New puppy!

[Hobnob79]

Hi all..so we’ve a new puppy..little shitzhu..he’s mega..we’re on our 3rd day..he’s a feisty little brute who thinks he’s 10 feet tall in the day and gives it the big’un! But he cries alllllll night, I’ve put him in the kitchen..he’s got a crate that I keep open..puppy pads out..toy lamb with heartbeat..lots of everything..I haven’t given in..and let him cry it out..been down to reassure but not picked up..

Now I get that he’s tiny..8 weeks..but he cried nearly allllll night..and my little girl is getting super anxious and upset..and i mainly got him for her existing anxiety!

Now we’ll persevere obviously..as it’ll get better I know..but is there a time that you cut their naps late on off? And are there any more tips? When you read everyone else threads their dogs have cried for a bit and settled quite quickly 😩 I don’t want to stress him out and create bigger problems for myself. Babies are well easy compared to this! 😂

Thanks in advance..x

Move the crate to your room for a week or so. Take away water away 2 hours before bed and do last feed about 5pm. Wee stop just before bed. Set your alarm for 1-2 loo stops in the night for a week or two. Try to get them tired before bedtime. Keep them awake and playing in the hour or two before bed.

He is 8 weeks old. It isn't 'giving in 'to tend to him during the night.
Would you have left your dd to cio at 8 weeks?

Hi try a crate /large wire cat basket , something he can see through, put him in it when you go to bed as near to you as you can ,do it for a few nights then gradually move him away from you ie 1/2/3rd night as near as , then move him to end of bed floor area for a couple of nights , next move near bedroom door or just outside ie on landing area , keep moving him further away gradually until you can get him to the space you wanted him in.
My late dad did this with his last pup and it worked , totally surprised me as even though he loved his dogs he was'nt a pushover .

Crate next to bed.

Then dog on bed once toilet trained.

Then dog under covers when you prefer him to DH

But seriously, he's a tiny baby - crate next to bed is great as you can take him out for a wee/poo when he cries. At 14 weeks my dog only cried once in the night to be taken out for a wee (about 4am)

His bladder is tiny at that age, he will likely need to go 3/4 times a night - and you don't want him peeing in his crate

Agree with WentworthPrison. That worked well when ours was a puppy.

Where is the photo? 🙂

Thankyou! It’s really hard as everyone has their own opinion and take on it. I’m going to try and keep him active before bed and see if that helps, thanks!

And no I didn’t leave my child to cry it out at 8 weeks..she has severe anxiety and various stomach issues so I co slept a lot.

But this is a puppy. And I asked for advice on it not judgement thanks all the same.

A lot of the advice given is to not give in to the cries..hence my post as I didn’t want to stress him out

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I stayed with my new puppy downstairs in a living room for first 1-1.5 weeks; I slept on sofa and he was in his crate.

Your pup was taken away from his mum and mates and was left alone in unknown scary dark place by itself at night. Of course he/she will cry.

Yeah I’m not expecting him to not cry, I just wanted tips to help soothe him.

I slept downstairs with him the first night, but loads of people were telling me to not do that as he’ll get used to it and I need to start as I mean to go on and the puppy’s anxiety will be worse.

I’m not shutting the crate door as I don’t really like the idea of it, so he has the run of the kitchen. I leave the radio on quiet and keep a soft light on.

There is so much great advice on the puppy survival threads

Can we see a picture ?

@LaurieFairyCake

There is so much great advice on the puppy survival threads

Can we see a picture ?

Thankyou! God I feel terrible now as he’s not upstairs with me 😩 just thought I was doing the right thing as that’s what everyone was telling me to do! And yes of course 😊

They actually feel more secure with the door closed on the crate. The bigger the space, the less secure they can feel.

Oh god he's adorable !!! 😍😍😍

I'm in love !

I honestly think he will do better in a crate next to your bed, I just found it so much easier to be wakened for toilet training.

It doesn't mean he won't end up in the kitchen if that's what you want but it can be done gradually.

You definitely won’t make him anxious by keeping him nearby whilst he is little , if anything it will make him feel more secure .

Join Dog Training advice and support on FB, it's brilliant and has specific puppy units.

Have a look at the Facebook page dog training advice and support. It's really good. Also a book like the happy puppy book ir easy peAy puppy squeasy is really good. It helped us avoid all sorts of pitfalls!

Agree with joining dog training and advice on Facebook. They’re really clear that tiny puppies shouldn’t be on their feet own. My 20 week puppy has always slept next to me. We’ve had zero crying bar when she needs a wee. Over the past week she’s been taking herself off and sleeps on her own by choice and is generally becoming more independent.

Oh he's so beautiful . Definitely let him in with you and kick your DP to the sofa!

Like child rearing , there are different schools of thought on how to bring up a puppy, some people will lock them in a crate and leave them, others will sleep next to them.

We had our puppy in an open crate in the kitchen like you , and slept down stairs so we could hear him cry for the first two weeks . If he woke then we let him out to wee and stayed in the room until he went back off but didn't interact with him so he didn't get a reward for being awake at night. I think we were lucky though as our puppy slept really well eg midnight until 6 pretty much from the start, so I'm not sure how good my advice would be.

I would think it depends a lot on what you intend to do with him overnight in future . If you're happy for him to be upstairs with you then You may as well bring his cage up from the start.

Oh god he’s so adorable. I need one!

Personally, I put mine in the crate (in the bedroom though so she wasn’t ‘alone’ in the kitchen) and ignored all the whining.
She was sleeping through within a week or so.

Oh how precious is he. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
Don’t leave him to cry it out. He’s just left his mummy and siblings. He needs comfort and reassurance.