Noel is crated at night for 3 hours at a time. I have a lambs wool friend, a soft radio and a litle light on , but she still cries a lot at night, especially when I have to crate her up after the 3:00 AM potty break. We have only had her a week, I know she is young and I know she is wanting to be near us - but as much as she cries.. no one wants to be up all night. I slept on the couch the first night near her.. but having me near did not help - she misses her sisters! Any words of advice from the pros would be welcomed.
8 week old crying at night....
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Yes, I do remember the days when Newman would keep us up all night. His crate was in my room, but no amount of nearness or cajoling helped at all.
I work nights all the time (14 days a month) and on my nights off, I just shut my bedroom door and he has free reign of the house. On my nights to work, he HAS to be crated and since I was not home to hear him he adjusted VERY well. My mom was here to let him out if he woke up, but she was on the other end of the house. Now Newmie is only crated when I am at work (and only after mom goes to bed) or when we all leave the house (which is rare).
I know this sounds like the ideal setup for a dog, but we really work around each other's schedules for Newmie.
Now that's one spoiled boy!!!
shawn
I work nights all the time (14 days a month) and on my nights off, I just shut my bedroom door and he has free reign of the house. On my nights to work, he HAS to be crated and since I was not home to hear him he adjusted VERY well. My mom was here to let him out if he woke up, but she was on the other end of the house. Now Newmie is only crated when I am at work (and only after mom goes to bed) or when we all leave the house (which is rare).
I know this sounds like the ideal setup for a dog, but we really work around each other's schedules for Newmie.
Now that's one spoiled boy!!!
shawn
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I also have a eight week old Newf Puppy, It has been a week today since we bought him home.James still whines, but not for long. I have a strip of blanket that I wrapped around myself for awhile before I put it in with him, and a jam jar of Very warm water with a sock pulled over it, so he can have some sort of body warm, (like a litter).If I'm busy I'll put him in there,and it's not a problem, however it seems he knows the difference when we are going to bed.Hope this helps, Karen
I'm told hot water bottles in a thin towel work well too.
Ese cried fully for the first three nights then off and on for the next three. Then suddenly he didn't cry at all. I actually checked on him because he didn't cry and I thought something might have happened to him. When I left he whimpered once and then fell silent again.
Now, he LOVES his crate. It's HIS room. He'll go in there on occassion just to relax I guess. He's on a routine and will go in by himself 5-10 minutes before "nap time" and "bed time" each day. He just sits or lays and waits for me to close the door. (By the way, I'm in the final planning stages for my personal chef business so I use the "nap time" routine so he'll be adjusted when I start working during the day.)
Enough of my babble. I really think Noel will eventually adjust. Oh! And I forgot to mention that I had the crate in the living room and slept on the couch with him the first three nights. My friend who crate trained both of her dogs recommended I put it in an adjacent room that we use less often and NOT to sleep next to him. That's when he stopped fussing all night and only cried off and on.
I hope this stream of babble provides encouragement if nothing else.
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A tribute to his Newfoundland:
"... beauty without vanity
strength without insolence
courage without ferocity
and all the virtues of man without his vices"
- Lord Byron, 1808
Ese cried fully for the first three nights then off and on for the next three. Then suddenly he didn't cry at all. I actually checked on him because he didn't cry and I thought something might have happened to him. When I left he whimpered once and then fell silent again.
Now, he LOVES his crate. It's HIS room. He'll go in there on occassion just to relax I guess. He's on a routine and will go in by himself 5-10 minutes before "nap time" and "bed time" each day. He just sits or lays and waits for me to close the door. (By the way, I'm in the final planning stages for my personal chef business so I use the "nap time" routine so he'll be adjusted when I start working during the day.)
Enough of my babble. I really think Noel will eventually adjust. Oh! And I forgot to mention that I had the crate in the living room and slept on the couch with him the first three nights. My friend who crate trained both of her dogs recommended I put it in an adjacent room that we use less often and NOT to sleep next to him. That's when he stopped fussing all night and only cried off and on.
