How many times sgiuld i get up in the night with an 11 week old puppy

[beautifultrauma]

I have an 11 week old puppy who is coming on well with toilet training. We take him out every hour or so and reward him when he goes. Our issue is with night time. He will wake and cry for a while, and it's hard to know if he wants to pee or just wants attention. Sometimes it can be every hour, and when I take him out he does pee. But yet if he's asleep on the sofa he can hold it for 3 hours or so! I just don't know what to do!

Also he just doesn't like being left alone. We have him in our utility room with a baby gate on the door so he can see and hear us, but he still cries. I have a few meetings coming up and will have to leave him, only for an hour or two hours maximum, and I am worrying about this, as he loves company and hates being alone. Can anyone please help?

[MsHomeSlice]

that's good!

we have a similar routine to miss battenburg with the pups, bedtime is a very well defined event, and night time is not for fun!

Another couple of weeks and you should have this well under control!

[Namechangeforthiscancershit]

Yay! Had been hoping for some rest for you!

[SchoolNightWine]

Glad it was a better night for you. Getting up to let them out is fine isn't it, it's the crying if they won't settle again that gets you down!

[Feltcushion]

He slept til 2am, took him to toilet, then again til 5.30am and took him outside again. Can cope with that! Thanks everyone.

Great, in a couple of week he will be sleeping through. Ours is 24 weeks, at about 12 weeks my DD23 was at her wits end with getting up each night but it changed really quickly. By 14 weeks he was sleeping through (although it was on the bed)

She does say it has made her realise it will be a long time before she has any children as she needs her sleep!

Once he starts cocking rather than squatting if you do a late night walk he will want to mark his territory and his bladder will be empty!

[MrsMaisel]

That's such an improvement! Bodes well for the future. I hope it gets better from here. Thinking of you while dealing with our pup - I know I would be shattered in your shoes.

[AgathaF]

Yaay! Great news!

Onwards and upwards. Be prepared for the odd setback. Our 15 week old is sleeping through now, has been for around 3 weeks.

[beautifultrauma]

Last night he was up at 2am and 4am to go to the toilet. I just hope he starts sleeping through soon as I am soooooo tired. He has had breakfast and is asleep again now. Well for him, I have two DC to deal with now, no going back to sleep for me!

[BiteyShark]

He may start sleeping through soon but mine took several weeks as it depends on when their bladder control matures. You need to remember though that this phase doesn't last forever and is just a small part of their overall life.

[QOD]

Dh and i had puppy in bed inbewtwen us the night before last as she was a bit off colour and we were worried about her. We’d put her to bed in her crate and left living room door open so we could hear her in the night but she kept whimpering. Never does normally so we were a bit more worried
Anyway, put her basket in the bed in between us and she slept from 11 to 8:45am 😂
We didn’t as we kept checking her and also realised she snores really quietly 🙄
Anyway. We were worried we’d ruined her but when I turned the tv off last night, she hopped off the sofa, got in her crate and shut her eyes. Bless her tiny heart
Had to prise her out to go to the loo and pissed her right off
Straight back in her crate. Not a whimper. And I woke her at 8am
So. Moral of the rambling story - persist and the one off night hopefully doesn’t ruin the structured routine
Hope you had a good night last night 🐕

[adaline]

Ah twice in the night isn't so bad :)

He'll get there, it just takes practise and consistency.

[Chimpd0g]

Put my 11 wee old to bed at 10 as usual, then I woke up and looked at clock - 6am! I was really worried something had happened but she's fine! Woop woop I'm sure we'll be back to 3am & 5am tonight but it was lovely to have a good night's sleep! We didn't do anything different so I'm a bit confused. Unless we were so tired we didn't hear her but I am a light sleeper and DH said he kept waking up expecting to hear her but nothing!

[AgathaF]

I think twice in the night (and straight back to sleep) is as much as you could hope for with an 11 week old, but hopefully it won't be long at all before he's down to once, then sleeping through.

[bbcessex]

Oh, OP, I feel for you ❤️❤️

Our puppy is 5 months now. The couple of months were exhausting - like newborn sleep deprivation.

You’re doing brilliantly. It seems never ending but does get better if you persevere.

