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Location: Kansas | wyoming barrel racer - 2014-03-25 12:52 PM A ticking alarm clock (like the wind up ones) can sooth them at night too.
I don't have one....but what about like a heartbeat thing? I have an extra one for my daughter that I use to play for her at night! |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | hoofs_in_motion - 2014-03-25 11:56 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2014-03-25 12:52 PM A ticking alarm clock (like the wind up ones) can sooth them at night too. I don't have one....but what about like a heartbeat thing? I have an extra one for my daughter that I use to play for her at night!
oh perfect! Actually for my Corgi I used one of those baby noise machines that had the sounds of the wind, sea, rain, thunder and some others. You could mix up to 2 sounds. Spur really liked the waves and the sea gulls. Worked wonders. |
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Location: Kansas | wyoming barrel racer - 2014-03-25 1:36 PM
hoofs_in_motion - 2014-03-25 11:56 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2014-03-25 12:52 PM A ticking alarm clock (like the wind up ones) can sooth them at night too. I don't have one....but what about like a heartbeat thing? I have an extra one for my daughter that I use to play for her at night!
Ok great! Do I put it inside his kennel under a blanket? Or set it outside of the kennel? |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | hoofs_in_motion - 2014-03-25 1:37 PM
wyoming barrel racer - 2014-03-25 1:36 PM
hoofs_in_motion - 2014-03-25 11:56 AM wyoming barrel racer - 2014-03-25 12:52 PM A ticking alarm clock (like the wind up ones) can sooth them at night too. I don't have one....but what about like a heartbeat thing? I have an extra one for my daughter that I use to play for her at night!
Ok great! Do I put it inside his kennel under a blanket? Or set it outside of the kennel?
I think you've had a ton of great advice, but I would just second the other advice on him to ignore the crying except for potty breaks. I had to do that with my last dog when he was a puppy. After three nights, he completely stopped. |
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Location: stuck on an island, Canada | If you take him out when he cries that's just reinforcing the behaviour. He does need to go potty every couple hours. I use the rule that for each month equals one hour of being able to hold pee. So if he's 7 weeks old he can only hold his pee for barely 2 hours.
I would spend some time during the day putting him in the crate waiting until he stops crying then taking him out and praising. It needs to be baby steps, you can't just put him the crate and expect him to go to sleep right away, he has to learn to like it. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | RunninJackDaniels - 2014-03-25 2:19 PM If you take him out when he cries that's just reinforcing the behaviour. He does need to go potty every couple hours. I use the rule that for each month equals one hour of being able to hold pee. So if he's 7 weeks old he can only hold his pee for barely 2 hours. I would spend some time during the day putting him in the crate waiting until he stops crying then taking him out and praising. It needs to be baby steps, you can't just put him the crate and expect him to go to sleep right away, he has to learn to like it.
Just put the noise making deal outside his kennel on a low setting so he can hear it but it doesn't bother you.
I tried not to put my puppy in the kennel unless it was bed time or if I had to go outside and couldn't take him or it was too cold etc. If you leave him in there a lot, trying to enforce him to enjoy it and get use to it...it will never happen. Dogs don't naturally enjoy being locked up. Mine was born in the end of Oct and he only gets crated at night. He doesn't like it, I doubt he would choose that for himself, but he doesn't get a choice and I have a soft cushiony bed so it is what he gets. He's very happy to get out in the am to pee and spend the day with the kids. |
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