I hope this stream of babble provides encouragement if nothing else.
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A tribute to his Newfoundland:
"... beauty without vanity
strength without insolence
courage without ferocity
and all the virtues of man without his vices"
- Lord Byron, 1808
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Well when we first got tuggs we slept in the living room floor with him his first night. Then put his crate right next to our bed as close to it as we could. he still wimpered a little but being close to my bed i could put my hand down through the crate to reasure him. BUT i wasnt working at the time so it didnt mater if he kept me up . i had to take him out every 2 hours anyway to potty. now hes 10 months and on good nights he will sleep outside the crate, then again there are most nights that he has to sleep inside the crate, but he is still beside my bed. Sometimes he just does not want to go to bed ,SOOOOOO he will bark moan and whine, just because he wants my attention . So in that case i just put ear plugs in. But i never am in the bed anylonger than 6:00 am. He is like an alarm clock!
Bridget
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Bridget
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Until WE Newf Again
My baby Nani is 13 weeks old today!
Anyway, when we first started crate training her, she fussed, whined, cried, howled...all night long - for one whole week. During the second week, we noticed she was actually experimenting with different howls to see which would be the one to finally bring us downstairs. Few things in this world are funnier than a baby Newf trying to howl pitifully! We simply turned our noisy fan on high (pointed away from us, of course...we didn't want to freeze!) and went to sleep.
Nani and Bear are not allowed upstairs (where the bedrooms are) so she learned pretty fast to quiet down. I tucked her stuffed cow in my shirt and "wore" it all day before putting it in with her at night. That helped. I also have the radio playing soft, easy music. That helps enormously. I sometimes give her a bone to gnaw on which keeps her plenty busy and she'll forget why she was crying.
All babies are different but these things helped with my Nani:
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI> Stuffed animal with my scent
<LI> Soft music
<LI> Bone to chew on sometimes
<LI> Being completely ignored when she cries
<LI> Taking her out every 2 hours for potty, then right back in her crate when she finishes. No playing or excitement just straight back in.
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Two weeks of fussing with each day howl-time getting shorter and now, she goes right in and settles down for the night - calm as a lamb.
Be strong, be patient, be consistent. Your baby will soon learn to relax in her crate and perhaps even love it.
HTH,
Kanela
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"To err is human.
To forgive, canine."
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[This message has been edited by Kanela (edited 02-09-2002).]
Anyway, when we first started crate training her, she fussed, whined, cried, howled...all night long - for one whole week. During the second week, we noticed she was actually experimenting with different howls to see which would be the one to finally bring us downstairs. Few things in this world are funnier than a baby Newf trying to howl pitifully! We simply turned our noisy fan on high (pointed away from us, of course...we didn't want to freeze!) and went to sleep.
Nani and Bear are not allowed upstairs (where the bedrooms are) so she learned pretty fast to quiet down. I tucked her stuffed cow in my shirt and "wore" it all day before putting it in with her at night. That helped. I also have the radio playing soft, easy music. That helps enormously. I sometimes give her a bone to gnaw on which keeps her plenty busy and she'll forget why she was crying.
All babies are different but these things helped with my Nani:
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI> Stuffed animal with my scent
<LI> Soft music
<LI> Bone to chew on sometimes
<LI> Being completely ignored when she cries
<LI> Taking her out every 2 hours for potty, then right back in her crate when she finishes. No playing or excitement just straight back in.
[/list]
Two weeks of fussing with each day howl-time getting shorter and now, she goes right in and settles down for the night - calm as a lamb.
Be strong, be patient, be consistent. Your baby will soon learn to relax in her crate and perhaps even love it.
HTH,
Kanela
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"To err is human.
To forgive, canine."
Newfieland.org
[This message has been edited by Kanela (edited 02-09-2002).]