We collected a 7-9 month old male labrador puppy from a rescue home yesterday. Apparently he was a stray and all were surprised no one had claimed him as all through the day he seemed pretty well trained. He's house trained, obeys a few commands and is ok to walk. Bedtime is a different matter, we have 2 other dogs (cav king charles spaniels) who sleep in the kitchen and we felt he was too boisterous to put in with them so we let him have the lounge. There was a bit of whining and barking to start with but he seemed to accept the situation. Oh no he didn't, probably woke us about 4 times up to 3 in the morning and then we decided to investigate, carnage but to be fair not destruction. Anything he could throw on the floor he had and he'd had a fair bit of fish food as well. We thought we'd try the hall and landing with a light on and that didn't work so I slept downstairs with him which was ok but he doesn't seem to want to sleep much at night, had plenty of walks and play yesterday but obviously we cant let him off the lead yet. Funnily enough after his morning walk he is now sleeping like a baby!
I did an initial internet search and found some stuff from the USA talking about cages which all seemed a bit OTT and letting dogs sleep in the bedrom so can anyone give us some advice:
do we persevere with shutting him in the lounge at night?
is there a better room?
could we put him with the other dogs, he does seem quite fruity with them but assume he thinks he's leader of the pack?
Do we let him sleep in our room?
Do I go and sleep in the car
Also sounds like he might not be too good if we have to go out and leave him.
Any advice greatly received.
I did an initial internet search and found some stuff from the USA talking about cages which all seemed a bit OTT and letting dogs sleep in the bedrom so can anyone give us some advice:
do we persevere with shutting him in the lounge at night?
is there a better room?
could we put him with the other dogs, he does seem quite fruity with them but assume he thinks he's leader of the pack?
Do we let him sleep in our room?
Do I go and sleep in the car
Also sounds like he might not be too good if we have to go out and leave him.
Any advice greatly received.