Re: Exhausted My husband was a lot tougher than me and ignored all his yapping through the night & stopped me from getting up. He was right as it stopped after 10-15 mins. We got up at at 5.30 and Ash was completely fine. Not a puddle or pile in sight. He was also full of energy. I feel almost human again
Re: Exhausted A word of warning. Puppies are so cute and beguiling in the morning ,and summer mornings are so lovely. HOWEVER, if it is not your ambition to get up at 5.30 every day of the year, dark and dreary winter mornings included, don't play with your puppy first thing. It then thinks 'oh goody, my humans are fun at this time of day'. This is the heartfelt advice of someone who did fall into that trap!
Re: Exhausted Hi Carnie Just to add my twopence-worth - we also learned fast that our baby boy Pongo would whine pitifully for about twenty minutes (heart-breaking!) but then settle down perfectly happily and sleep for hours. By ten weeks he was going from bed-time 10.30pm until 4.30am every night (as long as we took away his water after about 9.30pm). I think one of the very best things we did was to NOT play with him whenever he wanted it.... we'd play a lot, but NOT if he came up a pestered us for a game. That meant that he learned really quickly to entertain himself with his toys, which has been a real boon since we both work from home. (Don't get me wrong, we spent a lot of time playing with him, but only once he'd been playing nicely on his own for five or ten minutes....)
Re: Exhausted Great advice everyone. My husband gets up at 5.30 every morning for his two hour run or for business trips to London, so he would wake the dog and cat anyway all year round. I will try and keep it a chilled out zone till the kids go to school so no playing like this morning. The kids school is actually at the end of our short road, so I'm planning on starting mini walks there with Ash next month. I disagree about him not being housetrained. He has never had an accident and takes himself outside. He will stop what he's doing and just go off outside to go for a wee or poo them come back in. The back door is actually in our front room so I've been keeping it slightly open. I don't even have to go out myself. I followed the breeders advice and helped him know what was outside and inside. As we were blessed with nice weather I spent the first two days under the gazebo I'd put up on the lawn and we both laid on cushions for rest/naps. We only came in to eat and sleep. The breeder had the same set- up at her place, older puppies had access to a sawdust run and the lawn.
Re: Exhausted It's been so useful to read this thread as I'm sat here with my 4 month old pup Coco on my lap having got up twice with her last night! She has only slept through twice since we got her and the two times I have tried to ignore her she has pooed in her crate. This then put me off leaving her to cry. But it seems that from what some of you say, she should be able to sleep through now so I am going to try ignoring her again tonight. I am so tired and it's not good for anyone else in my family (my poor husband and kids!!).
Re: Exhausted CharlieH, they are all different My Tatze was 10 weeks when we got her, loved her crate and was clean and dry all night (10pm to 6am) from day 1. She is now 17 months old and still loves her crate and sleeps until I open it, whatever time that is. I potter about the kitchen for ages before I get her up. Gypsy (now13 weeks) would not settle. She shouted from 10pm to midnight for two nights, then I gave up and sat by the crate until she settled. I started a campaign for her to love her crate (feed her in there, treats, tripe sticks etc) Now she goes to bed no problem and settles straight away, but wakes up at 4am or 5am and raises the ROOF! I am getting up, taking her to go the toilet on the lead, then we both snooze in the front room 'till 7am. No play, no talk, no interaction. I just hope the time slowly extends as her bladder extends! (Tatze sleeps through all this and, as always, only gets up when I open her crate - in fact she often just stretches and snoozes a while longer even then! I don't let the pup get her up as her crate is her own space We WILL get there with these pupsters!!!
