Anonymous wrote:.

The first month or two she was waking once to use the potty in the middle of the night at 3:30. By four months she was easily sleeping through the night (8pm- 6am) and potty trained. She will now go in her crate without whining when we leave and she will even go in by herself when we stay up to watch tv. She likes her safe place.

Good luck op and congrats!

This is similar to our experience—our puppy is 5 months now. We do the put her in the crate until we go to bed (it’s in our room—our master is on the ground floor adjacent to the living room so easy to take her out at night). The first few weeks were rough, and the first week we had her it rained night and day, which really sucked. At first she would whine and we would take her out to pee a couple times a night. It really was like getting up with a newborn. We did a treat every time she peed outside and to get her in her crate. Now she will go in on her own at bedtime and usually sleeps until 6, or whenever I have to get up and pee.

If we leave for more than an hour or two she gets a frozen stuffed Kong in her crate.

I spent at least the first two nights on the floor next to the crate because of the screaming. They’re only little lambs, not fair to be all alone. Can you at least put a crate in your bedroom?

Anonymous wrote:I am the person who posted yesterday about picking up their puppy. The day went great, and our 9 week old Samoyed is adorable in every way.

However, I'm a bit worried about crate-training:
The last time the puppy drank was at 6:30pm, did one pee at 7pm. Howled, and cried and protested mightily when we crated him for the night at 8:20. Went on for an hour, kids couldn't go to sleep at the usual time (thank goodness we're doing this on vacation).

Question: when he starts whining during the night, as I'm sure he will, do I take that as a sign he wants to pee, or will it be emotional upset? Do I take him out just in case?

Any advice and support welcome! Thank you.

I would think he would absolutely have to go out again at 8:20. I would take him out multiple times before bed. If he stops drinking at 6:30, take him out at 7, 8 and again right before bed. Give him every opportunity to be successful.

-the PP

We have an 11 week old puppy at home. We've had her for 2 weeks. I've moved her crate into the guest room and I'm sleeping in there with her so that one of us can get a good night's rest. That said, she is super easy and I'm thrilled at how well she's doing! Here's what I've found works for her-

We really tire her out before bed. She's a little thing so it doesn't require much!
We remove her water bowl @ 7:30pm (she eats her 3rd and final meal at this time so she drinks with dinner and that's it for the night).
I take her out very often after this point (every 30-45 min or so). She'll usually potty each time
She goes easily into her crate. If she whines I shush her and she'll quiet down easily
She'll sleep for 3-5 hours and then whine to use bathroom. I don't say anything to her but I very quickly carry her downstairs to go out. I give her a treat (again saying nothing) and put her back in her crate, shushing her if needed.

My husband was convinced the first night that the puppy was scared and missed it's litter mates. I was fine ignoring the crying .. but DH is very soft-hearted and spent most of the night lying on the kitchen floor holding the puppy close. I was thinking this was setting a terrible precedent. I'm not advocating this but I am mentioning, years after, to say the puppy grew into a very well behaved dog, a great sleeper who doesn't cry/howl or bother us during the night, so in our case, no harm

Pp here. Always feed the puppy a treat every single time she goes in the crate. I still do. I also fed her her meals in her crate the first month or two to associate a positive feeling.

Pp here. Always give her a treat every single time she goes in her crate. I also fed her in her crate for the first month or two.

Oh those adorable puppies are so cute. Our newborn howled every single time we put her in her crate. The first two nights my husband slept on the floor in front of her crate and he even played her classical music. The first two weeks I slept on the couch in the same room as her often sitting in front of her crate and putting a finger in so she could see i was there.

The first month or two she was waking once to use the potty in the middle of the night at 3:30. By four months she was easily sleeping through the night (8pm- 6am) and potty trained. She will now go in her crate without whining when we leave and she will even go in by herself when we stay up to watch tv. She likes her safe place.

Good luck op and congrats!

You should read this https://www.amazon.com/Art-Raising-Puppy-Revised/dp/0316083275

He will be fine in the summer. I had long coat husky, no problem.

Thanks, 22:42, I'm glad to hear your crate-training is going well!

I think my guy was too hot, actually. He pushed the sherpa mat to one side and spread out on the pan underneath! I keep the house at 66, but since this breed is originally Siberian, I suppose it was too much for him. I'll have to watch out for him in the summer!

OP here. Thanks, PP. Just took him out to pee because he woke up and howled the house down. So that's 3.5 hours he held it in.

Hopefully I can get in some sleep before the next howl!

Anonymous wrote:I am the person who posted yesterday about picking up their puppy. The day went great, and our 9 week old Samoyed is adorable in every way.

However, I'm a bit worried about crate-training:
The last time the puppy drank was at 6:30pm, did one pee at 7pm. Howled, and cried and protested mightily when we crated him for the night at 8:20. Went on for an hour, kids couldn't go to sleep at the usual time (thank goodness we're doing this on vacation).

Question: when he starts whining during the night, as I'm sure he will, do I take that as a sign he wants to pee, or will it be emotional upset? Do I take him out just in case?

Any advice and support welcome! Thank you.

Congrats on the new puppy! I just got a pup about 3 weeks ago, and am also crate training. 9 weeks is still super young, they can’t hold their bladders more than a couple hours. I’ve gotten up with mine; I take her straight outside, put her down, she goes, straight back in the crate. Puppies sleep deeply once they fall asleep and I have found that if mine is still sleepy for midnight potty trips she will happily go back to her crate to sleep.

I might have gotten lucky with mine and crating but now at about 14 weeks she sleeps from about 11:00 to 6ish without asking to go out... the first week and a half or so she got me up once in the middle of the night and was fine for 3-4 hrs. I’ve actually gotten her up a couple times because I woke up anyway and knew she would probably want out in the next hour or two. That’s worked well; she had one accident her first night and I felt terrible that she’d had to soil the crate, I think it’s better to lose a little sleep and if the crying is just for attention put her back in her crate.

Slightly off topic but if she’s crying and it’s not needing to potty, she may just be having a hard time settling in. I saw a big improvement in her sleep by changing her bedding- I had a crate pad and a blanket to start but found that she was burrowing under the pad for warmth (the House is at 68 at night, so I wasn’t being awful to her though I felt terrible..). I bought a self heating pet mat from amazon , and now have: a blanket folded over; the crate padded mat next; the warming blanket/mat ; a fleece blanket on top. It sounds like a lot and some dogs might chew the self heating mat (one side is Mylar ), but it’s been a big help for mine.

no, I don't think he knows he needs to pee yet - he's just upset to be in the crate and away from you. Keep to your schedule of taking him out to pee a couple of times a night (or whatever schedule you're implementing) and stick to it. Are you working on making the crate a super happy fun place for him? there are some youtube tutorial videos of how to get dogs to love their crates. Our dog is almost 4 and his crate is still his favorite spot (although we never crate him anymore, he often picks to go in there on his own).

I am the person who posted yesterday about picking up their puppy. The day went great, and our 9 week old Samoyed is adorable in every way.

However, I'm a bit worried about crate-training:
The last time the puppy drank was at 6:30pm, did one pee at 7pm. Howled, and cried and protested mightily when we crated him for the night at 8:20. Went on for an hour, kids couldn't go to sleep at the usual time (thank goodness we're doing this on vacation).

Question: when he starts whining during the night, as I'm sure he will, do I take that as a sign he wants to pee, or will it be emotional upset? Do I take him out just in case?

Any advice and support welcome! Thank you.