Our 10 week old puppy will NOT sleep at night
We have an Old English Sheepdog who is 10 weeks old-Benji. He has been with us for 5 days and he has settled in with us well. However, as soon as we put him to bed, he cries,barks,yelps etc... We have another dog- a 4 year old bichon frise, who he gets along with.Benji sleeps in the utility room downstairs, we bought him a nice big bed and he wees and poos in the garden before we go to bed. He barks and cries when we put him to bed, then he might sleep for an hour or 2, then barks and cries at early hours (3am,5am,6am). He gets praise when he gets into his bed, and gets told off when he comes out of it (at night). We try to settle him about half an hour before we go to bed, and he sleeps fine when we are with him, but as soon as we put him into the utility room, he just won't sleep. We have tried ignoring him, but he has a loud bark and we hardly get any sleep,my dad is finding it hard to cope as he is only getting 2 hours of sleep at a time. We are giving him 2 meals a day of puppy food provided by the vets and he always has fresh water. He will grow into a big dog,so my parents don't want him upstairs, and he can't sleep in the kitchen or living room because there are things in there which he can chew such as; wires,TV remotes and chair legs.Any suggestions, PLEASE HELP :confused: