How can you stop your 8 wk old dog from whining in her cage at night????

Question

She wil keep crying for hours and hours i tell her to bequite but that doesnt help I even put her older brother in the cage with her and she just growls at her... somebody help plz!!!! :-( :-(

Answer 1

Put her in bed with you, How would you like to be in a cage all night....Think about it, You took her from her mommy and put her in a cage....

Answer 2

How shocking, and I'm afraid this is totally down to the fact that you apparently left a baby puppy with the other dogs! However I don't contribute to the notion that 'once she's tasted the puppy's blood .......' it will happen agaiin. What you do have is a situation that should never have happened. Dogs are not jealous. This is a human condition. But as I have said often in the past here, to questions about introducing a puppy to an existing adult in a house-hold, much as adults won't normally attack a puppy, if pushed too far it is possible. Killing is a tad extreme, but you weren't there to prevent what happened. And that's so sad. If this was my situation, for starters, I'd not leave the two you still have together unattended ever again. Not for one moment - so have your Maltese completely in another area if you are not there ........ incidentally how to you know the Maltese didn't join in this horrific incident? So as for putting the Bull Terrier down, of course that's your decision, but what part did the Maltese play in all of this? Tragic. All I can say. Edit - I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but a puppy has already died, and another dog is potentially going to die too, when the potential for this to happen should not have been there. In other words it's not the fault of (either) dog.

Answer 3

Did you follow the first steps for getting her used to the crate?
Like having it sit there, open, for a day while she checks it out; putting treats in there randomly throughout the day for her to find, putting her in with the door closed for 10 minutes at a time...

All these things will make her see it as a positive space.
Here are a couple more suggestions:

- When you put her in, use lots of praise but don't make a big deal of leaving her there
- When you let her out, do it casually and without a lot of fuss
- Don't let her out or pay any attention to her, if she is whining and crying. Wait until she stops, then go attend to her. You don't want her to learn that crying is a way to get attention.

Answer 4

Keep a low-light on, a radio on soft music, a clock that ticks loud enough to hear to mimic her mom's heartbeat, maybe a t-shirt or something with your scent on it. Take a sheet and cover the kennel to signify bed time.

Remember that puppies can only hold their urge to potty for an hour for each month of their age. So for her it's about 2 hours. When she whines that usually indicates she needs a bathroom break because they don't like to mess where they sleep. Try taking her water away a couple hours before bedtime to cut down on how often she needs to go.

Answer 5

I don't know if this will work but I put some stuffed animals in my dogs cage for her to curl up with. Also, every time I put her in her cage I would give her a treat so she would associate the cage as being a good thing. It will take time but as she gets older she will become more comfortable being in there.

Answer 6

I put a warm towel wrapped around an old clock (the kind that ticks) and it worked like a charm. They associate the ticking with a heartbeat and the warm towel makes them think it is you or it's mother (if it is still young). Also, try getting a really tough to chew treat to put in there. If she focuses on the treat she will forget she is in the cage.

Answer 7

She likely won't ever stop whining until she just literally falls asleep from the effort. Puppies prefer sleeping with us humans, I guess. Wish I had a better answer for you. We have 11 dogs and nine of them sleep in the bed with us. Sure, its a bit crowded sometimes, but its cozy and they can sure snuggle in, making it really tough to get up some mornings. Good luck.

Answer 8

she misses Momma! so try to wrap up a clock that goes tick tock in a towel and leave it in the kennel. Doggy with think it sounds like momma's heart beat. or (this worked for me) until your dog gets used to being away from mom, keep the kennel next to your bed and when it cries, tap the kennel with one fingure as to sound like a heart beat. Don't feel bad and take it out of the kennel!!! just try those things and the dog will get better and sleep just fine..

Answer 9

Have you tryed covering its cage, or turning on a radio real softly so that it does not feel alone. and of corse there is the old tradition of an alarm clock as it makes them think they are hearing there mothers heart beat. Good luck to ya

Answer 10

Have you tried putting her cage near your bed? My puppy would cry a lot when I put him in his cage, but when I put the cage next to my bed and he cried, I would say, "ssshhhhh", very gently and put my fingers in the cage. The contact that he had with me made him stop crying and once he was house-broken, he was allowed into bed.

I hope this helps.

Answer 11

I know this sounds nuts, but as soon as I moved the kennel to our bedroom, our pup was fine. He didn't like being alone in the kitchen, but now in the bedroom, since he know's we are right there, he is fine. And sometimes it takes weeks to get a dog to stop crying and get used to a kennel. Give her a stuffed toy and a chew toy or raw hide when you put her in the kennel. It's all about being patient.