Help! My puppy is keeping me up during the night!
I am new to the forum and I am looking for some help! We just got a new puppy (our first) and he is about 7 weeks old. He has a crate which he is learning to sleep in during the day, but the door is always left open, so he can come out when he wakes and I put him on his pee pee pad. At night he sleeps either in my room or my sisters room, we both keep the crate on our bed with the door open. He only sleeps for about an hour at a time and then gets up, sometimes to pee, sometimes he just keeps walking around the bed because he wants to play, we ignore him, but he wakes up about 4 times to pee in the night. I can't sleep! Once he wakes he usually takes time to go back to bed. Sometimes he will go back to sleep right away, and other times he will be up for an hour. I was told since he is only 7 weeks, you can't close the crate door since the puppy cannot hold his pee at that age, and you dont want to miss his bark and allow him to pee in the crate. We do take up his water about an hour before bed... And we do try to ignore him when he wakes...But i get afraid he may jump or fall off the bed if I dont watch him. Will this get better? What should we do? |
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| Take a look at the "Houstraining" section of the forum. You'll get a lot of good tips there. Right now, your puppy is really young and, if you're going to crate train, he should be in his crate at night, door closed with just enough room for him to lay down and turn around. He's getting up right now because he can. At that age they do have to go every couple of hours but leaving him loose will give him all sorts of ideas. He needs to learn a routine that helps with peeing and sleeping. |
| Having a puppy is like having a new baby in the house.
7 weeks is young to be away from the litter. However, what is done is done. Most puppies (and we have had three in the last three years) get up at night periodically. I would put my guys into the crate at 11 and was getting up with them at 1 and 3 and then we got up fo the day at 5. My husbands puppy went to bed at 8, got up at 11, 2 and 5. they keep up this pattern until maybe 4 months - I forget exactly (sort of like chidldbirth you block it out  ).
It does get better, but it is a committment. crating the puppy and taking them out for a walk gives them a better sense of bedtime and not playtime and that can help. |
| I'm new to all of this but watch enough 'dog whisperer' and "its me or the dog" and you'll learn that your puppy shouldn't be in the crate on the bed. It's just a BAD idea. He should always be in the crate on the floor. |
DannyboyStephjoy's OES wrote: I'm new to all of this but watch enough 'dog whisperer' and "its me or the dog" and you'll learn that your puppy shouldn't be in the crate on the bed. It's just a BAD idea. He should always be in the crate on the floor.
well that really depends on your personal preference - if you intend to let the dog sleep on your bed forever, than there is really nothing wrong with teaching him the rules from the get go. Peeing puppies are less work in a crate - I hate changing the sheets in the middle of the night  |
| Personally, I think some of the problem is having the crate open. You allow the dog to come out, be active, which will make them want to go. I rather them suffer in the crate to get used to his/her crate and to make those potty trips less frequent. I bet your dog can hold it longer if you let it. I used to set the alarm. Do you have an OES? I wasn't sure since you mentioned puppy pads which will be useless training them on once they are big (the puppy pad will not hold an oes' pee w/o leaving traces OFF the pad. I've used them for over 7 years w/my maltese, and there's not a brand I have NOT tried so I know... |
| Thank you for all of your suggestions! Last night he slept with the crate door closed. I took him to pee at 2, 4 and then 6:30. He fussed alittle in the crate but only for a few minutes before he settled down to bed! I got a much better sleep!..Can't wait for the days when he can hold it through the night |
Tobi8 wrote: Thank you for all of your suggestions! Last night he slept with the crate door closed. I took him to pee at 2, 4 and then 6:30. He fussed alittle in the crate but only for a few minutes before he settled down to bed! I got a much better sleep!..Can't wait for the days when he can hold it through the night
Yay! Good news. Those first few months are tough so anything so I'm glad to hear it helped! |
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