Thanks to everyone for the positive comments and advice,we now feel far happier feeding our new puppy the raw chicken wings plus dried food,though have now decided due to some of the suggestions to feed raw at seperate meal times to dried food.
At this stage we don not have the time or freezer space to feed purely raw feed,and partly for convenience also will continue with half and half.
I do really appreciate your help as we felt totally confused after the comments fromthe vet.
Another problem,which we did anticipate to a certain extent is the sleepless nights,I know it is really early days,we have only had her for five nights so far and she is only 10 weeks and just seperated from her Mum and Sisters,but does anyone know how long she will cry throughout the whole night? Is this normal??!! We expected her to cry for a while but so far it has been near on continuos all night long,she is hardly sleeping,neither are we,obviously! We are ignoring her cries,as have been advised,but feel really wicked. But as with children have been told this is the only solution,any other advice?
She is in her crate at night,with a teddy and t/shirt that smell of me,the fluffy bedding and newspaper at the front of the crate,we have tried leaving the light on and the radio but no difference.

Oh dear bad luck. It sounds like you are doing everything right, I would just persevere and maybe invest in some foam earplugs from Boots - they do help!! Only other suggestion is to arrange her evening do that she is good and tired at your bed time - though you probably are doing that anyway. They do all stop the racket in the end - it doesn't usually take as long as this though, you are just unlucky. :-(

Not as unlucky as me my rottie troy is now 5 mths and is still howling every night for 20mins any suggestions

DAP Diffuser!! Worth a try - posted all about it on another topic if you want to search for info.
Isla

Hi i have to ask are you feeding it enough it could be come the evening it is still hungary i have always found a full tummy warm bed and darkness keeps a puppy quiet so look into that jackie

Why not let your pups sleep in your room with you? This is what i have always done and i've never had a problem.
I think i would cry all night too if i was taken away from my family and then locked away all by myself,your pup sees you and your family as their PACK,dogs are not solitary creatures,therefore they feel they are being punished by being isolated from you.
i am by no means a push over in the eyes of my dogs,they see me as their alpha figure,they respect me because i treat them with respect,love and kindness etc. My dogs have never seen a crate nor have i ever isolated them from us,they have always had full run of the house because it IS their home too.
This is a subject i feel very passionate about. i had a debate the other day with one of my neighbours who never lets her dog inside,i asked "why get a dog if you are not going to make it part of your family" pretty simple,hey. this discussion is not directed at the previous posters,just to the people who do seperate their dogs from their PACK.

Christine:)

OOPS forgot,try taking your dog out for a walk before going to bed to tire him out and a cookie at bed time never hurts,a full tummy usually puts any dog to sleep.

Still feeding her four times a day as she is only 10 weeks old, so she should be full at bed time,her last feed is at 10pm we then excercise her in the garden for about half and hour,and then take her out again before going to bed at about 11.30pm,she is still waiting for her second innoculation so can't go out for a walk as yet,but does get plenty of playing and running around in the garden before we put her to bed.We try to stimulate her mind also being a Weimaraner.
As she will grow to a fairly large dog we are reluctant to have her sleeping upstairs with us and feel the overall opinion is that a crate is liek a bedroom to them,though appreciate any animal not wanting to be on their own having just left their Mother and Sisters. Today I have been putting her feed bowl in the crate to get her more accustomed to being in there more often,she has ate in there fine,hopefully that may help a little.

Hi Helen,

Didnt realise you had a Weim - mine is too. Please try the DAP Diffuser, it worked a treat on my guy who was going FRANTIC when left alone, crated or not! He wasnt just crying - he was howling and barking all night long. I thought the diffuser was a big scam and too waffy to actually work but he howled for 10 mins the first night I got it and has slept through the night every night since without any complaints. I also had the neighbours complaining because he was howling and barking during the day when I left him and that has stopped too.

If you do try it, let us know how you get on!
Isla

Hi Isla,
Thanks for the advie on the Diffuser,checked it out on their site and it does sound like a good investment,though since that email Kyra (our Weim) has settled down a lot,we tried the ticking clock idea and whether it was that or purely she is more settled,I don't know,but last night and the night before she only cried for twenty minutes ,then slept all night unitl 5.00am,still very early ,but hopefully as she gets older and her bladder stronger she may sleep until later.
How old is your Weimaraner?
We are so pleased with her,she is beautiful and so far has been really good and so loving.

Glad to hear your nights have become a little more peaceful. The change for puppies must be very unsettling - to leave their mum and their littermates, go to a strange home and then be abandoned at night by the new owners...in most cases, Im sure time is all thats needed.

My boy is now 15 weeks old and, like your girl, Im amazed at how well behaved he is and how quickly he's picking up what I want him to do. Having said that, I am trying to get him used to being confined in his crate while Im out as he's now starting to show some interest in uprooting my floorboards!! :( No damage done yet but prevention is better than cure!