Hi everyone,

I am so glad I found this forum, I've had the best advice so far! Anyway I now have another question.

My new CKCS Harry is due to come home with us in a week's time and I wondered what everyone's opinions are of sleeping arrangements. I would like Harry to be a fully fledged member of the family and as such would like him to be able to sleep in our bedroom with us. We have three cats already and they sleep wherever they fancy! I have a bed for Harry but would feel really mean shutting him downstairs in the kitchen as he's still quite a tiny pup and is coming from quite a large litter (for a CKCS, 8!).

I have no problem with getting up in the middle of the night to take him out for a wee/poo as I already do that with my cats due to not having a catflap. And I'm not bothered about accidents really as they're a fact of life with a puppy. What does everyone suggest?

Also, what is the best way to "take" him outside? As he's so small I know I'm going to be tempted to carry him outside, but is it wiser to lead him out and if so isn't he too young to have a lead yet?

Any help gratefully received.

Thanks

Jasperooni

I'm by far Not well educated on pups, but I will tell you what I have done. I just got my yorkie on Friday, she is tiny as well. The first two nights I let her sleep in bed with us. She never woke up to go pee or poo. She slept right through the night. But now that she has gotten a little more use to us, she wants to run around on the bed. I'm so afraid she is going to fall off and break her little leg. She won't sleep in her crate, she hates it, but I'm working on that. Anyway, I put her in the kitchen on her snuggle bed, turn the night light on and tell her good night. She whinned for a couple of seconds, but settled right down. I gave her stuffed toys to sleep with and a t-shirt with my scent on it. If I take her out around midnight and then again at 6 am, she ususally doesn't wee on the floor. My son wants her to sleep with him, but he has a twin bed, so I'm afraid she will fall off. I think after she is housetrained maybe she'll be able to sleep in bed with him. I even bought a second crate to put in our bedroom for night time, so I wouldn't have to carry the one up and down the stairs. But she will have no part of it. She whines so loud no one can get to sleep. Maybe you'll have better luck with the crate. :D Shirl

Congrats on your new addition :D :D
Try a crate in your bedroom. The puppy is small, so it wouldn't need to be that large. Usually, they'll settle down fairly quick if everyone is sleeping nearby :) But do keep your eye on what you want years down the line :D :D
If you start your puppy out sleeping on the bed with you, it's difficult to change in adulthood. Whereas when the puppy is older, you can always occasionally invite him up + tell him to go to his "bed" when you don't want him up there with you :)
Hot weather--- private moments --- dirty dog etc... ;) :D

Mine have a small crate next to the nightstand + a round berber bag smushed under the nightstand. Since it's winter, each one automatically goes to a bed when its time. Chienne's an early bird with hubby...Samma stays up with me :rolleyes:
They switch all of the time for preferences..... but then join us around 3am...my feet are usually cold by then :D Summertime, it's just too hot with 'puppies' under the covers, so they sleep the entire night in their beds and greet us when everyone wakes up. It works for us :D :D :D
regards,

Hi, whatever you decide to do, start as you mean to go on. Puppies settle very quickly if they have a routine and "know what to expect". They all get used to a crate very quickly if its used from the very first day. Decide where the puppy is going to sleep and stick to it at least for the first few months, dont chop and change. I am such a light sleeper that I cant have dogs in the bedroom, and a puppy would sleep in our warm kitchen in a crate - put in late 11-12pm- after his last meal at about 8 pm and a good evening romp so he is tired when you are ready for bed. He would have a vet bed to snuggle up with a safe toys and a small heavy bowl of water. If you always feed him in the crate and put him to nap in there in the daytime with the door open, he will soon come to love it as his very own den and not look upon it in a human way, to you it may look like a prison but to him its his very own space. Most puppies cry the first few night and imo its best ignored and within a few nights he will sleep peacefully all night, though you may get an early morning wake up call. A puppy I sold broke her leg falling off a bed, I was surprised, but it does happen! Her KC name was Cascade - so perhaps it was my fault for calling her that! She recovered fine and luckily was still covered by insurance, as the bill was nearly £400. Is your puppy being insured by the breeder?