my puppy stays up all night barking?

Question

I just adopted an eight week old jack russell lab mix, we are trying to crate train him. He will go in and out of his crate all day long, but at night time he will just bark all night. I called the shelter where wehad adopted hi m to ask what to do and the lady said that I should makehim really tired before I put him in the crate at night, and I did that. Last night he went to bed then my 1 and a half year old woke up crying, which she does a lot. The dog woke up and started barking, so I took him out, now its two in the morning and my daughter of course has to come with me because she will not stay in the house. I take him back and he starts barking again so I tried covering him with a blanket and moving him into another room , he barked all night I need help what do I do from here

Answer 1

First: Exercise is very important. Especially with high energy breeds like jack russell and jack russell mixes. I would recomend at least 2 thirty minute walks per day minimum (the longer the better and if you can only walk for 30 minutes you should consider a weight pack) ! Second: Dogs are pack animals. You are now the surrogate mother of a pack animal. Pups always sleep next to their mothers for warmth and protection. This also helps them learn proper pack behavior. Your dog is probably barking because it is cold or hungry or seperated from its pack. They can not ask you any other way than barking or whining if they have needs that have not been fulfilled. If you must "crate train", I would suggest moving the crate near your bed. Also, when you take your dog for a walk, try wearing an old sweat shirt that you don't mind throwing out. You want to make the shirt smell like you. Place the shirt with your scent on it in the crate with the pup at night. I wrap one of my old shirts (unwashed) around a warm (not hot) bottle of water for fidgety rescue pups. The scent of its mother (or father in my case) is usually soothing for an agitated dog. Third: Read the book "Cesar's Way" by Cesar Milan. It is full of helpfull information. Hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

My best advice is to put a thick blanket on the bottom of the crate, then just before going to bed place a hot water bottle and a ticking clock under the blanket. This acts as an artificial "mother" to the pup when people are not around. Alternitively leave the radio on with the volume down low during the night. The puppy is only barking because it feels lonely. turn down the radio more every few nights and eventually you shouldn't need to use it.

Answer 3

You really have to stick out this phase and be very persistent. It's okay to allow puppy out to go potty during the nite (they're just like human babies and won't make it thru an entire nite sometimes) if he indicates he needs to. But only a potty run, no interaction with him beyond that. He needs to learn that being up at nite is only permitted to go potty and nothing more. By the time puppy is 4-6 months, he should be able to make it thru the nite.

Yes, tiring puppy out before bed time will make a big difference. He'll just be too tired for anything but sleep.

When you crate him at nite, be sure he has just gone out and that you saw him go potty, so that when he whines and barks, you will know this is not the problem. Then put him in for the nite and if he barks, stick it out and ignore it. Don't pay attention to him or you will be rewarding him for the barking and it will continue.

All in all, it takes a little time and patience for puppy to get used to the idea. It took our Border Collie about 2 weeks to completely stop barking and whining.

Answer 4

It is going to take awhile, it's part of crate training. If you keep taking him out when he cries and barks he is training you to do so and you are training him that it will work. Give him some sort of material with your scent on it. Tshirt you wore or something. A clock that ticks also can help. But in a few days he will be used to it and will come to love his crate, and as he is older will even go in on his own for naps. Dogs are den animals.
Crate training also helps with potty training. I know someone said give him a drink, this is not a good idea. Most vets advocate taking away water a half hour before bed for puppies whose bladder can't hold all night.

We went through this with our newest addition right around Thanksgiving it took almost a week, but now all is well.

Instead of playing before bed, a walk might be better. playing is going to rile him up.

Answer 5

What type of crate do you have him in? Plastic or metal? You might try putting his crate next to your bed so he feels safe. Remember that pups have to go out to pee a couple of times a night. His bladder is not mature enough to hold it for more then 2 hours at a time. You basically have a 2 month old four-legged baby and need to treat him as such. Do not get upset with him for barking, he is simply trying to communicate with you.

Answer 6

Jack Russells are yappy dogs to begin with. I have a 9 month old, and she did the same thing. He is lonley and he knows your up. Playing with him before bed time is a good idea, but try to get his cage as far away from your bedroom or living room, where ever you go after you put him down, as you can. If he can't hear you up and around, he is more likely to go to sleep. Make sure you develop a rutine putting him in the cage the same time everynight, and whatever you do don't start letting him out or let him sleep with you at night, it will only make the situation worse, I broke my dog of the barking and made the mistake of sleeping with her one night, and it took a month to get her to stop barking again.----GOOD LUCK!

Answer 7

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/uwPmA

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Answer 8

Good luck. I got 2 91/2 month old huskey/lab/chow mix pups. They stay outside at nigh. They bark and play grab-*** half the night. They should grow out of it as they get older.

Answer 9

Why have him in a crate?

This puppy needs attention just like any newborn child would, and keeping him away from you only increases his anxiety. Consider letting him out of the crate at night.

Answer 10

get an old wind up alarm clock that ticks loudly and wrap in a blanket and place beside the little guy in his sleeping area. He misses the litter and wants to feel as though he is not alone. I did this with my dogs and it always worked well.