Please help/encourage me!
We have had our new puppy since Saturday. He's lovely and sweet and hard work obviously.
I need some help with crate training. On the advice of our breeder and friends with well behaved dogs and specifically close friends with a Vizsla (our puppys sister from a previous litter) we decided to do the 'tough it out at night' method. We don't want him upstairs.
Well, I have hardly slept since Saturday and desperately unsure what's the right thing to do.
First night we did go down to him but he wanted to play at 1.30pm, DH not impressed, ended up soothing him to sleep so bad move. The night after he got out as DD hadn't shut the bottom latch and pooed all over the floor then slept on my coat. Monday night was tough. Last night, he was super tired as he had been over with our friends Vizsla playing (they live over the road). Went to bed at 9.30pm (couldn't keep him awake). We woke at 11pm and cried for 90 minutes, then woke on and off all night but cried for 10-15 minutes. I got up with him at 5.15am as he was quiet then and I didn't want him to be crying when we went down. he hadn't wee'd or pooed.
Big play session, food etc, toilet etc now he's howling in his crate.
Been out for an hour to do some chores and he's still howling, although think he did have a sleep.
I am so tired and confused about what to do. My house is a tip, I can't get any work done, confused as to how often to play with him etc etc. I have even got angry with him and shouted, which I am ashamed of.
Please don't flame me, I am so tired and down, I don't even feel like I even like him........
I need him to be crate trained so i can go out etc.
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Please help - finding this tough!
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doublemocha · 07/11/2012 10:21
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