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Our new puppy is imminent. We’ve had conflicting advice on the first night - do we leave them alone and let them whine it out in their crate or sleep next to them and comfort them? I know what feels right, but any practical advice?
I'll share our experience with Otto. We thought we'd have a choice on the matter too. We tried him in his crate in a different room on the first night and he just cried and cried. That same night we put him in a box next to the bed and he still cried . The poor guy was crying for his Mum. In the end we put him back in his crate and ended up taking him outside for a piss every single hour during the night for at least a week. It was brutal. Probably took about three weeks before he was sleeping through the night.
Apparently puppy crynig sounds actuate the same part of the brain as human baby crying sounds. There is no ignoring it. Not even with earplugs :D
Unless your house is big enough to not hear them, the pup will wake you up regularly whichever method you choose. Our theory was we might as well go through the extra pain of having him in a separate room and not risk making Otto needy for human company. No idea if our logic checks out but it feels like we didn't make a wrong decision
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Thanks that’s helpful. We have small humans so I know that frequency ... very hard to ignore
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The first nights with Nikko we put the bed mattresses on the floor so he could decide for himself. I think he slept on the floor most of the time but he could check up on us during the night wich i think was good..
Olly398
Kdregg
Our new puppy is imminent. We’ve had conflicting advice on the first night - do we leave them alone and let them whine it out in their crate or sleep next to them and comfort them? I know what feels right, but any practical advice?
Second question is clicker training yay or nay.