Noki Won't Sleep At Night- Help Needed

[sasha66]

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Noki is 12 weeks and he's had 2 nights with us, and he has howled and whined and not slept.......I know because we haven't slept. The first night I got up once and checked on him 1/2 way through. Last night I got up a couple of times, he's distressed, and soiled and wet the floor.

He sleeps during the day but in the living room, and not if we leave the room. At night we put him in the laundry and he howls. He does his number 2's during the night, his body clock seems out of order.

He is only fed twice a day, as per the breeders instructions, but I'm wondering if he's hungry?

He has 1/2 cup of kibble and 1/2 cup of chiken and rice per day, but he was probably eating the other pups food as well as his own.

How do we sort this out? Can we use controlled crying, should we keep him awake during the day?

Any suggestions wouold be welcome, I don't want to have an ongoing problem with him. Is it too soon to worry?

thanks

Michelle

 

[Trish]

firstly it must be awful for you and very tiring not to be able to sleep on a night

puppys at that age should be having 4 meals a day until around 4 months old when it should be reduced to 3 meals,so i would start giving noki more it could be that hes hungry.

i would also try early evening to have a play time to tire him a little,then at bed time put him to bed nice and quite give him a cuddly bear or something that he likes to cuddle up to,what about a jumper of yours that he can smell and thinks your still near.

hope he settles soon,but think most pups go through the seperation stage and it doesnt last too long.

good luck michelle with noki :luck: :luck: :luck:

think you will get lots more advise :thumbsup:

 

[saraquele]

could he nost sleep with your older girl ?

whippets just hate being on there own and if he has someone else to snuggle up to im sure you would find he slept through .

my kids take the pups to bed with them , no crying , no accidents in the night , no baggy eyes , problem solved

i also agree with trish , he should be on 4 meals a day :thumbsup:

 

[paddysmum]

i have to agree that the sort of 'discipline' that some people will suggest you try and instill in this pup r.e sleeping will just not be suitable for a whippet. he is a baby , hes in a new environment and has been seperated from his mum and littermates. where does your old girl sleep? he really needs to be either with her , or you. if you cannot have him in bed with you then i would say a crate by the side of your bed. also feed in the crate to help him develop a positive assosciation with it. he will need lots of snuggly bedding and possibly even a jumper on at night. if he is warm , fed and has company you should find that he settles.

i would also think that he needs to toilet every few hours and so for the first couple of months may need to go out in the night- or maybe very late night and very early morning.

if you can try your best to get in tune with your pup you should find that you will know when he needs to go.

im no expert and i know that you must be finding it really intense at the moment what with the crying and lack of sleep :wacko: but IT WILL GET BETTER you just need to relax the rules a little i think. you can still train him more as time goes by. :thumbsup:

just my opinion.

REALLY GOOD LUCK X X X

 

[sasha66]

It is so good to have people who have been where I am, and have made it through.

I do think eventually our old girl will let Noki sleep in her space, but I tried getting them to share space out of desperation last night and, well he's a boy, she's a girl, and he made the wrong move at the wrong time, and she kicked him out! I'm sure he was being innocent, and it was around 4.30 am.

He has a little scratch on his shoulder this afternoon, which I think was from being put in his place, I think Sasha (12 year old) was afraid of asserting herself, but she did manage. She's also been a bit more vocal, and has given him a few good growls, which I'm sure will get through eventually.

I'm definately giving him an extra feed tonight, and have tried to wear him out during the day. I'm about to go through the washing basket to find a smelly T-shirt or 2, and see how that goes.

I bought him a bean bag today, which he seems to be more relaxed in, and he has a sheepskin rug and a fleece blanket, it should be OK as far as being warm enough, it's only 14 celcius overnight at present.

Hopefully, we are in for a better night. My other half is staying up to watch the F1 race tonight, so he's going to bed a bit later and should be able to keep Noki up until he's tired.

Thank you to everyone who has offerd advice, I really do appreciate every word. I'll let you know how Noki does tonight.

Michelle