Nighttime nightmares with puppy

[PupperDog]

I’ve had dogs before but I think I blocked the nighttime woes out! It’s been an ‘interesting’ few nights. Pup will only settle next to me, which is fine, but he does still cry even next to me. It eventually stops and I’m there for reassurance.
The problem we have is when I wake him to take him to wee outside and have to re-settle him. As soon as he’s put back to bed, the crying restarts and it feels horribly mean. I have been setting my alarm to wake up a content, sleeping pup and then he cries again for ages afterwards. Not sure if anyone has any advice please and thank you.

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What time is his bedtime wee. Once he's done this pop him back to bed and go to bed. I used a old baby monitor and if she cried would let her out for a wee, the back in crate. I also use to leave a clock next to crate. Good luck

I put him for a wee about 10.30 pm. He whines on and off for an hour. I was advised to set an alarm for 4 hours later (2.30 am) but he was conked out and the bed was dry. He did wee outside but he screamed for another hour when I put him back to bed! Poor love.

Thanks for the reply :)

If he wees at 10.30 and then sleeps he will be awake about 1.5 to 2 hours later and needing to go again. So I would get a puppy cam or baby monitor so you know what he is doing. I have a GsD 12 week old who needed one week of sleeping close to me. Last wee at 12, one at 4am and then 7am. Now goes 12 to 7 fine. It will pass quite quickly. I generally think 2hrs is max for the first few weeks. Is he crated at night in a small crate?

I also use a radio with a talking channel which is great.

I wouldn’t wake him, just sleep near crate so you hear him and can take him out when he wakes naturally

Don’t wake him up , just get up with him when he wakes .

We didn’t wake our pup. If he cried in the night out for a wee then back to bed.
Be consistent with that we would put lights out. He slept in a crate next to the sofa first week as easier to get her out to the garden
Now in a crate by the bed. From about 10 weeks she would go 1030 - 530/6 but she would cry when she wanted to go out we didn’t wake him. Then back to bed and get up 630/7. 16 weeks now and goes 1030 - 630
Very occasionally he might ask to go out earlier. Stick with it

How old is puppy? If very young, persevere. Their bladders are small but it doesn't take too long to train them to go through the night without needing to go out to the toilet. Increase the time you come down by half an hour a night. It'll soon be a whole night sleeping through.

As for the crying, it's normal. Have you tried a well wrapped hot water bottle and/or snuggle toy? It's one of those scenarios where you are likely going to have to sit it out. Stay with pup. Reassure but not too much. Let them know you are there with occasional strokes so they drift off. White noise helps. We played that on the iPad/Alexa and when asleep literally crept out the room stealth mode!

Thank you for all the help and advice. Much much appreciated.

I’ve got a ticking clock today and I’ll try the hot water bottle. He’s sleeping extremely close to me. I’m on the sofa and he’s in his bed very close to my face.

Hes 10 weeks, seems to be able to hold his bladder quite well. He’s very needy of attention and I think he’s just not liking being away from me rather than needing a wee in the night. He’s not wetting his bed at all during the night and very rarely having accidents during the day.

Basically, he cries at bedtime but eventually settles. It was the act of waking him and then returning him to bed that seems to unsettle him.