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25-02-2011, 12:29 PM
Pup waking early
No, not mine!
Here's a scenario...a 5 month old pup is waking at 5am having slept through previously. Owner tries lots of things (from leaving him to cry to letting him out to pee, to sitting with him).
Owner advised the best course of action after only 3 weeks of this, is to go downstairs and hit the crate with a metal baking tray, if that fails to shout 'NO' and if that fails to go in, then straight out of the room and slam the door.
Any thoughts?
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25-02-2011, 12:33 PM
I would be asking what might have changed?
Something must be different - have the reduced meals to three? Bedtime earlier or later?
Is the heating coming on later.
do they still cover the crate?
Teething?
Touches wood Bentley doesn't decide to wake me up at 5am soon - mind you I am up at 5.45 most days !
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25-02-2011, 12:38 PM
Originally Posted by rachelsetters 
umm well I don't think the course of action advised should be carried out
I would be asking what might have changed?
Something must be different - have the reduced meals to three? Bedtime earlier or later?
Is the heating coming on later.
do they still cover the crate?
Teething?
Touches wood Bentley doesn't decide to wake me up at 5am soon - mind you I am up at 5.45 most days !
I just wanted to know what other people thought because the advice really shocked me. You wouldn't believe where it came from.
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25-02-2011, 12:39 PM
Originally Posted by rachelsetters
umm well I don't think the course of action advised should be carried out
I would be asking what might have changed?
Something must be different - have the reduced meals to three? Bedtime earlier or later?
Is the heating coming on later.
do they still cover the crate?
Teething?
Touches wood Bentley doesn't decide to wake me up at 5am soon - mind you I am up at 5.45 most days !
I certainly wouldn't be hitting his crate with anything
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25-02-2011, 12:40 PM
Originally Posted by Pilgrim
This is what I thought. For a pup to suddenly start doing something means that there is an issue that needs finding and resolving
I certainly wouldn't be hitting his crate with anything
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25-02-2011, 12:46 PM
Originally Posted by Murf
The pup must be shaking in its little fur boots with someone hitting its crate with a tray
..So much for a crate being a safe haven .
I also wonder, of this is done to a pup of that age, what happens if the pup needs to go out as it is ill when it is older. Will it be brave enough to bark and alert the owner?
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25-02-2011, 12:49 PM
Originally Posted by Ramble
Apparently they didn't know what caused it to start,their opinion is the pup was pushing boundaries.
Originally Posted by Murf
The pup must be shaking in its little fur boots with someone hitting its crate with a tray
..So much for a crate being a safe haven .
Originally Posted by Ramble
Again...my thoughts exactly....
I also wonder, of this is done to a pup of that age, what happens if the pup needs to go out as it is ill when it is older. Will it be brave enough to bark and alert the owner?
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25-02-2011, 12:59 PM
Think the person advising such actions needs hitting with a metal tray - they can't possibly know about puppies!! I am so saddened for the puppy x and then the person carrying out should be hit twice for listening to such twaddle!
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25-02-2011, 01:00 PM
Originally Posted by rachelsetters
Well I'm gobsmacked poor pup !
Think the person advising such actions needs hitting with a metal tray - they can't possibly know about puppies!! I am so saddened for the puppy x and then the person carrying out should be hit twice for listening to such twaddle!
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