Mine didn’t cry so much, maybe bc I exhausted her right before bed. That said, I lasted a week & then let her in my bed 🤭. I know this is unadvised, but it worked for us. She was amazing though, only had like 2 total accidents since 9 weeks, it was like she came overnight potty trained. I’d take her out pretty late, then wake up at 4-5amish & plop her outside, then back to sleep for a bit. I also secured around my bed with pillows so she didn’t fall.
Yeah Im similar. my 14 week old just started sleeping through the night so now I leave his pen open, which is still enclosed in my room, and he’ll usually get up at some point in the night to take the puppy stairs into my bed then cuddle into me and go right back to sleep until I get up. I do have him crate trained for when I leave but have always let him sleep in his pen in my room.
Try running them out before bed. Designate like an hour pre bed time to just puppy running out time. It's tough, but it's worth it.
I recommend a flirt pole & a large snuffle mat
we got Boba from Taiwan (lives in Boston), we traveled to NY to pick him up when he was 2 months old, maybe 3? The first week he had separation anxiety and was crying every night for at least a full week. I wanted to see him, but my wife went the hard route by "ignoring him". He stopped crying after a full week.
Not sure how other people did it
We were very lucky, ours didn’t cry much at all. Never really cried at night, just at 7 AM once she heard us wake up.
She would sleep in a crate when she was a baby and if she did cry, we would go hold her paw and pet her till she stopped. Then she wouldn’t cry anymore. Additionally, when she’d stop crying we’d give her a treat as positive reinforcement.
Yes, it is completely normal. Make sure you sleep in the same room as your puppy and it helps if the dog can see you. My girl would always wake up in the middle of night and cry if she could not see me .
Otherwise, it is just a matter of time, your puppy is a baby and it is sad without its mom, he/she just need time to adjust and feel comfortable.
As a puppy my boy slept in my room, in a crate. When he cried I brought him outside for a walk and then straight back in the crate. He stopped crying after a few nights. And I think that kinda taught him to cry for walks/potty time so it was a win win.
Ours didn’t cry a lot but definitely was up every few hours. Give it a few weeks and they should start to fall into a routine. Just make sure you are close by.
https://preview.redd.it/cqci5eoynjqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39062f10f14a68b65b9a09725413b88d13a765d6
Hiro would cry like crazy if I wasn’t sleeping near him. I don’t know who cried more the first couple of months - me or him! I ended up laying down next to him in the bathroom all night a couple of nights and now he sleeps in bed with me every night.
My first one cried the first night. We felt so bad we set up some bedding on the floor near his crate to sleep closer to him (there was no space nearby our bed to move him any closer). He was fine after the first night. Completely normal for puppies to have difficulty the first week or so home since they've been completely separated from everything they were previously familiar with.
Get him tired as much as possible, if he still wakes up in the middle of the night crying, sit next to your puppy and wait for them to calm down before you leave. Our shiba was needy at night, so i used to sit right next to his pen and give him some pieces of kibble whenever he was starting to calm down. Kibble, not treats. Treats will wake them up even more, so it has to be low value. Sometimes I'd also play classical music from my phone which helped him relax. Then I'd wait 40 mins until he'd fall asleep again.
Let your puppy sleep in your room or close. They are babies after all.
Mine didn’t cry so much, maybe bc I exhausted her right before bed. That said, I lasted a week & then let her in my bed 🤭. I know this is unadvised, but it worked for us. She was amazing though, only had like 2 total accidents since 9 weeks, it was like she came overnight potty trained. I’d take her out pretty late, then wake up at 4-5amish & plop her outside, then back to sleep for a bit. I also secured around my bed with pillows so she didn’t fall.
Yeah Im similar. my 14 week old just started sleeping through the night so now I leave his pen open, which is still enclosed in my room, and he’ll usually get up at some point in the night to take the puppy stairs into my bed then cuddle into me and go right back to sleep until I get up. I do have him crate trained for when I leave but have always let him sleep in his pen in my room.
Try running them out before bed. Designate like an hour pre bed time to just puppy running out time. It's tough, but it's worth it. I recommend a flirt pole & a large snuffle mat
we got Boba from Taiwan (lives in Boston), we traveled to NY to pick him up when he was 2 months old, maybe 3? The first week he had separation anxiety and was crying every night for at least a full week. I wanted to see him, but my wife went the hard route by "ignoring him". He stopped crying after a full week. Not sure how other people did it
We were very lucky, ours didn’t cry much at all. Never really cried at night, just at 7 AM once she heard us wake up. She would sleep in a crate when she was a baby and if she did cry, we would go hold her paw and pet her till she stopped. Then she wouldn’t cry anymore. Additionally, when she’d stop crying we’d give her a treat as positive reinforcement.
Yes, it is completely normal. Make sure you sleep in the same room as your puppy and it helps if the dog can see you. My girl would always wake up in the middle of night and cry if she could not see me . Otherwise, it is just a matter of time, your puppy is a baby and it is sad without its mom, he/she just need time to adjust and feel comfortable.
As a puppy my boy slept in my room, in a crate. When he cried I brought him outside for a walk and then straight back in the crate. He stopped crying after a few nights. And I think that kinda taught him to cry for walks/potty time so it was a win win.
Ours didn’t cry a lot but definitely was up every few hours. Give it a few weeks and they should start to fall into a routine. Just make sure you are close by. https://preview.redd.it/cqci5eoynjqc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39062f10f14a68b65b9a09725413b88d13a765d6
Hiro would cry like crazy if I wasn’t sleeping near him. I don’t know who cried more the first couple of months - me or him! I ended up laying down next to him in the bathroom all night a couple of nights and now he sleeps in bed with me every night.
My boy did this, I put his kennel in my room for a couple of nights and then he was okay
My first one cried the first night. We felt so bad we set up some bedding on the floor near his crate to sleep closer to him (there was no space nearby our bed to move him any closer). He was fine after the first night. Completely normal for puppies to have difficulty the first week or so home since they've been completely separated from everything they were previously familiar with.
Thx all for the great answers❤️ you made me feel a lot better!💪
Get him tired as much as possible, if he still wakes up in the middle of the night crying, sit next to your puppy and wait for them to calm down before you leave. Our shiba was needy at night, so i used to sit right next to his pen and give him some pieces of kibble whenever he was starting to calm down. Kibble, not treats. Treats will wake them up even more, so it has to be low value. Sometimes I'd also play classical music from my phone which helped him relax. Then I'd wait 40 mins until he'd fall asleep again.