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Help me. I'm in bed.... I can hear him crying and I just want to grab him and put him in my bed! I know I need to be strong.... I don't know if I can do it!
 
Don't give in! it takes time but it does get better, had this not so long ago with our puppy, pitiful crying! Took to putting a soft toy she could snuggle up to and a clock in her bed (apparently it sounds like Mum's heartbeat to them) however it did work and within a week she was quiet! It was hard not to go to her, but I'm glad we didn't she is now a rather large bouncy 8 month old black lab that we don't fancy having lounging on our bed with us! Plus she snores! lol
 
Night 1 will be awful and heartbreaking. Night 2 a tiny bit better. Night 3 better again and from night 4 he'll never cry again (though can't guarantee about the accusing sad eyes!).
 
Buy ear plugs!

Ignore him - if you don't he'll suss out real quick that crying gets you where he wants to be.

I had a spaniel that I got third hand and I never got him out of the grizzle habit when put to bed.

He stripped the paint off the door frame - did a good job too! - paint off the door and pattern of the lino. He was fine when I first put him to bed but if disturbed during the night would not give up.

One day - when I'd not had him long he started the whining and crying so I wwent out for the day - came home and he was still at it.

Current dog has been put to bed since the age of 8 weeks - shows his displeasure about going to bed, tail down - look of absolute saddness - but he gets a tiny dog treat when put to bed. And he sleeps all night without a murmer.

So please be brave - put your head under the pillow and ride it out. In a few days he will deal with it and know that in the morning you will be there for him.
 
We have had the same this week, please persist and be strong. We got our baby on Tuesday, and the first 3 night's were murder!
We wondered if he ever slept and we're also worried about him not getting the rest that he needs for his growing body.
But last night amazingly, he was quiet all through the night so it only took 3 rough night's.
So be strong and I promise it will all be worth it.
You probably don't think it will at the moment, as I didn't.
Good luck
Kate x
 
Thank you all... Fairly sleepless night. Got me up about twenty minutes ago... I know I need to be strong but I feel awful! Ridiculous...
 
Oh poor you! I had this problem when my dog was a puppy and he would NOT give in. In the end we went against the rules and had his bed next to ours and each night we moved it a little further away. It only took two weeks and he was sleeping in the hallway on his own and never bothered us again!

But try to be strong if you can. It does get better.
 
Don't do what I did and give in... Sam is on my bed each and every night now..... He cries when we go on holiday and has to still sleep on someone's bed! Except when he goes to the yard for a holiday then he has to suffer indignations of being in utility with yo dogs!!!
Wish I had been strong few years ago.....
 
They do make you feel so bad and its heart breaking but agree with the others as long as its done its business and is tucked up warm for the night, you have to leave alone.

Am sure in a week you will notice the difference. Unless you want a dog in the bed as well?
 
I agree that you are probably best just hardening your heart and he will soon get used to it. Having said that many people who have had pups from me over the years have started them in their bedroom for the first few nights and then gradually move them downstairs, none have had a problem doing it this way.
 
:o from a cage by our bed, a puppy seemed to graduate to being between us on the covers......and he now sleeps very happily on his own bed at the bottom of ours. :o
 
I've always thought young mammals cry for a reason. Must be pretty bewildering leaving mum & litter, moving to a new home & being suddenly expected to cope alone. So if they cry, I've always looked to comfort them, rather than leave them to it. That doesn't mean I sit up all night cuddling them, but if if at first they need the basket in my room, then that's fine. Once they've settled, you can gradually move it. And it doesn't seem to have done any harm to any.
 
^^^ This.

After losing our beloved lab Stanley in June, we found it very comforting to have puppy breath on our faces, and it's made our bond very close.
 
Aw, I don't envy you haha. We gave in to our dog when he was a pup, he's now 8 and sleeps on the bed... Lovely in the winter for keeping your toes warm!
 
So hard to resist BUT you must.... we have a 14wk old now and got her when she was 9wks, we put big teddy in her bed that she loves as she cuddles up to it all the time, also pop an old sheet over the cage just the back and sides leaving the front open she has couple smaller toys in there too and first couple of nights were up and down but a week later we had a great little pup that slept through and was house trained.

