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Hello! I've just posted an introduction, but I've already got a question for you guys! 
We got Jarvis this Friday just passed. We decided not to go for crate training (although I wasn't adverse to the idea, my partner thought it might be upsetting / cruel; don't think he was really understanding the security element for the dog. Grr) and Jarvis sleeps in a bed in our kitchen, which is a medium sized room that is separated from the sitting room by a door.
Now, we leave the door open all day for him to wander in and out, this is also where he eats, but at night we close the door - the living room has too many hazards / cables, I'd worry all night) and he cries for about 15 minutes then goes to sleep. This is at about 11pm. We then get up to take him out about 2am. And then at 5:30ish he is up.
But this morning, at 5am, he cried and cried and cried, and then howled.
I went through and shook my container of chickpeas. He went quiet. I went in said hello as he was settled... then as soon as I went out... howl, howl, howl.
I'm a total sucker for a crying dog, and I got up with him, and now I am sooooooooooo tired. He's so placid through the day, he's not noisy, and he seems very switched on to his training - has only had an accident in the house on his first night so far... touch wood!)
That took a long time to explain... basically, do you think it would be okay to let him sleep in the bedroom, would this comfort him at all; or do you think we should persist with the kitchen... and if we do let him in the bedroom, do you think he will want to sleep there every night. Don't wanna confuse the little fella.
I would be a bit more harsh and just let him get on with it if A) I could handle his sobbing, or B) we didn't have this grumpy idiot downstairs (we live in a converted victorian house) who complains about EVERY noise... (he's off somewhere for a month for work, and he doesn't know we have a puppy yet... I'm hoping Jarvis magically stops crying before then! Haha.)
Or will I just have to get a grip and sleep less? Haha.
Any tips appreciated...!
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We got Jarvis this Friday just passed. We decided not to go for crate training (although I wasn't adverse to the idea, my partner thought it might be upsetting / cruel; don't think he was really understanding the security element for the dog. Grr) and Jarvis sleeps in a bed in our kitchen, which is a medium sized room that is separated from the sitting room by a door.
Now, we leave the door open all day for him to wander in and out, this is also where he eats, but at night we close the door - the living room has too many hazards / cables, I'd worry all night) and he cries for about 15 minutes then goes to sleep. This is at about 11pm. We then get up to take him out about 2am. And then at 5:30ish he is up.
But this morning, at 5am, he cried and cried and cried, and then howled.
I went through and shook my container of chickpeas. He went quiet. I went in said hello as he was settled... then as soon as I went out... howl, howl, howl.
I'm a total sucker for a crying dog, and I got up with him, and now I am sooooooooooo tired. He's so placid through the day, he's not noisy, and he seems very switched on to his training - has only had an accident in the house on his first night so far... touch wood!)
That took a long time to explain... basically, do you think it would be okay to let him sleep in the bedroom, would this comfort him at all; or do you think we should persist with the kitchen... and if we do let him in the bedroom, do you think he will want to sleep there every night. Don't wanna confuse the little fella.
I would be a bit more harsh and just let him get on with it if A) I could handle his sobbing, or B) we didn't have this grumpy idiot downstairs (we live in a converted victorian house) who complains about EVERY noise... (he's off somewhere for a month for work, and he doesn't know we have a puppy yet... I'm hoping Jarvis magically stops crying before then! Haha.)
Or will I just have to get a grip and sleep less? Haha.
Any tips appreciated...!
x