Like I said patience. It’s easy to run out of patience at 03:30. Reward him when he’s quiet. It takes time. Some take longer than others.
Did she give you his bedding with the old smells he knows on it? Anything with a familiar scent on in his sleeping area might help...also puppy crate for him to sleep in if he's not in one already can help sometimes.
I had a gsd from Slovakia that had never been socialised as such. Same issues for a number of weeks even though there was another dog in the house. Tried all the usual stuff to no avail. Although he was an adult I got a very big dog crate for him to sleep in and that was it...he loved it and I never heard a peep after that. Eventually moved him out of it once he was settled. It's a bit like a secure 'cave' thing for them.
Yeah he came with all his old toys, bedding for cage which I can't bring my self to lock him in, also a bed basket. Came with everything So it is all familiar. He sleeps in the kitchen downstairs which is a similar set up from where he came from. I just think he's missing his mate Darcy, her other spaniel, it's all he's known and she never left his side. As I said she (the owner) took him into the office everyday too! I've had two lab puppies before straight from the litter, they were with me till they're dying day. With Enzo because he's older I think his old life is ingrained in his mind and this new life is too different for him.
Did you lock him in it though?? My fear of that is he'll shit and piss in the cage and trample it all over the bedding and himself. At least if he's free to wander the kitchen he can pick his bed or cage and if he does have an 'accident' at least it can be cleaned up easily!
Well he was 13 months so was fine overnight. But I've had pups in them before...if you check out crate training puppies on the Internet and pick out the bits you need the info's there. Like the other guys have said try the scent bedding/jumpers anything with comforting smell on first and see how you go. I'll message you matey
An old trick we used to use when we had puppies was to put an old bedside clock (the kind that ticks), wrapped up in a blanket, in the bed with the dog. It simulates the rhythmic beating of the mothers heart and calms the pup down.
You could try sleeping in the kitchen with him for a couple of nights. It will allow him to get used to a new place and being away from the people he knew. Next step is being on his own, but that is just one adjustment to make. Known people use the technique and it seems to work.
You might be surprised. Because I work away a lot the wife used to take the dog upstairs as she felt safer with her there. Now Lucy can't do the stairs we take it in turns to sleep on the sofa so she can still be near us and not think she has been punished, soft I know but the 1st thing we do in the morning is check she is still breathing .
I had to spend every night downstairs with our lab when he was a puppy Used to flake out on the beanbag with my tracksuit on and the dog on my chest! It’s a nightmare for the first few nights but weirdly we both got used to it and slept quite well.
We have gone from 4 dogs down to 1, the remaining one lost his sister a few weeks ago and they have been together since birth. He howls all night if we don't go down to settle him He's got me absolutely knackered but he has had 10 years of being around others 24/7 so I can't really blame him.
