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Hi there,
I have a 8 week old pup, whom I brought home yesterday. I think his first day went fairly well. He managed to poo outside in the garden and ate all his meals. However, lots of crying if I nipped upstairs (literally just to go to the toilet) and struggling to get him to wee outside.
On the evening I did try crating, which in hindsight was too soon. I slept on the sofa downstairs, with him in his crate. He kept crying as if he needed a wee, but didn’t end up going. I persevered from around 9.30-2am (he did have the odd 30 minutes of being settled), but eventually just put him in his bed near the sofa. He was fairly calm until about 5am.
Today however, he seems really anxious and on guard. He has pooed in the house, despite doing really well yesterday and seems to have a fixation on the front door.
My dad came over today, whilst I popped out for 20 minutes and he was fine. However, few people came to the door today and I am wondering if that might have caused him to be over-stimulated?
In terms of sleeping tonight, I think my plan is to once again sleep on the sofa, but have in the crate with the door open and his bed outside as an option. I going to try and make some sort of pen.
I am at the stage of overthinking everything and questioning every decision I make.
Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts and whether I’m just overcomplicating this.
First time owner, if you hadn’t guessed 😂
Many thanks
I have a 8 week old pup, whom I brought home yesterday. I think his first day went fairly well. He managed to poo outside in the garden and ate all his meals. However, lots of crying if I nipped upstairs (literally just to go to the toilet) and struggling to get him to wee outside.
On the evening I did try crating, which in hindsight was too soon. I slept on the sofa downstairs, with him in his crate. He kept crying as if he needed a wee, but didn’t end up going. I persevered from around 9.30-2am (he did have the odd 30 minutes of being settled), but eventually just put him in his bed near the sofa. He was fairly calm until about 5am.
Today however, he seems really anxious and on guard. He has pooed in the house, despite doing really well yesterday and seems to have a fixation on the front door.
My dad came over today, whilst I popped out for 20 minutes and he was fine. However, few people came to the door today and I am wondering if that might have caused him to be over-stimulated?
In terms of sleeping tonight, I think my plan is to once again sleep on the sofa, but have in the crate with the door open and his bed outside as an option. I going to try and make some sort of pen.
I am at the stage of overthinking everything and questioning every decision I make.
Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts and whether I’m just overcomplicating this.
First time owner, if you hadn’t guessed 😂
Many thanks