How do we get our puppy to sleep on her own at night?
We've just got a new 8 week old, cockerpoo puppy. We've set her up downstairs with her bed, puppy pads, kept a lamp on for her and she's out of danger from things she can hurt herself on/chew, but she will not sleep on her own or stop crying and scratching the door in the night. Are we supposed to let her cry or keep going down and settling her in the middle of the night?
We also have a cat who has taken to sleeping upstairs away from her, so don't want to bring the puppy into our bedroom.
We understand that she will be feeling lost from be moved away from her mum and her pack but I'm not sure if we're doing the right thing. The past few nights we've tried to leave her until she cries for us in the night and then have taken to sleeping downstairs with her (she's on her bed and one of us are on the couch). Are we making it worse for ourselves in the long run by going down to her? Should we be letting her 'self soothe'?
Help we're all knackered
We've just got a new 8 week old, cockerpoo puppy. We've set her up downstairs with her bed, puppy pads, kept a lamp on for her and she's out of danger from things she can hurt herself on/chew, but she will not sleep on her own or stop crying and scratching the door in the night. Are we supposed to let her cry or keep going down and settling her in the middle of the night?
We also have a cat who has taken to sleeping upstairs away from her, so don't want to bring the puppy into our bedroom.
We understand that she will be feeling lost from be moved away from her mum and her pack but I'm not sure if we're doing the right thing. The past few nights we've tried to leave her until she cries for us in the night and then have taken to sleeping downstairs with her (she's on her bed and one of us are on the couch). Are we making it worse for ourselves in the long run by going down to her? Should we be letting her 'self soothe'?
Help we're all knackered
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