Sleeping arrangements!

We got our puppy at 7 weeks old and he's been sleeping in his crate through the night from about 9 weeks..he would've been sleeping through the night probably since we first got him but mommy made a boo boo and let him have all the water he wanted till about 10pm! When I started taking it up at around 8 he'd go to the bathroom once after that before we went to sleep and would sleep till morning..he jumps up with the alarm clock every morning at 6:30 ready to go though! even on the weekends when there is no alarm clock! lol

I have to say he absolutely hates the crate though..at night he's ok most of the time (cause he's exhausted and doesn't realize i put him in there lol)he only stays quiet when we put a blanket on top and cover it, but when we put him in there to go to the store he makes such a rukus that he kicks the bottom tray out..I honestly think it's because he doesn't like being alone..his sister ( our other dog) is left out of her crate at all times and he likes to be up her butt 24/7

Have you tried putting the cage next to your bed? She might need that sense of being near someone. I've tried moving his crate to the other side of the room at night and he's not a fan of it at all so I keep it next to the bed.

Also, I don't know if you're having trouble with him just whining in the crate because he doesn't want to be in there, but my parents trainer told them to put the crate next to the bed with a blanket over it turn out the lights and when the puppy starts whining to give it a little shake..that way they associate the whining with the shaking..and the blankets obviously so they don't know you're doing it This has been pretty successful for us and it's weeded out the i don't want to be in here whining from the i have to go potty whining

We feed Kasey 3 times a day too, one at 7am..one around 12 or 1pm and then the third around 530pm I've only been feeding him 1/2 cup each time, but now that he's turned 3 months I'm weening him off the three meals to give him a cup in the morning and a cup in the evening. If he's hungry I usually give him a half cup in the afternoon..He's not one to gobble his food down in one sitting so if he says he's hungry i know he's genuinely hungry lol

How's everyone doing with potty training?? One day Kasey is fine no messes and the next it's like he forgot he's supposed to go outside! lol last night I took him out he did his business and then he came back in was playing around ..stopped..got up and peed on the floor not even 10 minutes after i had just brought him from outside lol. I heard they are a tough breed to potty train..any pointers ???

Night time crate for Ziva (now at 14 weeks) is going fine... she is ready for her crate about 10pm... and usually gets us up once during the night. And she does potty when she goes out and right back to bed. Since I work from home she doesn't have to go into the crate too often during the day but has finally accepted the fact that it HAS TO HAPPEN from time to time and has thus stopped her whining and arroooo rooo rooing and flinging herself around

She's had the potty training down pretty well the last several weeks. When we first brought her home at 8 weeks I swore she must have an unending supply of liquid in her little body as it seemed she could pee
every other minute! The the last few weeks her bladder must have grown as the time between pees is definitely longer. She never did poop in the house (still keeping my fingers crossed on that one)... and she goes to the door, sits down and whines when she wants to go out... continuing to sit while we put on her collar and lead and then when we come back in sits in the foyer and waits to have her collar and lead removed. I think my being
home contributed to the easier house breaking. It's great to read all the posts especially those with new pups to see how we're all doing along with thanks to those of you with adult dogs to know where we're headed!

Hi Sarah/Kasey,

I have Casey the girl. So funny Casey & Kasey are litter mates. Anyways, Casey is doing pretty good with potty training. No pee accidents (other than a dribble) in a couple of weeks at least (knock on wood). We have had a few pooping incidents though (always in the crate). She didn't have one poop accident the first 2 1/2 weeks we had her then she had diarrhea twice in one week. We figured out that we were giving her peanut butter treats and apparently that was doing it. Since we stopped, she hasn't had any accidents except for yesterday. We came home and she was covered in poop. Ugh. We think it's because she had a few hookworms in her stool and she's on medicine for it. I think it gives pups diarrhea so it's our fault for crating her but we had a wedding to go to. So hopefully that won't happen again.

Sleeping arrangements are a different story. She goes to sleep really early, like 8:00pm in the living room and we crate her around 10:00. She'll sleep until around 4:30 but all I want to do is sleep (I get up at 6:00) so I'll lay on the floor with her by the crate. So tonight I'm going to try and get that to stop. Hopefully we'll be able to get her to stay awake until 10:00 and then maybe she won't get up until 6:00. We'll see.
Jenn