New Standard Poodle Puppy And Nighttime Crying/Whining/Barking

[robinb]

When does it end?!? I feel like I have a human baby and not a dog baby. I am only getting small 1-2 hour cat naps at night.

We picked up our new 9-Week old Standard Poodle puppy on Sunday. We put her in a large wire crate (with a box in back to make it smaller) in the kitchen the first night and there was a lot of barking and crying and whining. I took her out twice that night to go potty, but the crate was soiled in the morning. I was calling breeders to let them know to take me off their list and one of the breeders suggested that I put the crate in our bedroom for about a month until the puppy settles in and then we could move it back to the kitchen.

We put the crate in our room, against my DH's wishes. On Monday night the puppy woke every hour on the hour. I took her out a couple times for potty, then I opened the crate door to pet her in the crate and then I finally just left the door closed and petted her through the wires until she settled down. Her crate was clean in the morning.

Last night I only petted her through the wires and then let her out around 2:00 AM to potty. She work up every 1-2 hours. Her crate was clean this morning.

When can expect her to sleep longer? I don't mind waking to take her out to go potty, but the other wakings are already wearing on me.

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[mrsv98]

Have you tried covering the crate? Our pup, 14 weeks, fussed when we moved her from her "baby" crate into her bigger sleeping crate a few weeks ago. After the first night of fussing, I covered the crate with a big towel so she can't see out. She is in our room, can hear and smell us, but being covered keeps her from fussing. Give it a try and know that this will pass and whatever you do, dont take her out of the crate!

 

[Papa Deuce]

Patience, patience...... It lasted no more than a week for ANY of my dogs.

You could try a low playing radio near him / her to see if that calms him / her down.

 

[bekkiz]

They do eventually grow up, I promise! Right now, the pup is like a 4 month old baby, which, as you know, aren't the best sleepers.

A couple of ideas:
1) Get a microwavable heat pad. They sell puppy proof ones at some petstores. (I think I bought ours at petco) This will give the lonely puppy something to cuddle with. She's used to a whole litter of puppies, and now she's by herself

2) I actually don't think having her in the bedroom is a great idea, simply because how it disrupts your sleep. I would take her for a looonnnnggg walk right before bed, put her in the crate, and maybe sit with her in the living room while she falls asleep. If you can put her crate somewhere where she can hear you/the tv, but can't see you, it would be great. (maybe put a sheet or something over the crate). The you could put the sleep timer on the tv for like 15-30 minutes and she would have some company.

3) Obviously no water or food for like 3 hours before bedtime. That plus a good walk should prevent her from having to get up in the night. Even so, she shoudl only have to go out once at the most--not a couple of times. Make sure you don't take her out when she whines--she should be quiet when she comes out.

4) Are you feeding her in the crate? That might help her to feel like it's her den

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Puppies are a PITB for 2 years.
Let's see you are going through crying, then it will be potty training. Then the chewing, barking, training, digging, etc...
My backyard looks like the moon with craters. My pups are 1.

I would not pet the dog when it cries that is for sure. Do not reward behavior you want to stop.

Keep her in the kitchen, give a hot water bottle, a ticking clock, and only take her out when she is NOT crying.

8 weeks is pretty early to be taken away from momma.

 

[Nana Annie]

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[gris gris]

I don't have any advice but congrats on the new puppy! If that's her in your siggy, she's cute