She makes a different kind of cry when she needs the loo, so if she does this we get up straight away pop her out then straight back to bed and she knows it too, but goes the whole night til breakfast time at 06.30am.

She is as good as gold now, we leave TV on for her as background noise whilst at work she loves cartoons lol you have to be strong now or will encounter issues when they get older tough love!
(as my one is cuddled up with me on sofa under a fleece) she loves cuddles :D

Good luck and honestly it will work out in the end just have to be strong.
 
i dont no what the problem is my terrier curls up at the bottom of my bed and sleeps like a gem or if i say floor she jumps onto her bed next to mine and sleeps :S
 
resist resist resist... we use a blankie from mum and siblings usually a bit of their bed cut up into sections so its familiar not just a new bit with a bit of scent on it. A hotwater bottle (a winnie the poo Tigger is huge chew proof so far and has a nice space on the tummy so pup can cuddle up) but I also have a baby monitor so that rather than me going down pup can hear us chatting away if needed.

What bed have you got? I tend to crate or puppy pen mine at that age to keep them off the wires make it a real den so no drafts half set aside for toilet training (you can use a lined kitty litter box at this stage with puppy pads) and half set aside for sleeping/play.

Remember you'll need to get up a couple of times to let out for a wee to start off with.
 
Ha ha, don't ask me! I always caved. Which is why all of mine sleep on my bed. Lucky being staffies they aren't too big..

Sisters stafford pup cried terribly. BIL ended up going downstairs.. and sleeping on the sofa with the puppy then gradually building up puppies love of his crate and leaving him for longer.

That did work, till he was't very well and my sister took him upto bed. He never looked back1
 
clydesdale said:
i dont no what the problem is my terrier curls up at the bottom of my bed and sleeps like a gem or if i say floor she jumps onto her bed next to mine and sleeps :S
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Size and available space!
Plus it's not hygenic to let them sleep on your bed. It amazes me how much dirt the cat leaves behind when he sleeps on the bed let alone the dog.

I have a small dog and there are times when I fall asleep on the sofa for the night - TV is sooo boring these days - or is it that I'm just old! - I will wake to find dog asleep on my hip or feet. I love him dearly but his idea of sleeping with mum is to be as close as possible and he will get under the covers and sleep behind my knees.

When he sleeps with me I tend not to sleep too well either as he moves around and then sometimes he wakes me up by stuffing 'Rabbit' his toy in my face in the early hours for a game.
 
Try sleeping with 2 fully grown labs, 2 cats, oh, and OH in one bed, luckily a kingsize.

Not to everyones taste I know. The only thing I dislike is when they shove you aside as they stretch out and I am left clinging to about 3" of bed or falling out!
 
What's the problem!? Go get the puppy and sleep with him in the bed, my view is you have them such a short time why waste it. If you don't want them in bed have a basket in the bed room. Dogs are better company in bed then a man, i share with both. That reminds me i now have to go home and bath said dog who has spent all day rolling in horrid things!!!! :-)
 
littlelegs said:
I've always thought young mammals cry for a reason. Must be pretty bewildering leaving mum & litter, moving to a new home & being suddenly expected to cope alone. So if they cry, I've always looked to comfort them, rather than leave them to it. That doesn't mean I sit up all night cuddling them, but if if at first they need the basket in my room, then that's fine. Once they've settled, you can gradually move it. And it doesn't seem to have done any harm to any.
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Completely agree. I have never locked a puppy in a room alone after being taken from the litter. They get crated next to my bed so I can hear them when they need the toilet and take them out which helps loads with toilet training. The crate is eventually turned into a dog bed which is then eventually moved downstairs. Worked perfectly with the last two puppies who were house trained within the week also.
 
If it's cruel to keep a horse on it's own, it's cruel to keep a dog on its own I've never had a problem with crying puppies as I've never had one on its own.
 
It seems to be old school thinking to leave a crying pup alone. You wouldn't leave a just weaned foal alone ?

Percy was house trained in a flash, and yes that was hard work and we lost sleep, but who cares ? I now have a dog who I understand pretty much what he's saying to me and couldn't want for more.
 
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