How to train a new hyper puppy?
I got a new english springer. She is 7 weeks old and I got it on the 10th April, 2011. She is sleeping in our garage, and during the day we get her inside the house and in our garden. The problem is night time… we take her to the garage..and starts barking for a whole 2 to 3 hrs non-stop…she wont give up :( We wont leave her in the house during night time as she will tear everything apart from pee everywhere. We still cant take her our as she needs to take some injections (vaccine) so we cant train her properly. Can someone help me please?
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Why are you isolating her in the garage? She is a baby pack animal- would you keep a human baby in the garage at night?. Get a crate (no more tearing things up), get up to take her out (so she learns housebreaking), and have her in the house with her family where she belongs!
You are training her to bark incessantly when she is unhappy.
She needs to be where you are at seven weeks old. You can’t just give her the free run of the house.
Dogs this young cannot be trained, but you can use their natural behaviors to have a calm and peaceful household.
Put her in a cardboard box (or crate if she can climb out of a box) in your bedroom at night. She will settle down when you do.
Crate train, crate train, crate train. It not only will keep her appropriately confined so she can’t be destructive, but it also helps with housebreaking, she can be in the room with you at night, and dogs that are crate trained at an early age really learn to like the crate. It’s a safe “room” that’s their own.
@crisw has it exactly right. Dogs are pack animals. Picture yourself as a 4 year old who has just been taken away from your twin siblings by a group of people who then proceed to lock you in a room by yourself while they party down in the rest of the house. I don’t know about you, but I’d probably make some noise to try to get their attention in hopes they would let me join the party.
A crate is a good solution as she can stay with the rest of the pack (that’s you) but won’t be able to be destructive after y’all have gone to bed.
She wants to be around you. I have a 4 month old puppy and when he first came home did this even when in same room.
For me, I helped him break this by sleeping on the couch and laying his bed right up against the couch. Then I could reach a hand down and he would drift off.
Crate training is good too and to start at a young age. But not to sleep in it.
Put some papers or puppy pads near the door that you will be taking them outside. Everytime you see them pee, take them to the pad or out that door. It takes time. They don’t know this without training. I also got a gate to cut access to the whole house down at night too.
Also I would suggest finding a puppy training or first level obenience class. Petsmart has a program as many others.
Like a newborn baby, you will have sleepless nights until they figure things out and get house broken also.
I have had Hendrix for 2 months now and he still has not fully gotten it all, but after 3 weeks was well on his way to the housebroken state.
Make sure you give your dog plenty of exercise. I would suggest a long walk prior to bedtime if possible to tire your new friend out.
Good luck!
Isolating her is not the answer for this new part of your family.
This is the method I used for my dogs. Gun_Dog. It works even with the rescued dogs that don’t hunt.
She needs more of your attention and less isolation. When I adopted my Akita puppy, we put him in a small cardboard box in the kitchen the very first night. He cried for a long time, just like your puppy, until we got up and went to be with him in the kitchen. His reaction was immediate——you could see his eyes light up, his yearning to be with us, and his little tail wagging joyously. In a sense, he was missing his Mom and his siblings. We were now his family. All dogs need a sense of belonging and closeness to their adopted human family. Putting him in the garage is like putting him in jail and exiling him.
At this time of year the garage is really really cold.
You should consider getting a book or two from reputable dog trainers/behaviorists on how to deal with the entire spectrum of new puppy problems to give you some valuable insights.
He’s still a baby. He has a lot to learn from you.
Brian Kilcommons is a very experienced dog guy. He’s written several good books.
The following website can also give you lots of good info.
www.mysmartpuppy.com
Make a bedding box for her in one of the bedrooms. I use their crates as beds, but you have to make sure there is enough ventilation and air circulation to keep them comfortable. Until they were housebroke the crates were shut at night. Once they are able to make it through the night without making a mess, I don’t shut the crates unless we are visiting someone.
Dogs are social pack animals. When you’re sticking them in a garage you’re basically shunning them from the pack. This is one of many reasons why it’s cruel to have a dog living it’s life in a backyard.
Those dog crates are worth their weight in gold. We sometimes would drape a blanket over ours and that would calm our pup down in no time as long as there wasn’t anything going on in the house and there usually wasn’t / isn’t. It becomes their fort, their personal space later as adults as well.
Go to a professional dog trainer. It may cost a little money, but it’ll be worth it!
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