Re: Exhausted i really have struggled with this my dog is now 14months and does not go all night without wanting to go out for a wee she has had a kidney op but seems to go all night sometimes and not others if we need to sleep we let her out at 10pm and anytime from 4am she will start whining and barking i have been feeding her at 5am as i want to take her for long walks at 6.30 am and have heard about bloat i think as the daylight hours get shorter i am going to have to change the times a bit
Re: Exhausted They are all sooo different but all get there in the end. I got up at all hours with Meg as when she cried she needed the bathroom. Then always back in the crate till a decent time. Now 6 months she goes 10 till 6 ish and then will snooze after that. Boogie Gypsy is possibly too cute so probably can do whatever she wants
Re: Exhausted Sussex, have you thought about a dog door so the your dog can let itself out in the night for a pee?
Re: Exhausted I think I really lucked out with Daisy. I got her at 8 weeks and by the time she was 9 weeks, she was making it through the night from about 9:30 PM to about 5:30 AM. During that first week, I got up just once each night, sometime between 1AM -3AM, took her out very quietly for a pee, then straight back to her crate (her crate is in my bedroom and our house is all one level). She would fuss for about 10 minutes when first crated in the evening, but usually settled after that, with a few pouty-sounding whimpers and grunts. Once, she got herself all wound up, battling with her soft bed. Ended up underneath it! I've never heard such frustrated sounds! I took it out and left her just the firm crate pad, and she went instantly to sleep. I also run an oscillating fan on low in my bedroom to circulate the cooled air, and the white noise may also help soothe the puppy. Since I had to get up early for summer school teaching, our routine has always been basically 9:30 PM to about 5:00 or 6:00 AM. Her last meal is around 8 PM and I take up the water at that time, too. At 19 weeks now, she has three meals, the last one still at about 7-8 PM, with no water after that. We even slept till 6:30 yesterday! What a treat! Regular school resumes next week, so we will stay on our routine. I regret that I will miss that high energy morning puppy stuff , but at least the other two dogs can help her use up that energy! I love my arrangement of garage attached to outdoor kennel. Gives them lots of space for playing and the opportunity to toilet as needed. A dog door is a great invention!
Re: Exhausted hi yes i could leave the outside door open but if she is not in a crate at night she runs up and down the kitchen and we can hear her as our room is above the kitchen also in the winter it gets very cold with door open we get lots of foxes in our garden which milly barks at the neibours are not happy at that
Re: Exhausted [quote author=Edp link=topic=6801.msg104374#msg104374 date=1408884849] Boogie Gypsy is possibly too cute so probably can do whatever she wants [/quote] I must say it's VERY hard not to give cuddles after the wee wees!
Re: Exhausted i am now letting milly out and then ignoring her untill i want to get up but when i go in the kitchen i ignore her for a short time and she will settle down in the crate as all she wants is to see someone but if i stay upstairs she still whines and barks i have tried lots to sort this out but it seems she just does want company
Re: Exhausted Sussex, when I said a dog door, I meant a dog door like a cat flap, not leave the main door open We have a very good one with a steel plate which can be slipped in when you go out to stop burglars.
Re: Exhausted Stacia - where did you get your dog door and was it hard to fit ? Ash had his first ever accident this weekend as the kids had shut our back door as they were cold. I keep it open all through the day & evening but worry about the increasing cold as the back door is in our front room.
Re: Exhausted It is called Plexidor PlexiDor Performance Pet Doors plexidors.com/ Plexidor is the only doggie door on the market that does not require a costly replacement flap. Our shatter-resistant panels create a see-through window for your ... It isn't the electronic one! It is expensive and we had it fitted by a friend. You can get cheaper dog doors which we have had over the years, but a friend had this one, so we decided to change. It means that if they have a runny tummy overnight they can let themselves out and in and out if they need during the day.
Re: Exhausted Thanks so much Stacia, I went to their website and it looks brilliant. They say I need to get someone in to cut a larger hole in our door and insert a frame as my door is too thick, so I'm looking around at the mo for tradesmen who could do that. If anyone knows of anyone near York (UK) who does that kind of thing then please let me know. Carnie x
Re: Exhausted the only outside door i have is the french doors on the conservatory dont think my oh will want to cut them to put a dog door in milly has the last three days waited untill 6for her food but still barks and whines
