Puppy Driving Me Mad

SweetPea23

mouseymousey99 wrote: »

I stand by my comments - & can not beleive someone is actually questioning why a 6 week old puppy would make a noise??

READ the original post, I was asking for help not questioning why he cries, jesus, leave this thread alone.

supermezzo

We get our puppies at six weeks and I'm afraid that they do cry, albeit some more than others.
During the day, ignore the 'chunnering' but the second the pup is quiet then stroke him, tickle his ears but gently, don't make an enormous fuss. Just re-assure him that you're there and he will eventually make the leap that noise = nothing and quiet = good stuff. This won't immediately help with the night time crying but will have a knock on effect (eventually). The night time crying can be helped by loads of the above suggestions, all of which are great, but the crate should be seen by him as his 'den', his place fo safety - what you're aiming for is your dog getting the same feeling of going into his crate as you get when you come home form a bad day at work and shut the front door, IYSWIM.
I'd advise not shutting him in during the day, rather leaving it open with his bed and toys in it. If it's the enormous crate you can also make yourself look really daft and actually get in it yourself which if nothing else reduces the kids to hysteria when you get stuck. If you can, try going to bed as late as possible and then getting up once or maybe twice to let pup out to relieve himself. He won't go all night at this stage - however, a bit like night feeds with babies, keep the lights dim and a calm atmosphere and simply put him out then back to bed ( unlike during the day when he goes outside and he gets a reward etc). That way he doesn't learn that gettin up in the night gets a treat.
It does get easier (honest!) but these first few weeks are vital, especially in one so teeny so you will need the patience of a saint.
What are you feeding him btw - If it's dried food are you wetting it for him as it makes it easier for them to cope with as he's clearly not had enogh time to be weaned properly.
And as the others have said which I'm sure you have done, a trip to the vet for jabs etc.
PM if you need any more help and I'll rack my brains (latest one is now 9 months and fortunately, the memories of the first weeks fade).

tankgirl1

mouseymousey99 wrote: »

I stand by my comments - & can not beleive someone is actually questioning why a 6 week old puppy would make a noise??

I don't usually get drawn into things like this, but I think it is fairly obvious that OP wasn't the one who decided to take pup away from his mum, and is trying to do the right thing by the wee mite...

You are of course entitled to your opinion, and this is a discussion board, so opinions do clash, but I think your comments are rather unhelpful

ladysparklexx

My 10 week old lab puppy has been crate trained as my house is open plan. He sleeps with a great big dog teddy in his crate which is also a hot water bottle cover, he loves this teddy, its bigger than him and he always sleeps over it. It might be worth getting him some teddies to snuggle up to and sleep over as he would of his brothers and sisters. My puppy is not happy at the moment as he has done a wee on his teddy who is now in the washing machine, he is whining next to the door as he can see it through the window.

tankgirl1

aww bless him ladysparkle!

I agree with teddies, clock & heat pad ( a microwavable wheatie pad would probably be safest) I believe you can get special teddy puppies with a simulated heart beat - although a bog standard ticking clock would probably be more MSE

twinklie

Awww ladysparklexx such a cute image.

Mely

When my dog was a puppy I had a toy dog to keep her company at night, and when you pressed its paw it made a ticking noise. Simulating the mothers heartbeat. She used to love snuggling up to it!

ajaney

Radio 4 is the best station for dogs imo. Voices all the time, very little music.

You pup is young to be away from Mum but there's lots of good advice on this thread to help you settle puppy in!

Milford_Cubicle

I note a couple of you have said absolutely no to having the puppy in the bedroom?

I'd like to put a different slant onto this. We got our puppy young, at 6.5 weeks but this was because she was fully weaned, mum was no longer feeding the pups, she's big for her age and was already able to sit to command. Anyway...we had a rubbish first night with her as we'd chosen to keep her downstairs. She howled the ENTIRE night until my partner went downstairs and spent the rest of the (small amount of) night with her. We then put the crate into our bedroom. She settled really really well and because she was very close, it comforted her and I was awake almost as soon as she did her "I want to be out for a wee" shuffle so I could take her outside with the minimum of fuss.
Gradually we moved the crate out of the bedroom and downstairs over the space of about a week. It spent a couple of weeks in the hall at the bottom of the stairs and is now in the living room

So, much I as 100% agree no puppies in bed, I disagree that puppy shouldn't be in your room with you as it is possible to slowly move them out again to where you want their eventual sleeping place to be

Kavanne

My in laws dog sleeps in a crate in their room... he's no trouble at all and as he got older he'll sometimes sleep in his bed downstairs... why shouldn't they have a choice? He likes to sleep downstairs if the whole family isn't home (ie: he's expecting someone else to come home) hehe.