galaxy
Well-Known Member
Feeling very proud of my boy!
Apart from a big blip earlier in the year, H has always been ok left at home. The blip earlier in the year made us totally rethink everything and thanks to a lot of help from Cayla that has been resolved for a while.
However away from home he has always been really insecure and unsettled. When we stay away we always let him sleep on the floor in our room or he howls all night. Then we went for a weekend away without him in June and he stayed with my friend whose house he had only been to once. Due to what had happened earlier in the year he went with his crate etc. I had warned them he would likely scream the house down and she was prepared to sleep on the sofa with him! (GOOD friend!) Well I got a text saying he had put himself to bed and they had woken him up at 6.30am! Not a peep! I was shocked!
Then this week I was teaching away a PC Camp and staying with my parents and H had to be with me for 2 nights. I dreaded it as my parents are not doggy people and my dad is allergic so H is confined to strictly non-carpetted areas which always creates whining.... Added complication is my parents have tenants in an annex over part of their house so H really cannot disturb them! 2 years ago he had slept downstairs in his crate and I woke in the night to him sreaming in a right state. Did not go down well with the parents and the few times I have stayed there since with him I have been on a mattress on the floor!
However Camp is a long week and I really needed good sleep. So after the success at my friends I set the crate up in part of the house not under the annex.
My tactic was to let him go into his crate of his own accord as he did at my friends. Luckily my parents go to bed REALLY early so I then sat in the semi dark downstairs and after 20 mins he put himself to bed. Few minutes later I quietly shut the door! Didn't hear a peep from him until 6am!!!! I did then go down to him, but I was so thrilled with my SUCCESS!!!
So pleased with him! Feels like a huge breakthrough! My tactic now will always be to set up a quiet environment before bedtime and for him to put himself in.
Sorry.... that was quite long! Am just so pleased!!!!!
Apart from a big blip earlier in the year, H has always been ok left at home. The blip earlier in the year made us totally rethink everything and thanks to a lot of help from Cayla that has been resolved for a while.
However away from home he has always been really insecure and unsettled. When we stay away we always let him sleep on the floor in our room or he howls all night. Then we went for a weekend away without him in June and he stayed with my friend whose house he had only been to once. Due to what had happened earlier in the year he went with his crate etc. I had warned them he would likely scream the house down and she was prepared to sleep on the sofa with him! (GOOD friend!) Well I got a text saying he had put himself to bed and they had woken him up at 6.30am! Not a peep! I was shocked!
Then this week I was teaching away a PC Camp and staying with my parents and H had to be with me for 2 nights. I dreaded it as my parents are not doggy people and my dad is allergic so H is confined to strictly non-carpetted areas which always creates whining.... Added complication is my parents have tenants in an annex over part of their house so H really cannot disturb them! 2 years ago he had slept downstairs in his crate and I woke in the night to him sreaming in a right state. Did not go down well with the parents and the few times I have stayed there since with him I have been on a mattress on the floor!
However Camp is a long week and I really needed good sleep. So after the success at my friends I set the crate up in part of the house not under the annex.
My tactic was to let him go into his crate of his own accord as he did at my friends. Luckily my parents go to bed REALLY early so I then sat in the semi dark downstairs and after 20 mins he put himself to bed. Few minutes later I quietly shut the door! Didn't hear a peep from him until 6am!!!! I did then go down to him, but I was so thrilled with my SUCCESS!!!
So pleased with him! Feels like a huge breakthrough! My tactic now will always be to set up a quiet environment before bedtime and for him to put himself in.
Sorry.... that was quite long! Am just so pleased!!!!!
