Originally posted by cherry3200
thanks for the advice on the nightime crying problem. she is about 6 and a half weeks, she will be seven weeks on tuesday. i will put on some more pictures as soon as i can, but portia is keeping me busy!
Oh dear. That is much too young for her to be away from her siblings and mother. There is lots for a pup to learn from them at that age. You will need to make sure you do extensive socialization with her especially with other dogs, to make sure she learns proper doggie language and how to interact with other dogs.

At that age it's likely she can't hold it throughout the whole night. She may be waking up because she needs to go outside. To combat the problem though of her learning that to cry (because she needs to go potty) equals being let out, you can set an alarm for about 20 minutes before she normally gets up, go wake her up to go potty then put her back in the kennel. As she gets older you can set the alwarm later and later until she can sleep through the night. Generally the rule is that a puppy can hold it for their age in months + 1, up to about 9 hours. So your puppy is 1.5 months + 1 = 2.5 hours. This is just a general rule though, and of course there are exceptions to everything.

Good luck, and congratulations! Portia is a cute name.