Please help!...I need to get some sleep!........?

Question

We brought home a 10 month old Saint Bernard today. She has done wonderfully all day. Now it's almost 2:30am and she will not go to sleep! I have done everything I can think of. She has been outside, she's not hungry or thirsty, I am petting her, singing to her, talking to her. I know she is confused about being in a new home. Does anyone have any better ideas on how to get her to clam down so both her and I can get some sleep? Thank you!

Answer 1

let her sleep in the same room as you, or in a room adjacent to yours with the door open so she can see you. then just go to sleep yourself (lay out newspaper if she isn't housebroken) and let her calm down on her own. she is not unhappy, just very confused, and it's possible that your being up with her is making her feel like she needs to stay awake. she naturally is going to need to sleep sometime, and no dog can go 24 hours without sleeping. when she sees your example, she will understand that now is sleeping time and hopefully follow your lead. she just doesn't have any routine to go by right now and might be very alert, waiting to see what to do next. good luck! i'm sure she'll be a great pet.

Answer 2

It's a hard answer because it's in the middle of the night, but the truly best way to "break in" a new puppy is by having a crate for her to sleep in. She'll cry a little in there, but if it's warm and cozy and cave-like, she'll settle in and calm down.

Maybe you have a crate, and no more needs to be said, except: be patient, she's a baby and will eventually settle down and, be sure that it's cave like – blankets over it, comfy, secure.

If you don't have a crate let me first say, dogs love crates. Honeslty, truly, for real. We think of them as cages, but we simply have a whole different mind set. When given an absolute choice, dogs choose the smallest, cosiest, most isolated spot they can find. They love to be in a little cave. On their own they dig burrows to sleep in (not coyotes, but domesticated dogs that have gone wild). When they're put in a crate as a young puppy at first they might be disoriented, but if there's a blanket they can move around with their paws to shape into what they want to sleep on, plus something soft and comfortable underneath, then something that covers the whole thing (like another blanket), she'll feel calm in her soul.

We are wired differently than dogs and at the same time we have this intense bond. They fully trust and relate to us, but they have their own ways, too. If you understand her need for a shelter, she will come out in the morning feeling more confidant, rested, and like a dog in all the best ways.

Answer 3

Do you have a crate for her? She needs a crate to sleep in.

If you don't have one send someone to Walmart to pick up a large plastic dog crate. (measure her for the right size). She is probably used to sleeping in one.

When you get it, put it in a room other than the one you sleep. Put some soft towels in there and put her in it with a treat for being a good girl and going in.
Cover the crate with a blanket to block out the light. Tell her she's a good dog and goodnight, and go to bed. If she wimpers and cries, don't go to her. She'll learn that her crate is her bed in less than a week. If she's too loud for you to sleep, try putting on a fan or something for some white noise and put a pillow over your ears. (Been there, done that). But at 10 months old she should learn very quickly.

Definetly, crating is the way to go. It will make her feel safe and she will have her own private space to go to when she wants.

Answer 4

I can most effective support from a Christian viewpoint, so if that bothers you do not learn on. Look up a New Testament (you're definite to had been provided one at tuition via the Gideons) and skim verses 6 -7 in bankruptcy four of Paul's letter to the Philippians. I am eighty five and that passage has visible me by way of my lifestyles, adding the premature dying of my father, then five years as a WW2 RAF Pilot (& a million crash), the deaths of 2 loving other halves and the frightened exhaustion of going for walks a industry on a shoestring. Follow that recommendation and, as promised, it's going to supply you a "peace surpassing information".

Answer 5

i know this sounds rude and what not, but what ive always done with my puppies is put them in either the laundry room or bathroom, close the door, turn the lights off, and put one of those old fashion clocks in there that tick... that always seems to calm them down.. if not, put a radio in there and make the volume really soft, keep it on like a classical music channel and be sure there is nothing on the groud she can eat or mess us

Answer 6

You could try using a hot water bottle for the puppy to curl up with. Sometimes putting a stuffed animal in with them works. I heard that putting a ticking clock in with a puppy helps to calm them down too.

Answer 7

Stop petting her and singing to her, turn off the light, and put her in her doggie bed, in your bed, on the couch or wherever you want her to go to sleep. If she tries to keep you awake, don't let her. Just put her somewhere else. She might not like this at first, but she will get used to it.

Answer 8

Do you have a wind up clock? The ticking is soothing to almost all babies. Also give her a blanket of her own.

They are basically just like human babies and even at ten months old, even if she is huge, she is still a baby.
GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 9

I know how you feel i just got a 4 month old puppy he whined and whined all night .. my suggestion .. Put some Blankets where he sleeps or a heating pad or you should let him sleep with you trust me hell go to sleep

Answer 10

I agree she should have a crate to sleep in. Also put a soft shirt of yours in with you and put on the soft music. Putting something of yours helps for puppies to feel comforted.