Got a puppy, cries all night long, any ideas?

Question

Tried leaving music on, giving it a stuffed animal, I am fresh out of ideas, and sleep, HELP!!!

Answer 1

If you are not prepared to live with a dog in your bed - DO NOT put the puppy in the bed with you. Puppies become dogs - and dogs do not understand why all of a sudden you are not letting them do something they use to do.

Take an old sweatshirt wear it all day - then place it with the puppy at night. Also try a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel.
Remember a puppy that has lived with its litter all of its life is use to other smells and warmth with them when they sleep. And your smell has now become the most important one to her. Also take the opportunity to start training.

The first night our new pup was home - I put a hot water bottle and one of my sweatshirts in with her, turned the light out and had about 10 minutes of whining - each time she would go for about a minute - I would them calmly talk to her and say "Hush" and she would stop for a minute or two. After about 5 or 6 times of her doing this - she stopped. The same thing the following night. After a week or so, you shouldn't hear whining unless it is to go outside.

Good luck.

Answer 2

My bf and I had a pup that did this exact same thing. To help deal with it we made sure that she was really tired when it was bed time (it sounds cruel, but we kept her awake for the three hours prior to bedtime) and that worked well, she would go to sleep straight away in most cases.

Sometimes, when she still whimpered etc, we would smack the top of her crate, to let her know that what she is doing was not okay. Think of it this way, if you were the pup's mother and you were trying to sleep, what would you do? You'd growl or give it alittle nip to quieten down. By smacking the crate, we were indicating that her behaviour was not going to be tolerated. Mind you, this is just smacking the crate, not the puppy - never smack your puppy!

It takes alot of patience, but once you're over the initial puppy stage, everything will be great!

Answer 3

Dogs are pack animals and they don't like to be separated from their packs.

If you are trying to crate your puppy, make sure you've crate trained him properly or the protests may never stop! By this I mean, make sure he understands that his crate is a safe, happy place that he/she can go to sleep (never use a crate as a punishment, never force the puppy into it, always reward them when they come out not go in). If you are crating your puppy, move the crate into your bedroom.

If you are just closing your puppy in a room (like a bathroom or kitchen) try buying a playpen instead and leave it in your bedroom. The same training techniques go for playpens as they do for crates.

If your are confining your puppy because they are not potty trained, consider puppy pads so you do not have to get up to let him out at night. Once he/she is trained on pads (fairly reliably) you can let them sleep with you (if you don't mind).

Some tips:
Buy cheap, plain, white t-shirts and wear them to bed for a night or two and give them to him/her at night.
Some puppies are afraid of the dark. Try leaving a nightlight on if you can.
Never give into a protesting puppy. They will learn that they get attention that way.
If your puppy is under 6 months, he/she may need to potty! Until 6 months of age, puppies may need to potty every 3 hours or so because they can't hold it.
Invest in some earplugs.
Don't let your puppy sleep all day. Often, after staying up all night, the puppy will spend the whole day sleeping and have energy to stay up the following night. Make sure to give them plenty of exercise throughout the day, especially in the late afternoon.

Answer 4

First, and most importantly, DON'T let the dog sleep next to you in bed. He will not see you as a leader if he sleeps with you, he'll see you as an equal. In the wild, the alpha animals sleep elevated above the other animals.

Second, as hard as it is, don't respond to his whining, even if it's to scold or soothe him. Dogs want attention, and it doesn't matter to them if that attention is positive or negative. If you respond in any way, even if it's just to say, "Shh," you are reinforcing their behavior and teaching them that their "crying" behavior will elicit attention from you.

We brought a 2 year old Beagle home a few months ago, and we kenneled him at night, even though his previous owner didn't. (We did this because we have a cat, and Beagle's chase small animals.) The first night, he whines, howled, barked, and clawed at the kennel for 35 minutes. We just laid quietly in bed and didn't respond. The second night, he displayed all of the same behaviors, but for only about 20 minutes. The third night it lasted 10 minutes, and on the fourth night he didn't whine at all.

When he stopped chasing our cat, which took a few weeks, we stopped kenneling him at night. This presented a new challenge, as he then wanted to sleep with us. This is what we did:

We bought him a small comfortable dog bed and helped him see his bed as a good place to be. We put him in it, then laid next to him, just petting him and being calm. We didn't play with him on his bed, just taught him to lay on it and be calm. When we would get ready for bed, we would point at his bed and say "Go to bed," and when he walked over and laid down, we would pet him, say "Yes," tell him to stay, and then we would go to bed.

You can also try leaving something on his bed that you've worn but haven't washed yet. Your scent on the clothes will help calm the dog. (Just make sure it's something that you wouldn't care about if it was ruined.) We would use an undershirt that my husband wore that day.

Answer 5

If you are keeping the puppy in a crate... get an inexpensive sound machine, they usually have a heart beating sound.. this will remind the puppy of its mother. You should also have soft bedding in the crate. However if you want your pet to have any kind of respect for your house, do not back down and not crate break the puppy. My family felt bad for our crying rottweiler and she destroyed our house after a few months.

Answer 6

The first night I took my puppy from his mama he cried and cried and I tried everything, I finally put him in bed with me and he stopped. I did a lot of yawning and acting sleepy and he finally yawned and went to sleep. After a few nights of this he finally quit crying. I played with him a lot and gave him lots of attention and he soon forgot his family he left and was happy with his new one. During the day when I had to leave him he cried still and then my daughter moved in and he never cried any more during the day after that either. She had surgery and was home with him for a time, and after a few weeks between the two of us we finally got him through a rough period of leaving his family.

Answer 7

Get a pet crate and a ticking clock.
Put a towel in the crate around the alarm clock.
Make sure you kiss puppy goodnite and put him in the crate with a little water.
Dogs are cave animals. They need to feel safe.

Answer 8

Put in your room where it knows your close , give it a stuffed animal and a wind up alarm clock that ticks it will think its mothers heartbeat......sometimes it takes em a while to adjust to being all alone sure it just misses its family. Remember all the love you give it it will give you 10x back...God Bless and Good Luck

Answer 9

my favorite thing to do is put in a crate beside my bed and when they start screaming, smack the top of the cage hard enough to cause a loud thump, its just enough to startle and distract the puppy but not enough to scare them, it works, usually within a night or two
keep in mind they will need to go potty during the night so if they start really making a racket once they are starting to potty train they might need a potty break

i t ry not to make potty breaks pleasant at night though, just a quick boot out the door so they can go but no talking, playing, or treats

Answer 10

If you don't want your puppy in bed with you, then I suggest you keep it in a box or pet bed on the floor next to your bed and just lean over and let the puppy see you whenever it starts to cry.