Hi everybody,
I am new to the forum and have another question re sleeping at night. I have read previous posts and all are very helpful.
We have a nine week old blue roan called Woody, who's gorgeous. We started off using a pen at night and leaving him all night, not returning. He objected to the pen, howling and crying all the time and pawing at it to escape, which he finally succeeded in doing. Since then we have decided to leave him in the kitchen with newspaper on the floor etc. He crys and howls constantly, scratching and scraping at the door and floor, again we have tried not to go down to him but have failed on an odd occassion when the noise would have the street awake.
I have been trying to ensure that he is asleep in his bed before leaving him, usually taking 30 minutes on the floor, cuddling him etc. to get him to sleep, in order to get an hour of quiet.
I am wondering how do other members put the puppies to bed. Do you just close the door and let them cry or do you try and get them to sleep first.
I read that usually after a couple of days they will settle and sleep through or nearly through. We leave the light on, radio etc. but no joy. He has been crying / howling for 10-12 days or so now.
Thanks for any help or advice you can offer.