Brocko cries all night

[Blackrose]

When we crated trained our foster Lab, we actually slept in the same room with her at first. I was on the floor by the crate with my hand sticking in it. Granted she was seven weeks old so I needed to be near her to hear when she needed to go outside (about three times a night), but she wouldn't cry at least. I gradually went from sleeping on the floor to sleeping on the couch, and then only sleeping on the couch for half the night and the other half I'd be upstairs in my bed.
Did that for about a week and wah-la, crate trained puppy.

I don't know how easy that would be for you to do, but slowly fading out a human in the room may help as well.

I basically did the same thing with Chloe as well. The first night she spent with us was the first time she had ever been in a house before. I plopped her down beside my bed with a baby gate to keep her in one spot and just went to sleep. I kept my hand over the side of the bed for her to see that I was there and I never once heard a peep out of her. So if there is a way to corner him off in your room somewhere, that may be helpful as well.

[Gosumonk]

Long delay in my reply, I apologize. My neighbor showed me a great trick. at night I put his blankets on the floor at the end of the bed. I attach him to his leash and my dresser. I know that dogs being den animals hate to soil their beds. I turn off the light and my wife and I go to sleep, so does he. No more crying no nothing he sleeps all night. In the day I move his blankets into the office. All day long he goes in there for naps and to eat. My neighbor said when I can fully trust him, stop leashing at night and pretty soon he will go into the room at night to that one spot to sleep on his own.

Pretty cool

The leashing may seem cruel but it is an 8 foot, and it keeps him from tearing up the house or going to the bathroom anywhere.

[bckrazy]

Personally, I would invest in a crate. : ) They are very helpful, for LIFE! You can buy a medium/large crate (depending on his breeds), and section off part of it for him until he's full grown.

The key to ending the crying is not enforcing it... don't say a word, don't even look at him.

How does an 8 foot leash prevent him from having accidents? Couldn't he just walk to the end of the leash and pee, then go back to his blanket?

[Gosumonk]

He is no longer crying at night and since I placed him on the leash at the foot of the bed all accidents have stopped. I don't know how it helps but it did. My neighbor raised Great D's and it worked for them for years. Next week he will be off the leash at night for good. Just his blankets and bedding on the floor next to the bed. It's hard for me to put any of my animals in a crate/cage. He treats an area in my office as a Den. Thanks for the replies.

[Karen]

Oh, great! Thanks for the updates, and I bet everyone is getting better sleep now!