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Nov 2020
11:01pm, 21 Nov 2020
8,480 posts
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BaronessBL
And she looked so pleased with herself when I discovered the 'sculpture' being created! The million bits of foam had been cleaned up before I took the picture!
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Nov 2020
5:47am, 22 Nov 2020
1,998 posts
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PenW
OMG amazing pictures 
I need sleep....
Night 2 -
Albie wouldn’t go in the crate last night (he did on night 1) - got so worked up he couldn’t settle himself. Beginner error - I didn’t do positive crate training yesterday. Need to get back to that.
He was in my room, slept very well in his bed with 1 toilet break (successful) at 2am then up at 5:30. But I didn’t sleep at all (listening for him/hyped up).
I’m going to try him in the crate or puppy pen downstairs tonight (he’s more familiar). I can sleep downstairs at first. Oh goodness I need to get this sorted - I feel like a zombie and have lost my appetite too.
A cup of tea and some paper packaging is my saviour right now (he likes chewing it better than his toys and my fingers/toes).
How have other people managed night times?
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Nov 2020
8:01am, 22 Nov 2020
5,636 posts
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Wine Legs
I've had to open the blind because if it's not at the right angle, she paws at it... I'd rather open it than have broken blinds!!
PenW, I can't help on this one because we got Skye at 19 weeks old...but, saying that, if she's sorted by that age for sleeping through, then you really don't have long of this. With the twins, it was 8 months before they slept through the night...the advice with babies is sleep when the baby sleeps. Try the same thing for a few weeks with Albie. You'll get there.
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Nov 2020
8:10am, 22 Nov 2020
5,776 posts
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Alice the Camel
Pen - no real advice except be consistent! Stick at what you want Albie to do.
Having said that, we made compromises where Charlie’s night arrangements were concerned. We started off with a crate in the kitchen which he hated. It took a few weeks of trying and many disturbed nights before we gave in. He still doesn’t sleep in our bedroom, which is where he’d like to be, but the crate was abandoned and he sleeps very happily on the sofa in the dining room!
He’s our first dog and I know I didn’t do crate training properly...
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Nov 2020
8:11am, 22 Nov 2020
9,336 posts
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Mazlin
Here’s Rory saving me from a large furry snake.
Don’t do what I did. Approximately 30 seconds after arriving Rory had discovered my bed. He now thinks it’s his bed. (I don’t really mind, but a dog in your bed is obviously not for everyone...)
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Nov 2020
8:33am, 22 Nov 2020
1,999 posts
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PenW
Thank you. I know it’s such early days but it’s so hard without much sleep (I never had kids!). He sleeps better than me! Part of this is stress. I’ll try downstairs - he’s more familiar so may settle better. He got a bit stressed last night being in a less familiar room. The crate is back downstairs and we’ve been playing throw the kibble in the crate. He’s taken 2 toys in there of his own accord.
It’s good to know improvement is in sight Wine Legs!
I was just thinking in a few months/couple of years I can look back at these posts and realise how far I came.
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Nov 2020
8:39am, 22 Nov 2020
31,758 posts
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LazyDaisy
I can't really help on the nighttime other than to suggest you put something warm and cosy in the crate at night. This may not be helpful but we dig out an old stone hot water bottle (looks like a stone jar on its side) and wrap it in a blanket. Other things might be a ticking clock, also very well wrapped up.
Having said that, Floss was an 'only puppy' - a litter of one - so she wasn't missing any litter-mates, and that probably helped.
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Nov 2020
8:42am, 22 Nov 2020
16,890 posts
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Sharkie
'Terrible Wolf - a diagram'
Courtesy of Raffo - the perils of allowing a large dog on the bed (when Sharkie is away) .
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Nov 2020
8:46am, 22 Nov 2020
16,891 posts
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Sharkie
Definitely what LD says - warm, cuddly things. Crate must be inviting. The breeder gave us a small familiar smelling blanket for Jess' crate. We encouraged her to use the crate during the day - I see you are doing that.
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Nov 2020
8:47am, 22 Nov 2020
31,759 posts
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LazyDaisy
Very very occasionally (like 3 times in her life) Flossie has escaped from the kitchen at night and arrived in our bedroom. She's very respectful - having said hello to us both she turns round and round and snuggles down in the space between our feet. It's only as soon as it begins to get light that she will stare at our faces until we wake up, that it's a nuisance What is it about a dog's stare several inches from your face that can make you wake up?
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