Help new puppy

[Newmelrose]

We got our puppy - a 9 week old goldendoodle yesterday. She has been fab all day, all toileting outside and lovely fun with everyone, seems v happy, although a bit nippy at times but in a playful way and guess that is expected.

Last night put her in her crate at bedtime in kitchen straight to sleep, she woke at 12 so let her out for a wee, cried/barked for 20 mins, woke at 3.45 had wee, cried and barked for an hour DH slept downstairs.

Tonight I slept in the same room as the crate, went to sleep in it at 9.45 (could not keep her awake any longer) woke at 11.30, so took her out, wee'd straight away, cane back said "well done" and put her back - really didn't want to get back in, so shushed a bit a tried to lie back down in bed but that seemed to send her potty - seeing me and not being able to get out, so left the room and she has been barking ever since (tried to go back in 20 mins ago as thought she has settled but set her off again) don't know what to do! I was sure I knew what we were doing but read lots of. Inflicting advice here in past hour anc now tired and confused!! As she has been awake for over an hour should I start again, ie outside for wee and then back in crate???

Any help from fellow puppy owners greatly appreciated. I knew it would be hard but I am tired and confused!!

It's not a choice of crate or bedroom , there are many in between i.e. Sleeping downstairs with dog out of the crate or crate in bedroom . Do not leave her to cry and bark .

Sounds like you're doing great OP!

We had crate but left crate door open. Puppy napped in crate during day and slept there at night. I confess I did much what I did with DS as a baby which was to cuddle asleep, then place in crate and carry on stroking til he went properly off to sleep. We then shut kitchen door. DS and I took turns sleeping downstairs so we could get up and take him outside when we heard him wake in the night. By second week I reLised that I needed to stop stroking him til he slept if I would be still doing it 2 years later (what happened with DS) so we started leaving him sleepy but awake.

I think we were really lucky as he was sleeping through after a week or so. He's now happy to sleep with DS, on a chair, or shut in the kitchen if needs.

I went in when she cried and it was obvious she wasn't settling. First night I spent most of the night there but second night I only went in 3 times (I think, it was a long time ago). This was in the days before crate training though, she was in a dog bed in the kitchen. It took 3/4 days before she was fully settled, but still had to get up once or twice and let her out for a wee as took quite a few months before she could hold it all night and she didn't like to make a mess indoors.