How long is 'overnight'?

 

8 hours

 

You say “we” so isn’t someone else there with him?

If he hates his crate that suggests that he has been unsettled in it. Did he get upset in there?

If so, that will have created anxiety being in the crate but also from being alone so you will need to go back to basics and rebuild his confidence and gradually get him used to being alone.

If he’s 11 weeks now, you can’t have had long to get him settled alone or at night and very young to be left for very long imo.

Do you leave him with some light on, radio/tv on low, etc?

 

You say "we" so isn't someone else there with him?

If he hates his crate that suggests that he has been unsettled in it. Did he get upset in there?

If so, that will have created anxiety being in the crate but also from being alone so you will need to go back to basics and rebuild his confidence and gradually get him used to being alone.

If he's 11 weeks now, you can't have had long to get him settled alone or at night and very young to be left for very long imo.

Do you leave him with some light on, radio/tv on low, etc?

I know he is really small still but

You say "we" so isn't someone else there with him?

If he hates his crate that suggests that he has been unsettled in it. Did he get upset in there?

If so, that will have created anxiety being in the crate but also from being alone so you will need to go back to basics and rebuild his confidence and gradually get him used to being alone.

If he's 11 weeks now, you can't have had long to get him settled alone or at night and very young to be left for very long imo.

Do you leave him with some light on, radio/tv on low, etc?

me and my partners work nights.
When i am at home he wokes up 1 pre night.
I leave some tv on sometimes some relaxing dog music.
I know he is still little but i just wanted to get some tips how i could help him.

 

He needs to be taken to toilet often, you can’t leave a puppy for 8 hours.
Has your situation changed since you got him? If it will stay this way for the forseabld future, you need either to get someone who can stay with him, or send him to someone overnight (not sure many people are going to be willing to deal with overnighting someone else’s puppy?) or send him back to breeder if you can’t find a solution, he will be easier for them to rehome whilst only young. Your routine as it is isn’t suitable for a young puppy.
An older dog would have been better but even they will need settling for a while to be left overnight

 

I honestly can't see how this is going to work.
If you're on permanent nights, and presumably sleep a good part of the day, where/how is time factored in to walk, train and socialise a puppy who is likely a high drive, high energy breed?
Let alone teaching him how to settle at night, and toilet training.

 

A GSD/Border Collie cross is going to be a very high energy dog.

I assume that if you work nights, you are going to be sleeping for some of the day?

How on earth is this dog going to fit in? He will need exercise, training and lots of stimulation to prevent him from becoming bored and frustrated.

I'm sorry, but I don't see how this can work. So far as the nights are concerned now, he has been accustomed to having his mother/siblings to nest and sleep with. Suddenly, he finds himself alone in the dark, for eight long hours. I'm not one bit surprised he's crying and unsettled.

 

A GSD/Border Collie cross is going to be a very high energy dog.

I assume that if you work nights, you are going to be sleeping for some of the day?

How on earth is this dog going to fit in? He will need exercise, training and lots of stimulation to prevent him from becoming bored and frustrated.

I'm sorry, but I don't see how this can work. So far as the nights are concerned now, he has been accustomed to having his mother/siblings to nest and sleep with. Suddenly, he finds himself alone in the dark, for eight long hours. I'm not one bit surprised he's crying and unsettled.

I k ow that they are high energy soogs and im not gonna work noght for rest of my life. And im not sleeping all day just few hours in morning. So he has loads of training and exercises all day long. All I wanted to ask was is there anything i can help him to geel better at nights.
Cheers

 

8 hours

Poor puppy is left far too long. I hate to bring you bad news but I'm being honest. I don't think this will work.

 

@Loreta are you there? How is it going? I too have your dog mix - please let us know how you are getting on.

 

We try to find someone to look after him every night so its not that bad.
When someone is home he wakes up once a night, max 2 times. Slowly but we are getting there.

 

Try giving him a frozen Kong so it will last longer. Make sure you have some of your clothing in the crate, so he can smell you when you're not there.

 

As a night worker I feel your pain.

When I brought Aya home in April at 8 weeks old, I took off a month off work. I slept downstairs on the sofa for the first week/week and a half. She did cry the first night in the pen. But only for 5 minutes when I first put her in. Then again when I put her back in after her wee at midnight/just after. Only for 5 mins again. The next time she cried was the first time I left her alone downstairs in her crate over night. She didn't cry for long.

After I went back to work my wife would let her out but she quickly in that month went to holding it until 4 am from 11pm. Then within a week she was holding out until 6am when my wife would get up and she'd have to physically get her up as she didn't want to get up.

We started not shutting her away in her crate but shutting her in her pen which is attached to her crate so she can move between the two. Now I've just had the last 7 weeks off with her and the kids. We have started leaving her to her own devices after her last wee. (she has realized she's tall enough to get over the play pen now anyway lol). She come upstairs. relaxes in our room for a bit then makes her way back downstairs and stays down there the rest of the night. I should really see where she actually decides to sleep given the choice.

When I work and it's just me in the house and I'm sleeping. She has so far rested quietly bar one or two days where she has woken me. My wife plays with her before I get in. Then I will do the same for a bit before going to bed. I'm usually up by 2/3pm or so, so I have the rest of the afternoon with her before I go off to work. She is then only home alone for an hour before my wife comes home. Next week will be the first test for us since the summer hols as luckily my wife is home longer this week whilst I'm sleeping so she has someone with her for most of the morning. Next week it'll just be me and her. I think she will be fine but now she is older I'll be taking her for a walk when I get home in the mornings before I go to bed.

What I am getting at is it's a slow process. Did you make any considerations when you brought her home to spend time with her or has this been your routine from her first day with you? That's a lot for any dog! I don't want to say it but If this is the case, I don't think you should have got a dog. I don't know what your shift pattern is but I will guess you work at least four nights? Do you and your wife always work the same nights as each other? I'll guess you start around 10pm or just before. What time do you get home?

Each dog is different. You could have got lucky and got a pup that slept through the night and didn't mind being left alone whilst you all slept during the day. But you didn't.