Help With New Puppy?

Question

I just got a 7 week old Chorkie Puppy [Chihuahua/Yorkie]

and when i put him in his pen he whines for about an hour.

How can I crate train him with this behavior going on or should I wait?

He also whines when he wants me to put him in my lap so that he can go to sleep.

What should I do?

Answer 1

Wrap a wind-up clock in a fresh out of the dryer towel. It works. Reminds them of Mom's warmth and heartbeat.

Answer 2

put a warm bottle of water under him bed put his bed or pen near you usually smaller dogs are more able to sleep if they are closer to their owners

Answer 3

Well for one your should have done research. Such a small breed of dog develops more slowly than other breeds. An average breed of dog should not leave the litter until it is at the very least 8 weeks of age. But, for a small breed, they should never leave the litter until at least 10 weeks or even better 12 weeks. Your puppy still misses his mom and brothers and sisters. He is too young to have left the litter.

Answer 4

If you can, I would get him used to the crate slowly. First get some of his favourite food, then say the command "crate" and throw some food in. He will likely go in to get the food. When he does that, say "yes/good", treat him again, and praise him well. Let him come out again and repeat.

Once he is comfortable with this, you can start feeding him in his crate or leaving food toys in his crate for him to work on. Leave the door open, so he can come out whenever he wants.

Then you can try closing the door for very short periods of time. Get him to go in, close the door, then open it. Keep repeating and once he is comfortable with this, slowly increase the duration.

Try not to give in to him when he is whining. If you do, you are rewarding his whining behavior and he will repeat it more often because it gets him results. Instead, you can give him an alternate command, e.g. quiet. As soon as he stops his whining, mark it "yes/good", treat and praise him, and them let him onto your lap. This way he learns that he only gets what he wants when he does something for you first.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have more questions.

Answer 5

Well at this age, that is normal, he will need lots of reassurance. Make sure the crate is someplace where he can see you at night, use a night light so when he wakes up he can see you.

I use a crate* to potty train with, but only for potty training and then I break it down and store it.  I put blankets and a small food and water dish in the crate.  Dogs don't potty where they eat and sleep.  When they are first little, I only expect them to hold their potty for 4 hours, and then 6 hours, then 8 hours and so on.  So when they are first little, I set a timer or alarm clock to wake myself up at night to take them *out.  I only allow my puppy in the bedroom* or the living room, only one room at a time.  They have to graduate to more space.  If I allow them to have full run of the house, it will overwhelm them.  I take them out the same door each time.  I tie a dinner bell to the door handle.  Do not use a jingle bell as they could get their toe caught in it.  So when they are little, I ring the bell for them, and then open the door to go *outside to potty.  When they get bigger, I take their paw and whack the bell and open the door to go potty.  Eventually getting to the place where the puppy will ring the bell and let me know when they need to go potty.  Dogs want to please you, so it is your job to let them know what behaviors please you and what doesn't.  So when my puppy goes potty, I give her a treat*, and clap, and make a fuss and praise her.  So she learns that going potty outside makes me happy.  If she has an accident, make a disgust sound like “tsst”  and take her out right away.  I never yell* or spank* my puppies.  Take them out when they first wake up, after they eat or drink, before nap, finish romping, when their activities change, or when they are sniffing around. Some puppies go pee right away, but may not go p**p until 10 minutes later, so wait for the p**p.  I have a little play time here, because sometimes I think they are done, and they are not.  Puppies train at their own pace.  While I may have a puppy that hasn't had an accident in several weeks, I don't let my guard down.  I don't expect my puppies to be "fully potty trained" until one-year-old.  If they have a setback, shake it off, and start over.  I only have my puppies in the crate when I am not watching them.  When I am sleeping, cooking, ironing, doing chores, basically when I am not watching her.  All other times, she is out of the crate practicing being a "big girl."  This is the time I train her how to behave in the house.  So we are practicing "no barking", 'no biting", "no jumping", and "don't eat the furniture."  I also have to practice "playing inside" so she doesn't knock over things.  You must keep the puppy in sight when they are little because they don’t know the difference between newspaper and carpet, and you don’t want them sneaking off and getting into trouble.   Some puppies can sleep through the night around 3-months-old, but their bladder is grown around 6-months-old.



