pegasus1986
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i bought yesterday a german shepherd x collie pup 8 weeks old. she whines and howls at nite wen she was left on her own do i have to learn to ignore it or go to her???
wot do i do wiv puppy??
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joe_carby
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ignore her the more attention she gets from it the more she will do it.
spike123
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if she is 8 weeks old she will be used to the security of being with her brothers and sisters and mum at night. She will cry because she isn't used to being alone. Get her a nice big snuggly teddybear to cuddle up to at night and shut her in a secure room.You can even go as far as to leave a radio on very quietly to give her a bit of back ground noise if you want to. As already said though don't go to her because she is crying as that is the way to encourage her to get attention.
MurphysMinder
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The breeder of your pup should have given you advice and hopefully a puppy pack to help you settle your puppy in. As already said she is going to cry at first, she has left her litter mates and is in a strange environment. If you haven't already done so I recommend you get a crate and train her to sleep in that. During the day get her used to being in there for short periods of time, when you are about, so that she doesn't see it as a place of punishment. Hopefully Cayla will be along to give detailed crate training instructions. In the meantime make sure you start straight away with the house training, take her outside (and stay with her giving whatever command you intend to use) whenever she wakes up, after playing with her, and after every meal. You have a cross there of 2 exceptionally intelligent breeds so she should learn very quickly, however she will also need her brain occupying as she gets older. Start looking round now for puppy classes that you can take her to as soon as she has completed her vaccinations.
Good luck with her, and can we see piccies please.
Good luck with her, and can we see piccies please.
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
I agree you have a very intelligent breed mix there which will require a lot of (eventually) exercise, stimulation and attention so I second MM and get cracking with training ASAP.
You've only had her a day, please be patient, she is only a tiny baby.
You've only had her a day, please be patient, she is only a tiny baby.
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
As MurphysMinder said, your breeder should really be able to help you with this. But personally I wouldn't begin with too much activation at once, since she's in a new home with new people and surroundings and no siblings around. You will have years together, so there is no rush to get everything perfect at once, but, again as MM said, do sign up to a puppy class as soon as possible.
I prefer not overdoing the training in the beginning, without train in really short intervals and also to try to make use of the opportunities as they come naturally. As in that, if you see that she is about to sit, praise her calmly (find a level that doesn't interrupt her from continuing what she began doing, if she doesn't complete the sitting down, you simple stop praising) and say 'Sit'. But after all, if she is tired, she is more likely to sleep and her energy level is probably currently adapted to having x number of siblings to play with during the day, so she needs a lot of fun to become tired.
About the sleeping, with puppies that I've bought, I simply make myself a bed on the floor next to the puppy pen and if the puppy complains about being alone inside the pen, I ignore it (it has at the most only been some whining, a few barks and biting at the grids, for maybe one to three minutes perhaps).
Admittedly my adult bitches are allowed to sleep wherever they want to, in the house during the night, but they've all grown up to become quite independent and doesn't have to sleep in my bedroom.
When you see that she is about to fall asleep during the day, put her in her crate or dog bed. When she's awake, you can sometimes put her in the crate or dog bed with a new gnaw bone.
Good luck.
I prefer not overdoing the training in the beginning, without train in really short intervals and also to try to make use of the opportunities as they come naturally. As in that, if you see that she is about to sit, praise her calmly (find a level that doesn't interrupt her from continuing what she began doing, if she doesn't complete the sitting down, you simple stop praising) and say 'Sit'. But after all, if she is tired, she is more likely to sleep and her energy level is probably currently adapted to having x number of siblings to play with during the day, so she needs a lot of fun to become tired.
About the sleeping, with puppies that I've bought, I simply make myself a bed on the floor next to the puppy pen and if the puppy complains about being alone inside the pen, I ignore it (it has at the most only been some whining, a few barks and biting at the grids, for maybe one to three minutes perhaps).
Admittedly my adult bitches are allowed to sleep wherever they want to, in the house during the night, but they've all grown up to become quite independent and doesn't have to sleep in my bedroom.
When you see that she is about to fall asleep during the day, put her in her crate or dog bed. When she's awake, you can sometimes put her in the crate or dog bed with a new gnaw bone.
Good luck.
CAYLA
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As suggested you should have been given lots of advice on how to tackle settling a puppy into a new environment......but I suspect the person you bought from was not knowledgable, esp give n the x's they sold.
Never the less, as suggested a crate is a great place to start to offer security in a smaller and less daunting space, where she has been she has more than likely been contained somewhere with her brothers and sisters, so to be left in a large space and now alone is a very frightening thought for her.
You need a medium size crate and a plastic bed to fit in, so it takes up all space and she cannot get around the edges of the plastic bed, this will help toilet train her, as she gets bigger and cleaner u can remove the plastic bed for more space.
You need as sugested to give her a teddy bear to mimic a sibling, so she can cuddle in, this will give her comfort, and a nice balnket(nothing expensive, she will chew it at some stage)
some nice long lasting treats like pigs ears, kong to fill with her meal and tuna to make a nice treat, and u can get bones filled with marrow, they are good too, as when empty u can fill them with other things, and a cover for the crate to darken it when she s in there.
You are basically creating a safe secure den, that the puppy assosiates with a positive place to be, make sure she is in the crate for periods during the day aswel as night and when u are in the house aswell as out.
You need to tire the puppy with play sessions before placing them in the crate to burn some of that energy used to cry and become anxious
YOU WILL have a week atleast of whinging during the night, ignore until the puppy settles, only remove puppy from the crate when quiet.
I have a 10 page YOUR NEW PUPPY MANUAL that I send out wit all my rescue puppies if you think it would help, I will send it to you, just let me know, PM me, I may not find this thread again
Never the less, as suggested a crate is a great place to start to offer security in a smaller and less daunting space, where she has been she has more than likely been contained somewhere with her brothers and sisters, so to be left in a large space and now alone is a very frightening thought for her.
You need a medium size crate and a plastic bed to fit in, so it takes up all space and she cannot get around the edges of the plastic bed, this will help toilet train her, as she gets bigger and cleaner u can remove the plastic bed for more space.
You need as sugested to give her a teddy bear to mimic a sibling, so she can cuddle in, this will give her comfort, and a nice balnket(nothing expensive, she will chew it at some stage)
some nice long lasting treats like pigs ears, kong to fill with her meal and tuna to make a nice treat, and u can get bones filled with marrow, they are good too, as when empty u can fill them with other things, and a cover for the crate to darken it when she s in there.You are basically creating a safe secure den, that the puppy assosiates with a positive place to be, make sure she is in the crate for periods during the day aswel as night and when u are in the house aswell as out.
You need to tire the puppy with play sessions before placing them in the crate to burn some of that energy used to cry and become anxious
YOU WILL have a week atleast of whinging during the night, ignore until the puppy settles, only remove puppy from the crate when quiet.
I have a 10 page YOUR NEW PUPPY MANUAL
that I send out wit all my rescue puppies if you think it would help, I will send it to you, just let me know, PM me, I may not find this thread again