Pup

[big-jay 4]

Got an 8week old bitch

 

Every Night When She Goes To Sleep She Wakes Up In the middle of the night crying until someone comes down to her and when i do she stops and then goes to sleep again

 

its just a real annoyince as she could have you up about 4-6 times in the middle of the night and work the next day is torture

 

Anyone have any idea why she is crying and how a could stop her doing it?

 

Cheers Jay

[undisputed 1,664]

Got an 8week old bitch

 

Every Night When She Goes To Sleep She Wakes Up In the middle of the night crying until someone comes down to her and when i do she stops and then goes to sleep again

 

its just a real annoyince as she could have you up about 4-6 times in the middle of the night and work the next day is torture

 

Anyone have any idea why she is crying and how a could stop her doing it?

 

Cheers Jay

 

 

Normal behaviour I'm afraid and will continue as long as you react to it by going down to check on her. You could take her upstairs with you and let her sleep in a box or something. Other than that you will just have to grin and bare it till it stops.

[craig lurcher man 2]

what a bout puting 1 of ur jumpers in her bed so that the smell of u is still there

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

Welcome to the dog world, grin and bear it.

 

Or...... stop going out at night to it.

[Geoff.C 0]

How the hell can someone go out and buy a pup and not expect something like this. FFS it's only been on the bloody earth for 8 weeks, and most of that time will have been spent in a comfy whelping box, with a big warm mum and litter brothers to snuggle up to. Try a warm, not hot, water bottle wrapped in a towel and put it in a box or cage to sleep in. When we have pups, new owners are given a piece of the vetbed which the pups have all been on, so something with a familiar smell on it is available for sleep time. We sacrifice a puppy pen sized vetbed for any litter of pups. We also spend a considerable time pointing out all these little inconveniences to new owners, so they are more prepared for what might happen. Seems to me too many don't care much beyond getting the money.

[mossman330 0]

i had a very similar problem. the pup would just yelp and yelp all night long. i had know i idea what to do, then my father who has been involved with dogs for a very long time told me to wrap a clock(the ones the tick) in a towel and place it under the bedding. it worked like a charm.

 

everything was quited except that dang ticking.

 

MossMan

[meinnotts 1]

grin and bear it, she should stop at some point, although my cocker took 8 months !!!!!!

[skycat 6,173]

How the hell can someone go out and buy a pup and not expect something like this. FFS it's only been on the bloody earth for 8 weeks, and most of that time will have been spent in a comfy whelping box, with a big warm mum and litter brothers to snuggle up to. Try a warm, not hot, water bottle wrapped in a towel and put it in a box or cage to sleep in. When we have pups, new owners are given a piece of the vetbed which the pups have all been on, so something with a familiar smell on it is available for sleep time. We sacrifice a puppy pen sized vetbed for any litter of pups. We also spend a considerable time pointing out all these little inconveniences to new owners, so they are more prepared for what might happen. Seems to me too many don't care much beyond getting the money.

 

Well said: some people just don't realise the trauma a puppy can go through when it is separated from its litter mates. If the pup hasn't been properly socialised the problems can be 100 times worse. I always sleep downstairs with a new pup for the first few nights: pup in cage next to me: that way I can touch it if it needs reassurance, and take it out for a pee if it needs to go, which it undoubtedly will.

After a fortnight the pup is usually clean over night, and more to the point, has never gone through that feeling of being abandoned in a strange place all alone.

 

Dogs are pack animals: excluding a pup from the pack must be the worst feeling in the world: no security, no mates: just a big fat emptiness all around it. No wonder they scream and bawl. By putting yourself in their place and understanding what they are going through, it should come as common sense to make sure that a pup doesn't feel lonely to begin with. Once they have got their confidence in their new home, then they should be fine to be left alone.

[miss lurcher bitch 319]

pure little mite she feels lonley put a radio on very low and a old jumper my dogs that live out side have a radio on 24 hours aday and the dogs live in as well never had a problem since they also have a energy light on in the kennel at night and it does the trick so give it a go mlb

[big-jay 4]

Thanks very much

 

Put one of my jumpers in with her last night and she was only up once last night so im a very happy chap and fink the rest of the neightbours are aswell

 

 

Edited September 10, 2008 by big-jay

[Sako.243 1]

Agree with above comments, Wrap a hot water bottle up in a jumper or blanket and put an ticking clock nearby. Should work a treat.

[richard25 0]

You can & should do pretty much what everyone has allready said for her/him as there has been some great advise but i just wanted to add like some you need to think more from the dogs angle her, ie she left her pack & all of a suden she is completely on her own in a new place with not one pack member around... its alot to take, i take it shes the only dog in the household?

 

I personally dont have that problem as i have a couple of dogs when a new pup comes in it just settles down & sleeps with the others, like last week my family went away & was worried about there little staffie thinking she would miss them but she settled in within an hour of being here & no problems sleeping, i was quitely quite chuffed knowing how she settled in.

 

LOL its like Cesar Says "power of the pack"

Edited September 10, 2008 by richard25

[dog fox 16]

the radio on low defo works a treat ,but the hot water bottle will probebly make him start pissin in his bed ,but you never know ,good luck

[zap 4]

just takes time mate worst thing you can do is react to the pinning ,i know what the poor pup must be going through i moved in with my misses 15 years ago and have been pinning to back home to my mum ever since lol