LOL!!! lady was like that too, but from night 1...first night, 6 hours on my chest...then two weeks on the sofa near the crate. It will get better!
oh dear honeymoon's over!
After a fantastic start Dexter howled for 2 hours last night! My what a noise an 8 week old puppy can make! He kept everyone in my house awake till 2 am until I finally went down and kipped on the sofa beside his crate. Dexter was so happy and settled immediately and slept deeply till morning. Actually I slept pretty well too as I didn't have to listen to hubby snoring! 
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Honeymoon over!
I am waiting for it to begin Henry came home on Sunday,a little ball of unbelieveable enery...and he has lungs the size of Australia....boy can he cry at night,you worry about the pup,you worry about the neigbours...and you worry about keeping up at work with sleep depravation...any idea's? have tried the teddy bears in crate,socks stuffed worn by me...short of valium! guess we just have to ride this out
I am waiting for it to begin
Henry came home on Sunday,a little ball of unbelieveable enery...and he has lungs the size of Australia....boy can he cry at night,you worry about the pup,you worry about the neigbours...and you worry about keeping up at work with sleep depravation...any idea's? have tried the teddy bears in crate,socks stuffed worn by me...short of valium! guess we just have to ride this out 
Hello Everyone!
We got little Poppy last Saturday, and for the first two nights she screamed and woofed and yelped and sang as loud as 20 dogs it seemed! We didn't know what we could do to stop her so we did end up getting up at 3am to take her out for a wee but of course to her this also meant 3am play time. So when we left her she got louder and louder! I too was worried that she was OK, about waking our neighbours, and about work the following day. For these nights we covered her crate in a black blanket as it is very light very early in our living room. We also left the ipod playing. But nothing worked.
On Monday night we kept her awake from 8.30pm-11.00pm, even though she was falling asleep and looking at us like ' how could you.' So we kept trying to play with her, cuddle her and stroke her, even walked her outside wrapped in a blanket, sang to her etc. So eventually 11pm came and she was zonked! We left a tiny light on in the room as well as left the front of her crate uncovered. She slept through from 11-6am and although she had a wee on her blanket, she was silent and happy and full of beans in the morning.
We have now repeated this and she has slept all night for 3 nights in a row. She even slept until 6.30am this morning so a little longer! We are shattered and hoping eventually she will go 10/10.30pm-7/7.30am, although I don't know if this is a crazy dream!
Hope this helps anyone else strugggling with a new pup...an idea to try at least?! It feels really cruel to keep them awake when they are snuggly and keep going in to a ball but it totally worked and she had forgiven us by morning!
Annie and Poppy
We got little Poppy last Saturday, and for the first two nights she screamed and woofed and yelped and sang as loud as 20 dogs it seemed! We didn't know what we could do to stop her so we did end up getting up at 3am to take her out for a wee but of course to her this also meant 3am play time. So when we left her she got louder and louder! I too was worried that she was OK, about waking our neighbours, and about work the following day. For these nights we covered her crate in a black blanket as it is very light very early in our living room. We also left the ipod playing. But nothing worked.
On Monday night we kept her awake from 8.30pm-11.00pm, even though she was falling asleep and looking at us like ' how could you.' So we kept trying to play with her, cuddle her and stroke her, even walked her outside wrapped in a blanket, sang to her etc. So eventually 11pm came and she was zonked! We left a tiny light on in the room as well as left the front of her crate uncovered. She slept through from 11-6am and although she had a wee on her blanket, she was silent and happy and full of beans in the morning.
We have now repeated this and she has slept all night for 3 nights in a row. She even slept until 6.30am this morning so a little longer! We are shattered and hoping eventually she will go 10/10.30pm-7/7.30am, although I don't know if this is a crazy dream!
Hope this helps anyone else strugggling with a new pup...an idea to try at least?! It feels really cruel to keep them awake when they are snuggly and keep going in to a ball but it totally worked and she had forgiven us by morning!
Annie and Poppy
Hi Annie Woof to PoppyHello Everyone!
We have now repeated this and she has slept all night for 3 nights in a row. She even slept until 6.30am this morning so a little longer! We are shattered and hoping eventually she will go 10/10.30pm-7/7.30am, although I don't know if this is a crazy dream!
Annie and Poppy
You are getting quite a little routine going already ..well done .. do what works for you
As for your dream of 10pm - 7am ish ... good luck he he he I am giggling because I remember feeling like that .. and your dream will come true .. Oakley was fully spoilt, I was on the sofa for a week .... now at 7 months old he is 10pm to 6am ish .. we are all early riser in the house, well my hubby, not me until I had a cockapoo... now I am a tired warn out woman .. but a happy one at that
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Hi JoJo!Hi Annie Woof to Poppy
You are getting quite a little routine going already ..well done .. do what works for you
As for your dream of 10pm - 7am ish ... good luck he he he I am giggling because I remember feeling like that .. and your dream will come true .. Oakley was fully spoilt, I was on the sofa for a week .... now at 7 months old he is 10pm to 6am ish .. we are all early riser in the house, well my hubby, not me until I had a cockapoo... now I am a tired warn out woman .. but a happy one at that
I think I am too turning into an early riser tired out lady! Poppy did sleep from 10pm-6am this morning which is a record for her but we are just shattered! Absolutely love her to bits but WOW what hard work but so so worth it. We had visitors yesterday and we were absolutely zonked! Rich and I fell asleep on the sofa while she was having a nap in her crate and ended up being asleep for nearly 2 hours without a peep from Poppy! I still can't help waking at 3/4am to listen out for her! I bet Oakley LOVED having mummy sleeping on the sofa, I'm sure it gave him a lot of comfort in a strange new house
Oh thank you Karen Yes it is everything, the door squeeking, the birds churping, a car going by, and I'm wide awake, 'was that Poppy crying?'...
I have been very restrained at actually checking on her though and since day 3 she has slept through.
We had a record breaking night last night of Poppy sleeping 10pm-7am, cannot believe it! To top it off last night was her second night of not wetting her bed, so I have no idea how that works, the longer the sleep the more she can hold it?!!! Who knows, but Im very happy with her!
I don't know if is normal but before bed time she is/was VERY irritable, chewing and biting us and everything and generally not playing just being naughty (a bit like me if I'm not allowed to sleep when I want to!!!) And refusing to stay outside for a wee just wanting to run into her crate. Hence the 10pm not 11pm bedtime! But hey, if she sleeps through, I'm not complaining!
She's been up all of an hour and so is now snuggling back in her crate for a well deserved nap
Yes it is everything, the door squeeking, the birds churping, a car going by, and I'm wide awake, 'was that Poppy crying?'...I have been very restrained at actually checking on her though and since day 3 she has slept through.
We had a record breaking night last night of Poppy sleeping 10pm-7am, cannot believe it! To top it off last night was her second night of not wetting her bed, so I have no idea how that works, the longer the sleep the more she can hold it?!!! Who knows, but Im very happy with her!
I don't know if is normal but before bed time she is/was VERY irritable, chewing and biting us and everything and generally not playing just being naughty (a bit like me if I'm not allowed to sleep when I want to!!!) And refusing to stay outside for a wee just wanting to run into her crate. Hence the 10pm not 11pm bedtime! But hey, if she sleeps through, I'm not complaining!
She's been up all of an hour and so is now snuggling back in her crate for a well deserved nap
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