New pup will not be quiet!

[lloydus 29]

Hi all,

 

I got a 9week old lurcher pup in the kennel that is barking, whaling and crying all the bloody time. Never heard anything like it before. Anyone got any ideas how to stop this? I got families either side of me so not far on them as well. She has some bull in her and not scared of the hose!

 

Well feed on raw mince and dry food

 

I’m am close to supergluing her mouth shut.

[STAFFY poacher 90]

the joys of puppies...try a radio on her box

[Ausnick 190]

any chance that you can make her kennel fully enclosed? ya won't be able to hear her and she should grow out of it if you're giving her no attention such as telling her off etc. when she makes a sound.

[lapin2008 1,587]

Not unusual if you have just picked her up. Probably just needs a week or two to settle in. Is she in a crate at the moment?

[skycat 6,173]

Dogs are pack animals. Being with other dogs, humans represents security. When you take a pup away from its dam and its littermates, the most scary thing in the world for the pup is to find itself alone. Spraying a little puppy with water is not only cruel, it damages the bond that you should be trying to develop with the pup. Some pups just accept their lot, others panic, scream, and generally drive you mad. It is NOT the pup's fault: it is only behaving like any baby would behave on finding itself alone in a big bad place.

 

You have two options: bring the pup into the house and crate it at night or whenever you are not around, or go sleep in the kennel with the pup for a few days. I'm serious! You need to show the pup that it has not been abandoned, that it is in a safe place. Patience, time and affection will show the pup that wherever you put it is OK, but you can't expect this to happen overnight.

 

Having a pup in the house to begin with will not make it impossible to kennel later: you simply feed the pup in the run, and leave it in there for a half hour or so at a time during the day, so it learns that the kennel and run are its home. But to simply expect most pups to accept this strange new situation from the start causes problems, as you are finding out.

[South hams hunter 8,924]

Sleep in the kennel lol

[sowhat 1,572]

Dogs are pack animals. Being with other dogs, humans represents security. When you take a pup away from its dam and its littermates, the most scary thing in the world for the pup is to find itself alone. Spraying a little puppy with water is not only cruel, it damages the bond that you should be trying to develop with the pup. Some pups just accept their lot, others panic, scream, and generally drive you mad. It is NOT the pup's fault: it is only behaving like any baby would behave on finding itself alone in a big bad place.

 

You have two options: bring the pup into the house and crate it at night or whenever you are not around, or go sleep in the kennel with the pup for a few days. I'm serious! You need to show the pup that it has not been abandoned, that it is in a safe place. Patience, time and affection will show the pup that wherever you put it is OK, but you can't expect this to happen overnight.

 

Having a pup in the house to begin with will not make it impossible to kennel later: you simply feed the pup in the run, and leave it in there for a half hour or so at a time during the day, so it learns that the kennel and run are its home. But to simply expect most pups to accept this strange new situation from the start causes problems, as you are finding out.

 

I've slept with one or two dogs in my time ,and in some right kennels

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

She has some bull in her and not scared of the hose!

 

 

You can't hose a 9 week old pup and expect her to be anything but frightened. She won't trust you at all if you just leave her out there to scream herself into a complete panic either. I take it she's alone without another dog for company?

 

Everything Skycat said is bang on. Take her into the house, crate train her and move her outside when she feels more secure. My dogs lived in till they were couple of years old before I kennelled them out and they adjusted just fine.

[Flipper_Al 1,012]

This has to be a windup.....hoseing a puppy, i would hate to think what you would do to a teething baby

[albert64 1,882]

This has to be a windup.....hoseing a puppy, i would hate to think what you would do to a teething baby

 

no he said he tried the electric collar but was costing to much in batteries........

[wuyang 513]

My current pup is now ten months and is quite in or out, but my god i had never heard anything like it when she was a pup. I put it down to seperation. She was fine when i allowed her to mingle with my other three dogs, but when i could no longer supervise them i would put her in her cage feet away from the other dogs and this is when the crys and screams started, and by eck could she make noise, this would go on until she fell to sleep. As she got older and i began to trust my other dogs more around her she improved massively. It did at first make me think, what the hell have i bought here, but you really do have to be patient and it will stop.

Good luck and think before you react, because it can push your sanity.