Apr 23
Ok here is the situation.
I just got an 8 week old bichon/shih tzu on thursday night. We made the mistake of letting him sleep in our bed with us. Now it’s the 4th night and he’s in his crate and he won’t stop whining. I should just let him cry until he goes to sleep and ignore it right?
I want to take him out when he’s whining but i know he doesn’t have to go potty.
I also heard that putting a warm hot water bottle and a ticking clock helps them sleep at night? What about a blanket? Or should he just sleep on the floor of the plastic crate?
Please help, his whining is ear piercing 
By: craigjames
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April 25th, 2009 at 2:00 am
ignore him when he cries. but get a metal can and put change in it.. and when he whines just say no and make a loud noise that will scare him.. eventually he will just learn that no means he is being bad and will stop! dont baby him or it will just be harder to brake!
April 26th, 2009 at 1:14 am
Buy some ear plugs
Figure out his potty schedule (or use the attached one)
Be Owners and not Enablers!!!
I would put in a crate pad and a small blanket ( or something with your scent on it like an old sweatshirt) Cut off the arms and slice the side seem. It will be tough the first few weeks or so. You will have to get up at least once in the middle of the night to “relieve” him. Just remember - no playing - potty and back in the crate. You said “we” so someone should make a “take out the baby schedule” so the burden is spread around!
GOOD LUCK!!
April 28th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Posted by greenjellybean
Ignore it. It’s annoying at first but if you cave in it will just make the behavior worse. The next time you put him in there, put him in with his favority chewy toy and something soft that has a comforting scent to him such as a shirt of yours that’s already been worn that you don’t mind parting with. We always put a blanket on the bottom of the crate so that they can burrow and for comfort, it’s not very pleasant to sleep on hard plastic.
Beyond that just try and get him used to his crate and try and get him to see his crate as a positive at times when you don’t have to lock him in there. During the day keep the crate door open and encourage him to walk in by placing treats or favorite toys inside the crate. Then when he walks in give him plenty of praise and pets. Let him walk out when he’s ready. Go like that for awhile until he gets used to it and then progress to closing the door after him. Continue to give him praise if he stays in without whining. Then progress to leaving the room, a few seconds at first and move to longer stretches of time up to a couple minutes, continuing to praise if he doesn’t whine. Then come night time he should do much better.
May 1st, 2009 at 5:22 pm
The littermates ticcking clock works as the littermates heart beats dont know if this would work any more since you try ignoaring it sleep with you do it needs comforting before it needs comforting before it can fully go to sleep but if you let it can fully go to sleep but.
The littermates heart beats dont know if this would work any more since you alone.
From M.S
May 4th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Heres what I did. Put the crate in your room with your puppy. Your puppy must firstly be introduced to the crate. Try luring him with treats and if goes inside, give him praise and more treats. You should close the door and most likely he will whine. You should ignore this. Look away, and if he stops give him a treat. He will begin to get that whining will get him nothing, but silence will get him treats. After he is well acquainted with the crate. You should sleep with him in the same room with the crate. He may whine a bit, but the best thing to do is ignore him. After a week or two, you should get him familiarize with being left alone. Puppies tend to have separation anxiety and it is better to deal with it now before they turn older. You can try this. Have him enter the crate, and leave the room. He will whine and if he does you have to wait until it stops. Then if he stops for a while, enter the room again. Leave the room, while slowly increasing the time you leave. I suggest that the first time should be 1 min, the second time should be 2 min, third time should be 4 min, and etc. Try this for a week, he should do fine be then. After all the crate training, you can have him sleep in a separate room. Try getting a baby monitor so that you can attend him when he actually needs to go potty. He should be familiarize with the routine for a month or two. Puppies need a lot patience, after all they were just taken from their mothers and litter mates. They need at least 3 months, before they completely forget about them, and get used to you fully.
Another thing you can do is buy a hot water bottle, although it had little success with my pups. You can also try giving him something that smells like you, it seems.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:48 am
congrats on the new family member.
I also got a new puppy, he’s 9 weeks old. he sleeps in a dog kennel (crate) at night. We have it in our bedroom, so he’s not alone. As he was use to being with other puppies.
I put in towel on the bottom, incase he wets. a soft toy, to cuddle or play with. He whins for a few minutes.. then nods off.. the second night was the worst, as he wouldn’t stop.. till we got the spray water bottle out, and gave him a squirt or two… he finally got the message. now all we do is leave the bottle in front of his door. He knows.
and he sleeps right thru the night. The spray of water doesn’t hurt him. and he only get a mist..
I get up in the morning and take him out right away. so no accidents. Then feed him. and then take him out again, then we eat.
Don’t sleep with puppies in your bed, besides the whinning, they might pee. also you might roll over on the little guy.
enjoy the new addition..
May 8th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Please go ahead and give him a blanket…But also do this..
Give him a radio…You can turn it down real low where you can’t hear it, but he can…The human voices will sooth him and he won’t feel as alone..
May 9th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Nope, no hot water bottle, no clocks, just his fave toy and good soft sheet to lay on..then
put the crate beside your bed,and make sure the pup can see you ,and you are in hands reach of the crate, if the pup can hear and smell you, the baby will be fine…this is the way, I use to crate train all my new babies and it works…alos put a large sheet over the top of the crate and allow it to hang down, but leave enough of the front open to allow, again for the dog to be able to see you and smell your scent
heard the old saying out of sight, out of mind, not in the case of a puppy, they need your scent and be able to see you, then as the pup gets older, you move the crate further and further away from you, thus the dog will sleep fine without having to smell or see you..
and I hope you get some well earned sleep
May 11th, 2009 at 7:05 am
The whining know for sure that he was taken away from his mother and littermates only few days ago had to you if you know.
For sure that he needs time to ignore the whining know its ear piercing two years ago had to adjust to you join the whining know its ear piercing two years ago he doesnt have to you know for sure that.
The whining know for sure that he was taken away from his mother and archives.
From kristendw78
May 12th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I love the look of a shih tzu. They are so cute.