There is a stuffed animal toy with a heartbeat that supposedly keeps them calm, but we just let ours cry some the first night or two and he got used to it pretty quick.
I love my dog, but I do not miss the puppy months at all. Good luck!
Do NOT give in and go to him, it just trains him that crying WORKS, and you don't want that
We put our puppy's crate in with our daughter, who laid beside her (they already had bonded) - it worked awesome.
If you haven't heard of the bell method of potty training, I highly recommend it - it took our dog no time at all.
We are bringing a 10 week old Boston Terrier puppy home tomorrow. I've done this several times before, but it's been a long time. Anyone have any advice on keeping the puppy calm the first few nights in his crate?
We used the bell method on our lab when we were kids. I think she was housebroken in less than 2 days.
For those talking about the bell method, is this hanging a bell next to the door and training your dog to ring it to go out? I have actually done this before, and plan on doing it again. Works pretty slick, although the problem I ran in to was my dogs would ring the bell any time they wanted to go out for any reason which would get kind of annoying at times when they were bored. Still, better than barking at the door.
Did the bell method. Had this same issue but was a good way to potty train. Just just took the bell
away and had no issues.
Also, OP, if you haven’t used clicker training before, I’d highly recommend it. Quick and easy way to train a dog. YouTube has tons of videos. 6 years later, I can be in a different room, click the clicker and she will come running to me.
For those talking about the bell method, is this hanging a bell next to the door and training your dog to ring it to go out? I have actually done this before, and plan on doing it again. Works pretty slick, although the problem I ran in to was my dogs would ring the bell any time they wanted to go out for any reason which would get kind of annoying at times when they were bored. Still, better than barking at the door.
Slight hijack, but the wife and I both work full-time jobs. Is getting a puppy something that can be done somewhat easily when you're gone during the day? We've always wanted a puppy, but not sure how well it would work with us gone in the day.