Introducing Delta! *Pics*

[boomersooner]

Delta is a beautiful little spotty pup!! I agree with the others...she'll whine for a couple or three days, but she'll learn...just don't give in if you don't want her sleeping with you!! I never could sleep with Cassie!! She was too big!! LOL

[*LabLoverKEB*]

OMG! Okay so first I LOVE her name! And second, SHE'S ABSOLUTLY ADORABLE!!!
Congratulations on your precious new addition!

[boomersooner]

I remember with Cassie...we had the mother's owner rub a towel all over the mama dog, and then Cassie slept with the towel....it worked pretty well....We did the same thing with Boomer, and it didn't work. He whined a lot the first night and then for a couple of hours the second night, and the third was better. It might help to cover one end...so she can't see out, too....There have been times we've had to put Boomer in his crate for one reason or the other, and we put a towel over the end with the door, and he calms down.

[MonicanHonda]

Lol, mini update. So Zac and I have been feeding in cage and treating in cage. She is alright with that. But today, once Zac left for an hour and checked on her once between that time and she was still barking and whining when he checked on her and when he came back. We saw my friend's horse show and went to eat for two hours this evening and she was barking and whining when we left and when we came back. I seriously don't think she stopped.

So... I think I found the solution. Blanket over crate. Baby only cried for one minute and went right to bed!!!

Can anyone tell me WHY this works??? Is it the symbolism of a den????

[K9karen]

Congrats! Delta (great name) is beautiful!

I, of course, am the worst dog spoiler/trainer in the universe, but I remember when I got RB Cody as a puppy and he whined and cried at night for HOURS! I had a piece of whelping cloth in his crate, a ticking clock outside his cage, to no avail. It took everything I could muster not to put him in bed with me, or pick him up. I'd sit in the kitchen and weep. Anyway, he was fine about 3 days later and slept like a log. Phew!

Someone once told me that the first time you do something you shouldn't do with them is cute, the 2nd time is a bad habit.
But of course, once Cody was housebroken (within a month) he slept anywhere he wanted, usually next to my bed (just like Mz Logan)

[luvofallhorses]

What a doll! Congratulations!

[MonicanHonda]

Lol, alrighty then. I only did it once. Hahaha. I dot up a little under every two hours to take her out. She'd cry for a minute then fall asleep. At 8 she wanted to be up so I fed her and we took a small nap together. She's playing with Remy right now and is not nearly as whiny as yesterday. lol