need help to stop my puppy baking at nite

[tashjones21]

how can i stop my puppy baking at nite she is 7 weeks old and we have a cage for her when its bedtime and she is asleep when we go to bed but about 3am she baking and whining my hubby comes down to let her out but when he puts her bk she starts again goes on for 2 hours how can i stop her if u have any idea plz help or website thanks

[tombrandy]

At 7weeks old she is too young to leave her mother,so she probably wants a feed try some weetabix with warm milk mixed with water

[tashjones21]

who we got her said she is fine to go as she is eating puppy food i will try are with that as well thanks

[jules77]

I agree that 7 weeks is too young.

I presume you are feeding her four meals a day, ie: two puppy meat meals and two milky meals? I would leave the last feed to an hour before you go to bed, and make sure you take her outside last thing, even if she is asleep and you have to wake her up. Leave her with a dog cuddly toy and an old t shirt or something with your scent on, and some find a ticking clock helps.

It is not everyones cup of tea, but I have always taken ours up to the bedroom with us, and have never heard a peep out of them until 6am, and they have been easier to house train too as they wont wee or poo in the place where they sleep.

[tashjones21]

thanks i will try it that she as toy bear in her cage if that dont work will try putting her cage in our bedroom thanks for u help

[pinkbunny]

A couple of days before I bought my puppy home I put a blanket in with her mother to sleep with so it would pick up her smell. I have no idea if it would work now but could you go back to the breeder and rub a blanket on the mum and dad or leave it in her bed for 24hours? Having a puppy is just like having a new baby in a way so any suggestion has surely got to be worth a go? I hope you get this problem sorted soon and enjoy your puppy x x

[Annlinda]

My pups are at least 12weeks old before they leave their Mum.7 weeks old is far too young.

[Tups]

What is she baking? Does the smell of it keep you awake? Must be nice to come down in the morning to freshly baked bread - or is it cakes?? :-)

[fredpuli47]

Seven weeks was a bit young.It depends on the breed: if the breed is a toy breed it can leave the dam earlier than if it is a larger breed.We bred miniature poodles which could go at as young as 8 weeks but nobody should let e.g a St Bernard go at anything remotely as young as that.It's simply a question of the pup being weaned: naturally a big breed is a lot slower in growing up, maturing, at all stages than a tiny breed.
All pups will suffer a little anxiety in a new home, alone, away from the dam and the rest of the litter.The conventional answer is to be deaf to the complaining because the pup will have to learn that it sleeps alone where you have left it.If you succumb to the plaintive barking the pup will never learn otherwise.(She's already learning that barking works!) Just make its life as easy as you can without succumbing.It's a good idea to have something that smells of the place it was with the dam (we used to give a piece of blanket with our pups) but, failing that, try leaving something that smells of you.It should find you comforting !

[terambulan]

Hide the flour, butter and sugar and switch off the electric oven so she cant bake anymore.

[tashjones21]

thanks for u help i put on of my hubbys tops in there fom the time we got her and she didnt bake until 6 this morning.its not a breeder where we got her from there dog had puppies and they wanted them gone.the puppy is german shepherd.my mum did they same took a blanket but i forgot what she did.i thought she is settle down now as she didnt wake up till 6

[stonekicker]

why are you keeping a puppy in a cage at night? she is a young dog who probably misses her mum, seeks comfort from you during the day and then you go and leave her all shut up and alone at night. i disagree with using cages for dogs - how are they supposed to swallow being locked up? you wouldn't like it, you know...

[fredpuli47]

Stonekicker, it depends what is meant by 'cage'! Keeping the pup locked in a wire box would not be good ! But 'cage' here simply means a mesh container with a door on it. It may sound odd to well-meaning humans ( who often make the mistake, about dogs, of thinking as humans, not as dogs) but pups are happiest and feel most secure in a confined area..The traditional dog kennel reflects this instinctive need: small, not much bigger than the dog itself, it has just a small aperture at the front. A pup will be very happy and feel safe and sound in a 'den' to go to , particularly at night. (Grown dogs can be , too.One of mine sleeps in an old coal cupboard, happy alone, in a small space, away from the other 8 !)

[Ethel]

Cant' see the difference between a wire box and a mesh container.

[Jenga]

I wish I had some nice cakes or bread to wake up to!

[zzxxee]

try vodka lol sorry seriously ask your vet