So I have a wonderful 15 week old puppy. When I got him I highly underestimated the amount of work it will take to raise him. Still adapting, reading, watching, taking a course…
On his 4th day with me I took him to my bed. By accident first, he was sleeping in the box by my bed and early morning I took him out just to get some more sleep (and it worked).
I wanted puppy to sleep with me, even when he grew. I planned to do it later, when he’s able to use the bed stairs I got. But I went with the flow.
We’re still not through vaccinations, so he goes on pads in the apartment. He had couple of accidents in the bed, one of them after he learnt to use bed stairs. Ok, happens, I moved on.
But last few days it suddenly got worse. I do enforced naps in the crate during the day (usually hour up/two hours crated). When at night we go to the bedroom puppy goes berserk. Jumping, playing, rolling, destroying… last three days it took over 2 hours for him to calm down and go to sleep. And today he managed within 5 minutes to make two pee puddles.
I put him in the crate, he calmed down and fell asleep. Did I set him up to fail by taking him to my bed too soon? Should I crate him for the night, at least while I complete toilet training?
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