REVISIONS:



*I use a crate to train with.  It is the method I prefer, compared to other methods I have tried.  I noticed that if they are in the crate, while I am doing chores, they are o.k., because the crate allows them to see me and be re-assured.  The crate can also be a comfort when stored in the basement for dogs who live in areas where thunderstorms and tornados are an issue. .  However, use the method that works best for you.....a laundry basket, a cardboard box, a woof-woof house, x-pen, child gates, whatever works for you.



*Outside, pee pad, litter box, whichever method you are using.   When the puppy is first little, keep the pee pad, litter box near the food and water dish, so the puppy can eat and drink, and then go potty.  You can move it away as they get older.  The pee pad has a scent that smells and initiates potty.  Sometimes a pee pad makes a sound that scares some puppies, so you might want to use a litter box if that happens.  The pee pad allows a puppy to walk around, but a litter box keeps the puppy in one place.

*Bedrooms, I use the bedroom and living room for training, because it works for me.  Choose rooms that work for you, but watch for rooms that are damp, or drafty.  While my puppies sleep in the bedroom during training, once they are trained, I let them sleep where they want to.  They don't have to sleep in the bedroom forever.

*Treats.  While I use treats for training, you don't have to.  I like Charlee Bears for training (a little cracker for a little mouth,) I use them for training, but once they are trained, I cut back on them.



*Some puppies will go potty in the same spot each time.  Some puppies have to be told to go potty.  A command like "go out" for pee, or "go finish" for p**p, might work for you, keep saying “go finish” until the puppy poops.  This is a good thing to train if you travel with your dogs.  By using commands, the puppy won't get confused when you are visiting someone, on  

Answer 6

the water bottle is a good idea we have also used a wined up clock and a stuffed animal to snuggle with. he is still kinda to be away from his Mommy . that's why he is crying alot. i wouldn't  crate him just yet but that's me.  

Answer 7

Your puppy is still a tiny baby, and he's whining because he's lonely and misses his momma and siblings. He's in a new environment, with a new family and is probably a bit scared. You will need to be patient with him.

However, it's not okay for him to get his own way because he's whining. That will just lead to bad habits you have to break later. Raising puppies is  like raising children, they need lots of love, attention and patience - but discipline and boundaries are necessary too.

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Best of luck with your puppy.

Answer 8

he's a puppy so for the first week at your home, he might whine and stuff, but still keep him in the crate but at night when you put him in so that he doesn't wake you up, put either a blanket over the crate or put him in a room farthest away from your room!!!!  but try not to go and get him!!!!  also try rubbing his belly and give him some milk, that might calm him down and make him tired!!!!  

hope i helped!!!!!!!!!!!1

Answer 9

Put a pair of socks in there so he will think his litter mates are with him. And do the warm bottle thing. But you must make sure that you dont reward him for whinning.

Answer 10

you need to associate the crate with positve treatment like a treat and lots of praise.  he needs to get used to it.  it will take some time.  the first word your pup needs to learn is "no".  dont baby his crying or he'll learn his whinning works

Answer 11

Ignore your pup. Simple as that. He needs to learn to be left alone in his pen.

As for sleeping in your lap. Unless you don't like that, allow him to do it. He needs the warmth, comfort and reassurance of his owner.

If you don't like it, a simple way to train him. When he gets up in your lap, get down on the floor, and play with him, and sit with him. He will eventually see that you find the floor more desirable (or he'll think of it that way.), and eventually start to sleep on the floor. But don't do that until he's atleast 1-1 1/2 years old. Like I said, he still needs the comfort of his owner.

I hope this helped.

Answer 12

This is all very normal.

Don't worry.

Just ignore him in the crate. People who give in have the most problems.

But don't leave him in very long  except during the night and I'm sure you're getting up during the night to take him out to pee. He can only hold it for a couple hours at the most.

When he wants to jump up   to be petted, you should require something of him.

Say sit and gently push his bum down. After 6 seconds  LOL  praise him and pick him up.

He will learn that whining doesn't get him what he wants but sitting and waiting does. This will get better as time goes by and you'll be glad you weren't a push-over. :)

Answer 13

He is just missing his litter mates. I know its hard but be strong. You might but a hot water bottle wraped in a towel in the creat with him.