puppy crying and not sleeping is it normal?

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korslava

Discussion Starter · Oct 9, 2011

the puppy is crying and not sleeping during the all night so i have to get out to her and she is playing with me for couple min and going back to sleep she can sleep couple hours and she start again what should i do ?

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Beaumont67

· #2 · Oct 9, 2011 (Edited)

Our puppy cried non-stop, laying in my sons bedroom.
Once she got invited, up on the bed...everyone had a good sleep.

Come to think of it, our son cried&cried&cried when we put him in his crib at 8:30 one night.
After that, he stayed up till close to 11 pm and just fell asleep on the couch, when he was ready for bed...at 2 years old.

Being without mom & dad...whether it be a child or a dobe pup, can cause much stress for them.
We just gave in and, and for us it was the best decision we could have made.
But we do have a dog that cried for 16 hours straight in a vet crate, after surgery and a kennel stay would be impossible.
- Amy's whining was so distracting at the Vets, that I got to take her home early / after the IV ran out & she got her way again...lol

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KoaRad

· #3 · Oct 9, 2011

How long have you had her?

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korslava

Discussion Starter · #4 · Oct 9, 2011

2days

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Tater927

· #5 · Oct 9, 2011

If she is actually doing fine sleeping in the crate but waking up every few hours it may just be that she is still too young to sleep through the night and needs to go out more than you might like. She's just a baby.

If she's just whining and crying because she doesn't want to be left alone (and even if it's because she needs to go out) I would suggest waiting until she is quiet to let her out...even if just for a short time and you have to kind of lurk nearby until she hushes briefly. Otherwise she will learn that crying gets her what she wants and she is likely to apply it to other things too!

She is also adjusting to a new place so it's going to take some time for her to get settled.

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vivienne00

· #6 · Oct 9, 2011

When I pick up every pup, they get 2 huge toys to live with in their crate. They aren't destructive at that age and often find snuggling up to an over-sized bear or a huge rabbit comforting. I also find that the crate friends don't tend to get destroyed, even when they start on that phase of degloving everything they run into. Jill (Kelpie pup) has an Elmo and a small human baby's white cow with rattles inside that she still has in her crate - they are her friends, not prey toys. Yoda took out Elmo's mouth, so I sewed it up and gave it back to Jill and she is fine - I must remember to keep Yoda out of Jill's crate when she isn't there. I got her at 8 wks and she is almost 7mth now. She would be quite happy sleeping with just her crate pad now but I don't really have any driving need to move the crate friends away. My dogs get buried with their crate friends. I buy them from Goodwill for a couple of dollars each - special for each puppy.

I would also make sure the crate was right next to your side of the bed so you can talk and be there for the puppy - that helps too. Eventually you can move the crate so that you don't fall over it every night - lol.

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dobebug

· #7 · Oct 9, 2011

If you've only had her two days she really hasn't had enough time to adjust to everything that is new--like no litter mates--you really aren't her familiar person yet etc.

I don't let dogs on furniture and that includes the bed so Beaurmont67's solution wouldn't work for me but any puppy sleeps in a crate next to my bed. I'm a light sleeper so if the puppy is active I'm pretty immediately aware of it and I can generally tell the difference between a puppy in distress because they need to go out for a potty break and a puppy who woke up and doesn't yet know how to put itself back to sleep.

If it's a potty break situation (and very few are) I take the puppy out, on leash and stay with it until it pees or poops and then we go back inside--no playing when it's in the middle of the night. If it's just boredom I tough it out--and let the puppy cry--I might talk to it briefly but that's all. Sometimes one of the other dogs or cats will come over to see why the puppy is crying but since the only look and then go back to bed themselves puppies usually get the idea about sleeping pretty quickly.

And like Vivienne00, I give very young puppies a big soft toy in the crate (and that usually only happens between 8 and 12 weeks) at the beginning and one chewable toy (generally a bone) and I sometimes wake because the puppy is chewing on the bone while it's awake in the night.

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vivienne00

· #8 · Oct 9, 2011

dobebug said:
If you've only had her two days she really hasn't had enough time to adjust to everything that is new--like no litter mates--you really aren't her familiar person yet etc.

I don't let dogs on furniture and that includes the bed so Beaurmont67's solution wouldn't work for me but any puppy sleeps in a crate next to my bed. I'm a light sleeper so if the puppy is active I'm pretty immediately aware of it and I can generally tell the difference between a puppy in distress because they need to go out for a potty break and a puppy who woke up and doesn't yet know how to put itself back to sleep.

If it's a potty break situation (and very few are) I take the puppy out, on leash and stay with it until it pees or poops and then we go back inside--no playing when it's in the middle of the night. If it's just boredom I tough it out--and let the puppy cry--I might talk to it briefly but that's all. Sometimes one of the other dogs or cats will come over to see why the puppy is crying but since the only look and then go back to bed themselves puppies usually get the idea about sleeping pretty quickly.

And like Vivienne00, I give very young puppies a big soft toy in the crate (and that usually only happens between 8 and 12 weeks) at the beginning and one chewable toy (generally a bone) and I sometimes wake because the puppy is chewing on the bone while it's awake in the night.

Yeah I was giving Jill a bully stick in her crate and it would take her about 5 days to fully eat it - assuming she didn't flip it out of the crate and another dog ate it. Once she got down to demolishing it in a single night I stopped giving the bully sticks. I use a 12" Jumbo (I buy long ones and lop them into 12" sections - cheaper). It was useful during teething time and before that to keep her busy, but once she got her adult teeth, there was no stopping her consuming it in a night. Now she has a Galileo nylabone to occupy her if she feels like chewing.

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Jhagman

· #9 · Oct 9, 2011

My method for the first week was also to let her sleep in my bed. Then after we had herbmore confident and settled in her new home here, she went to the crate in the living room without too much whimpering! She loves her crate now, goes in there on her own to take naps. I do have stuffed toys in there. My pup is three and a half months tho, so that makes a difference.

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Mike B

· #10 · Oct 9, 2011

We kept jack in his crate in our bedroom for about the first 4 weeks. He still woke up and cried when he needed to potty.

It seemed like it was every couple of hours . Puppy's are exhausting but worth every minute.

You've got a long road ahead potty training ,crate training and socializing. Good luck.

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