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Please help - our puppy won’t settle at nights

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Tamzinlouise · 10/08/2019 03:38

Hi all,

Please someone tell me that they can share some secrets that’s I can use.

We got a puppy over a week ago she’s a 13 week old Frenchie but she won’t settle at nights or when we leave her in the room by her self.

She howls, screams, barks you name it she does it.

We tried the hot water bottle radio and clock trick. Putting something of ours and her mums in her crate, toys. But she still won’t settle.

She settled 1 night since we picked her up but since then she’s back to howling, screaming etc.

I try not to go to her when she howls etc but the more she does it the louder she gets and I’ve given in once (tonight)!

I’m worried that the neighbours will start to complain. I’ve spoken to them And they say they are fine and understand but I just worry.

PLEASE ANY ADVICE.

Thanks all from one extremely tired puppy mummy!

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Alicewond · 10/08/2019 03:46

Have you tried sleeping alongside her while she adapts from being parted from her mum?

Alicewond · 10/08/2019 03:51

Our pup was like this, scared and cries if we left him alone in a room. Once he trusted we’d come back it resolved itself in weeks. But I did have to sleep on the sofa for a few first, gradually withdrawing to less time

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Tamzinlouise · 10/08/2019 04:13

Hi, yes first 2 nights I slept with her. Night 1 with her on the sofa with me. night 2 I put her crate next to me in the living room and she howled on and off throughout the night. Night 3 I sleep upstairs and she was fine and slept all night until 7am And we thought we cracked it but night four to present she’s howled etc.

I took a week off work so I could settle her in. As I’m due to go back Monday (I work 2 mins from my house so can come back throughout the day and feed/let her out) I’ve started leaving her for an hour here and there the last 2 days but when I look/hear her on the puppy cam she’s howling.

I’ve had puppies growing up and over the years but none have been this bad.

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Alicewond · 11/08/2019 03:06

She’s a baby who misses her mum and needs to bond to you. It takes far more than a week to do this sorry

BiteyShark · 11/08/2019 06:46

I used to get up and take mine out for a quick toilet break (even if he didn't want one) without any fuss or sound and then straight back to bed. He soon got the idea that night time was for peeing or sleeping but nothing else.

The are a variety of approaches you can use. Maybe check out the doghouse and puppy survival threads on there to find others in the same boat.

BiteyShark · 11/08/2019 06:49

Try to do the link again

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_doghouse/3600375-Young-Puppy-Support-Group

dancingmom · 11/08/2019 07:59

I slept on sofa for 10 days to settle our second dog. And also the first one was used to sleeping with us but we decided downstairs was better for two! It worked no problem and the first was clingy. You need to give it longer than two nights.

kjhkj · 11/08/2019 19:40

I think she needs more time with you. A week off work simply isn't enough and leaving her alone in the day is just going to make the issue worse.

kjhkj · 11/08/2019 19:41

I bought a heartbeat lamb. It settled our puppy for the first week or so. he's fine without it now but definitely seemed to find the heartbeat soothing.

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Tamzinlouise · 15/08/2019 22:20

Hi all, thanks for your replies. Missy is much better at nights now we have put her in our room with us. No noise at all. Out for the toilet then straight into her crate on her own accord and straight to sleep.

Now to crack the toilet training during the day. She has a habit of doing her business in the house when my partner is here looking after her (even though he takes her out every 45mins to an hour/after food/sleeps) but when I'm home she is as good as gold and toilet outside every time no accidents inside.

Must love her mummy more than her daddy Wink but she'll get there,

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MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 15/08/2019 23:00

Toilet training can take weeks. As long as one of you is there to let her out every half an hour or so, you’ll soon get there. Don’t plan any days out in the next few weeks!

adaline · 16/08/2019 07:23

Frenchies are notoriously difficult to house train - be prepared for it to take a year or more before she's reliable I'm afraid!

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Tamzinlouise · 16/08/2019 17:37

Yep, no long days away from home luckily We both work around 5 mins from our home and can work from here if I want to so there's always one of us here. yes Frenchie's do take a long time to toilet train but she's worth it Grin

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