I haven’t had a puppy for a while and we have a 12 week old cockapoo and she is very sweet. During the day she sleeps a lot curled up next to my 11 year old it’s her puppy. Toilet training going really well in the day and we are all proactive with that. We are not using puppy pads.
Night is a different story as she has major separation anxiety.
We take her out for the toilet around 11pm then crate her.
We are using an extra small crate at night in the kitchen with the door closed and lights off. The crate has a cover on top and three sides are surrounded by walls and kitchen cupboards. I put her toys in there and her blanket and I encourage her inside with a kong and peanut butter as she won’t go in the alone.
She cries and howls for around 20 minutes to 1 hour before she self settles.
She wakes and cries/howls upto two times in the night then I get up and take her outside for the toilet at those times.
Then she wakes up for the day between 5-6am.
Last night (night 8) she pooped in her crate. Yuk! Not a nice wake up.
What am I doing wrong?
How long should it take to crate train?
How long will she take to settle with the crate?
Is it possible she will never get used to the crate?
Why a mucky protest on night 8?
Should I give up with the crate and let her sleep in my daughters bed?
My daughter would love that but I’m worried she will fell off the bed or toilet on the bedroom carpet.
Please help the sleep deprivation is hard!
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Help me! Puppy night time separation anxiety and poo in crate!
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Robomom · 29/08/2018 10:09
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