Hiya! We've had our berner puppy, Kaleva, for about two weeks now. The first night we had her we put her in her kennel to sleep. It was pretty traumatic for her and us. She cried and cried. She even messed all over the kennel, which I didn't she would do.

Since then we've kept her in the small bathroom adjacent to our bedroom at night. But I'm wondering if I should try putting her in her kennel again? She goes into her kennel sometimes during the day but we haven't tried shutting the door since that first traumatic night.

Do you guys use a kennel at night? We still have to get up to let her out twice during the night. How do you get your puppy to go back to sleep again after they have gone outside? When are they able to sleep through the night? I love her but I could really use a solid 8 hours of sleep!

Thanks!

Hiya! We've had our berner puppy, Kaleva, for about two weeks now. The first night we had her we put her in her kennel to sleep. It was pretty traumatic for her and us. She cried and cried. She even messed all over the kennel, which I didn't she would do.

Since then we've kept her in the small bathroom adjacent to our bedroom at night. But I'm wondering if I should try putting her in her kennel again? She goes into her kennel sometimes during the day but we haven't tried shutting the door since that first traumatic night.

Do you guys use a kennel at night? We still have to get up to let her out twice during the night. How do you get your puppy to go back to sleep again after they have gone outside? When are they able to sleep through the night? I love her but I could really use a solid 8 hours of sleep!

Thanks!

Hello! What an adorable baby! I've had my Levi now for about 5weeks, and because I have children, and they have toys all over the house, and my bathroom is very small, I HAD to crate train Levi. The first two nights of putting him in the crate at night...well... i had the same problem. I'd wake up to poo all over, and he'd whine through the night. I was up every couple hours, and was telling my friends that I felt like a newborn mommy again, instead of feeding a baby, I was having to take one out to go potty! I will tell you that I am glad I stuck with it though, and some things that help us with the crate training was... 1st - I'd put the radio on just low enough for Levi to hear (so he didn't feel so alone), then I'd cover the crate with a blanket so he couldn't see the cat at night (which would get him whining and barking), and my sister mentioned to me about getting a Kong toy, stuffing it with a couple treats and only give it to him in his crate, though, he likes the Kong toy and I do let him have it outside the crate, but I have been giving him 1 milkbone dog biscuit every night when I get him in his crate, and for the past 2 nights, he's actually went into the crate all on his own. I also put a few of his stuffed toys, and a nylabone in there with him at night, that way if he does wake up, he's got something to entertain himself with. Hope some of these (or all) helps you out! If you consistently stick with it... it should only take a few days to start working! Good Luck, and keep us posted on how it's going!
Ps... it took a little over a week... but Levi started sleeping throughout the night (unless we were so tired we never heard him...lol), but he still is sleeping, or at least staying quiet through the night!

Kaleva spent her first night in the kennel and it was a great success. She slept the whole night! Eight full hours of sleep! We haven't had that since we got her!

We put the kennel close to our bedroom so she could still see us and she just zonked right out. I think that is pretty good at 3 months.

Kaleva spent her first night in the kennel and it was a great success. She slept the whole night! Eight full hours of sleep! We haven't had that since we got her!

We put the kennel close to our bedroom so she could still see us and she just zonked right out. I think that is pretty good at 3 months.