Congratulations on your new arrival! Pictures please 
Hello, first time as a Cockapoo owner
Hello everyone, thought i'd introduce myself. I have been lurking on the forums for a good few months now whilst we decided if getting a Cockapoo (or indeed any pet) was sensible.
Well today we finally bought Alfie home. He is lovely, he is apricot and white. We are going to be crate training him and so far so good. We've had a few accidents on the carpet but we are using training pads and have seen some improvement since this morning.
He seems happy and is not put off by our 11, 4 and 2.5 year old children
Well today we finally bought Alfie home. He is lovely, he is apricot and white. We are going to be crate training him and so far so good. We've had a few accidents on the carpet but we are using training pads and have seen some improvement since this morning.
He seems happy and is not put off by our 11, 4 and 2.5 year old children
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Hello Thanks for the welcome. I will hopefully be able to update soon with positive progress lol.
Tonight we are going to put Alfie in his crate. At the moment it is in the hallway. I did wonder if he sounded too distressed that maybe for a while we should put the crate in our bedroom - but not sure if this is a good idea or not
Thanks for the welcome. I will hopefully be able to update soon with positive progress lol. Tonight we are going to put Alfie in his crate. At the moment it is in the hallway. I did wonder if he sounded too distressed that maybe for a while we should put the crate in our bedroom - but not sure if this is a good idea or not
I think it's a personal choice where you put the crate. We chose not to put Lolly's crate in our bedroom and left it in the lounge instead. She did cry a bit on and off for the first 4 nights and then on the 5th she cried all night. I started a thread about it and we were about to move her to our bedroom but decided to try one more night, only that night we did a few different things following advice from other people here and our vet.Hello
Tonight we are going to put Alfie in his crate. At the moment it is in the hallway. I did wonder if he sounded too distressed that maybe for a while we should put the crate in our bedroom - but not sure if this is a good idea or not
We bought a bed which I encouraged her to sleep in outside the crate during the day
We all took turns wearing an old t-shirt which we put in the bed with her.
We bought some DAP spray from the vet and sprayed her bed and crate with it.
Left the radio on for her
Tried to play with her lots and wear her out for the hour or so before we wanted to go to bed.
Well it worked! She slept through that night and has done ever since with her crate still in the lounge! We've had Lolly 3 weeks now and finally she is starting to go into her crate by herself for naps during the day.
Good luck tonight and I hope all goes well
Thanks Janet - I remember reading your thread before I became a member because I had to google DAP spray
Alfie is currently asleep under the coffee table but we'll start moving about soon and play with him for a while before bed then a quick toilet trip outside and we'll take the night from there. We are going to try and keep her in the hall and will see how he goes.
Fingers crossed
Alfie is currently asleep under the coffee table but we'll start moving about soon and play with him for a while before bed then a quick toilet trip outside and we'll take the night from there. We are going to try and keep her in the hall and will see how he goes.
Fingers crossed
Hi Sherry!! Would love to see some pics.
We also kept Noodle in the room where we plan to have her sleeping forever. It would have been easier to have her in our room as she wouldn't have whined so much, but then I was worried she'd get used to it and we'd just have to go through all of that when we actually moved her back to the study - so it could basically be delaying the inevitable. Or maybe he'd get used to his crate and then not care where you put it - I don't really know!
Noodle was great after a few nights, slept right through the night with no toilet incidents (although I do ensure that she has her last meal quite early) and went to bed without a wimper.
Enjoy! Aren't they gorgeous!!
We also kept Noodle in the room where we plan to have her sleeping forever. It would have been easier to have her in our room as she wouldn't have whined so much, but then I was worried she'd get used to it and we'd just have to go through all of that when we actually moved her back to the study - so it could basically be delaying the inevitable. Or maybe he'd get used to his crate and then not care where you put it - I don't really know!
Noodle was great after a few nights, slept right through the night with no toilet incidents (although I do ensure that she has her last meal quite early) and went to bed without a wimper.
Enjoy! Aren't they gorgeous!!
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