So, puppy is now here. She is beyond cute and seems to spend most of the day burrowing into our chests and sleeping. She's such a baby, all thoughts of being any kind of strict are out the window. She hasn't had a single accident yet! Anyway, last night, I set her up in the cat carrier with soft bedding, a hot water bottle with a piece of her kennel blanket wrapped around it. I made a raised surface so that she was level with my daughter's head and could see her. She slept like this until 1.30am, and then began the most piteous yelping. My daughter took her out but she didn't need the loo, then put a reassuring hand in the carrier, and eventually after an hour put her in bed with her. Yelping stopped, she slept through till morning.
What were we supposed to do?
I have put photos of her on my photo gallery thingy, can anyone see them. I am a newbie and may be doing it wrong.
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The doghouse
Ridiculously cute puppy yelping at night.
birdmomma · 30/06/2013 08:41
birdmomma I put a 'first night' guide up not so long ago and it won't let me copy and paste. Will bump the thread up then come back and post the title for you. 
She IS ridiculously cute
We've had a fair few pups (and a whole litter last summer). What's always worked for us is giving pup a few days/nights to settle in...pandering to them if need be with cuddles....it's a big shock for them leaving the comfort of mum and siblings. After a few days starting a stricter routine of leaving to cry for a bit longer each time.
When our first goldie was a puppy and we brought him home, I had to lie with my hand over the edge of the bed the first couple of nights and let him sook my pinkie through the bars of his puppy cage 
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