Ours has been happy to be in his crate from 10pm to 5.00am from about 4,5 months, and over the last couple of weeks has started to stretch till 6.30 and beyond 🙏🙏🙏

[beautifultrauma]

So we had a good night last night, up at 3am, then at 7am. Can cope with that. But now we have another problem!

I had to go out today, was gone, an hour in total, came back to poo in the crate, all over bedding, smeared everywhere, and the smell 🤢. Had to bath him, and spend an hour cleaning the crate and mopping floors!

Do you think this could be down to anxiety? We had taken him on a walk round the park beforehand and tired him out so thought he would have slept! Any tips?

[BiteyShark]

The best way to see what is happening is to buy an ip camera that streams to your phone. I still use one with my nearly 2 year old dog so I can see what he is up to. They aren't dear, I paid £40 for mine and you can move it remotely if needed.

He might just have needed to poo and then got upset as he knew he shouldn't poo in the crate but had no choice. At this age you can't really guarantee when they need to poo so just because you took him round the park beforehand may not mean he won't need to toilet 30 mins later.

Or it could be you left him too soon for too long and he got upset. Again a camera will tell you that.

[beautifultrauma]

And now after today's dramas, he is too scared to go in his crate tonight and is lying on the sofa with me. I'm in tears, its been a long and crappy day, few days in fact.

[QOD]

Oh I’m sorry 😐
If it helps, 6 months in and I’d try to rescue her THEN dh in a fire 😉
Dd always first

[SchoolNightWine]

Did you say you didn't have him in a crate at first? Can you go back to him being in his bed in a room with baby gate, or can you not sleep close enough?
We've gone backwards a little here as my pup hasn't been settling well and then not at all from before 6am. I'm determined not to be up that early so slept on a camping mattress next to the baby gate from 5.45 this morning (pup in her bed on other side of gate). Worked well today as my dh found us both asleep when he got up

[beautifultrauma]

No I can't get near enough him then when he is in the utility room.😭 It's all so hard and I'm shattered. Sorry to hear you have been having a hard time too.

[BiteyShark]

I found puppy months a series of two steps forward and one back. It's tiring and hard. My dog is coming up to 2 years old but I can remember that time well.

It's about finding what works for you and also not rushing things.

Go back to basics with the crate. Find out what he likes to make him want to go in there again, a kong before bedtime or a favourite toy.

Get a camera and start to build up how long he can be left alone. The camera will help you work out what is happening and what might need changing. If you need to leave him for a long time straight away then pay for puppy visits from a dog walker. The often come in for 30 mins. If you need longer look to see if someone can watch him.

I had my puppy full time at home for just over a month getting him used to being left alone for a few hours at the end and even then I felt it was a bit too much so put him in daycare for most of the time he would have been alone.

Work with your DH at home so he takes over at the weekends or evenings when he isn't working so you get a break.

Remember this phase will pass but if things aren't working then look at doing something different or going back to basics. When you said it had been a week in an earlier post was that the time you had got him? If so I think it's too soon to be expecting things just to work straight away.

[AgathaF]

Another thing you can do to help in the near future is to use a prompt word when your puppy toilets. Use it each and every time as he is doing it. Ours will now pee on demand at 15 weeks if we say or prompt word. It's so useful when we're out, or if we're going to be leaving him for an hour.
I think yesterday's pooing in the crate was just one of those things to put down to unfortunate puppy stuff. These things happen.
Good you got some sleep last night.

[MrsMaisel]

How are you today? It’s sounding very trying. I hope you had a better night. If only there were such a thing as a puppy night nurse...

[Chapterandverse]

OP what breed of dog is he?

[Vallahalagonebutnotforgotten]

Does he ever go into his crate from choice?
Do you feed him in his crate?
Do you put treats in his crate?
Does he ever go into his crate with the door open and you in the room?
I would also like to know the breed?

[Vallahalagonebutnotforgotten]

You must be absolutely knackered - you are a . I am sending you and just to help you survive.

In answer to you post title I never get up in the night for 11 week old puppies unless a weeny breed or ill.

I would wee them at midnight and then up at 6.00.

No setting alarms etc puppies need their sleep! so do you!

When do you feed your puppy
What does he do in the evening
How often does he sleep in the day
Where does he sleep from choice
How do you leave him