we have spoken to the neighbours and she was ok, but we weren't expecting her to be so loud!!

We always let her out of the cage straight away if we are going to put her outside, but she never seems to want to go out, she just seems to be doing it for attention

Our Yorkie for the first few weeks we had her used to cry like a baby as soon as she heard us walking around upstairs in the morning, and it was loud it sounded like a child crying outside. We ignored her when we went downstairs, we did not look at her or speak to her, until we had been and put the kettle on and was ready to let her out of the cage. We taught her to sit quietly in her basket while we opened the cage and when we was ready we called her out. She was 10 weeks old when we got her and she is 14 months old now.

Pamela

Do you leave her in the day? if so whats she like then?

i agree with letting her cry it out.

Does she cry for an hour, have you left her for that long or do you just assume she will.

We have left Oscar and he does re settle. They get the message pretty quick, usually within a few days.

I leave a radio on low all night (talk shows or classical music are best) this seems to mask other noises when they start up in the morning and i do this when i leave him during the day to keep him company .

Agree with chatting to the neighbours too.

First off squirting an 11 week old puppy with water to shut it up is completely uneccersary!!!!! For god sake she is a baby who has not only left its mother and litter mates but has moved home again, I don't blame her for being unsettled!

If she cries go down, take her to the toilet and settle her back in bed with no fuss. An 11 week old puppy waking up at 5.30 in the morning is quite normal because they have tiny bladders that can't last as long as you and I.

Also mornings are getting lighter which can also confuse a puppy.

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The squirting worked it was a little splash of water not a soaking. For your information before you start trying to judge me on the basis of a couple of posts, the puppy was left in a barn in a farm and its mother had very little interest in her or any of the other pups from when they were around 4 weeks old. My Mum also has once of her sisters from the same litter and they reguarly play together.

As I said earlier she doesn't need the toilet when we get up to put her outside she just comes running back inside and wants to play or eat.

She was actually a lot better this morning and only made noise once she heard a loud noise from outside

Am sure she will settle. If you are happy she isn't desperate for the loo then just ignore it.

Try and always go down once she has gone quiet for a couple of minutes rather than to a strict time and give her a treat immediately that way you are rewarding her for being quiet and she will learn that you come if she is nice and quiet not barking her head off.

Try upping the radio volume just a bit until she gets used to the early morning noises.

I am sure no one was judging you, we all have different methods

I was not judging you, I was merely pointing out that no 11 week old puppy needs a water squirt as a training technique regardless of where their life started. I'm not saying I disagree with this tecnique par se as I have also used this way of training on a completely different problem with a much older dog after all other training tecniques had failed.

11 week old pups cry at night, fact! they do however outgrow it without water squirts. I'm sure if you were to talk to any reputable trainer or behaviourist they would say the same as I have.

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Glad to hear she was a bit better this morning, i am sure it will improve day by day. When she reacts to noises outside try to distract her with something, and don't refer to the noise at all, just ignore it. she will soon ignore it herself.

3am this morning!!! She didn't want to go outside, I let her run around for a couple of mins and then put radio on and told her to be quiet, she was quiet until around 6.45 which is ok as thats pretty much when we get up anyway