chicken breast (didn't have anything else cold/frozen that was suitable) and she was fine from then until the morning. So, since it was unusual for her to do that and it seemed like she was having trouble sleeping I'm wondering if it's because of teething? I'll go out today and get more carrots, she's got a kong which I can fill and then freeze - anything else that's helpful for them when teething? Hopefully if I can give her something cold when I put her to bed it will help her sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 so now she knows that carrying on in the night brings frozen chicken!! Honestly- In all my puppy/dogs I hardly ever knew they were teething.......... I didn't notice anything different at all. It maybe just that the teenage hormones are surging- and she wants to be up & doing, she may have had a tummyache, it may have been a much warmer night than usual, it may have been her teeth,,, it may have been she wanted a carrot... Make sure she has big training session/walk/play in the afternoon/evening..that should help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serket Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 so now she knows that carrying on in the night brings frozen chicken!! Honestly- In all my puppy/dogs I hardly ever knew they were teething.......... I didn't notice anything different at all. It maybe just that the teenage hormones are surging- and she wants to be up & doing, she may have had a tummyache, it may have been a much warmer night than usual, it may have been her teeth,,, it may have been she wanted a carrot... Make sure she has big training session/walk/play in the afternoon/evening..that should help I've never noticed before either, although it's been a long time since I had a puppy. The carrying on did get her frozen chicken, out of desperation and a need to actually get some sleep! But it also became her breakfast since it was 4am by that point. She won't be getting it again if she does it tonight, but I was worried about her teeth because her mouth seems sensitive at the moment, and was bleeding earlier in the evening. I also expected her to sleep quite soundly since yesterday was a big day - we had obedience training in the morning, a good run around the grass afterwards, and the car trip there and back, and then some short training sessions later in the day and big play in the yard. She's usually pretty tired on a normal day, so being awake and restless all night seemed out of character. It was cold last night and rainy. We'll see how she goes tonight, she's being a bit of a brat today, barking at the kitchen bench because she can't reach it (yet) and that's where all the yummy things are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 she's being a bit of a brat today, Maybe her Brat hormones are coming to the fore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serket Posted October 25, 2009 Author Share Posted October 25, 2009 (edited) she's being a bit of a brat today, Maybe her Brat hormones are coming to the fore :D Oh goody. We were just saying that she's calmed down a lot in the last few weeks and stopped biting and jumping up on people. I thought we'd get a bit of a lull before the terrible teens Oh well, better stock the fridge with carrots Edited October 25, 2009 by Serket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mas1981 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 My pup was really unsettled while he was teething, he got me up a lot at night too and would just sit and stare at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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