YNP #035: Where Should Your Dog Sleep?
Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog
Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist
4.8 • 917 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Where should your dog sleep? This is a simple question with multiple answers. On one had I have a strong recommendation where your dog should be sleeping. On the other, it really doesn’t matter as long as you make the decision and then stick with it.
To make this more clear I’m will split my answer into two parts:
- Should your dog sleep in or out of the crate?
- Where in the house should your dog sleep (including on the bed)?
In this episode, I talk about when I have a recommendation, when it’s up to you and things to conciser when deciding.
Here is a preview of what I will talk about.
Should your dog sleep in or out of the crate?
This is where I have a strong recommendation depending on your dogs age and behavior.
During potty training, your puppy should be sleeping in a crate. Even if you know they can sleep through the night without an accident while in the crate, doesn’t mean they won’t have one if they are out of the crate.
Throughout adolescence (18-24 months) they should still be in their crate or at the very least a puppy-proofed room. The more access they have to the house the more trouble they can get into. And when you are sleeping, I’m going to guess you aren’t supervising.
Where in the house should your dog sleep?
Beyond those two recommendations, your dog can sleep outside your bedroom, inside your bedroom but not on the bed, or on your bed. There is no right or wrong answer but there are some things to conciser.
No matter where you decide your dog will adjust and be perfectly happy. The key here is to decide early, and stick with it! Once you let the dog up on the bed with you it is going to be a hard habit to break.
Listen to the whole episode to get all the details. Enjoy!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your |
| 0:16.8 | host Debbie Salento. Hello and |
| 0:28.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 35 of your new puppies podcast. I'm Debbie and today we're going to answer the |
| 0:34.9 | question where should your dog sleep? So this is a pretty simple question |
| 0:39.8 | with a not so simple answer because it depends on a lot of things. |
| 0:46.0 | It depends on your dog's age, it depends on their behavior, |
| 0:50.0 | and it depends on your household and your family situation and your family's preferences. |
| 0:57.2 | We're going to split this up into two parts. First we'll talk about should your |
| 1:00.9 | dog sleep in or out of their crate, which has everything to do |
| 1:05.6 | with their age and their behavior. And I have some strong recommendations about that. |
| 1:11.0 | And then in the second part part we'll talk about where they should sleep so should they sleep outside the bedroom should they sleep in the bedroom should they be sleeping on your bed and that that's gonna have more to do with your dog |
| 1:25.7 | and your family's preferences. |
| 1:27.4 | So I just have some things for you to consider |
| 1:30.3 | and some pros and cons of the different places your dog can be sleeping. |
| 1:35.6 | Okay, so should your dog sleep in or out of the crate? |
| 1:39.8 | If your dog is still in potty training, then yes, they should be sleeping in the crate. |
| 1:46.4 | Even if you have an older puppy, say 12 to 16 weeks, that's been sleeping through the night, |
| 1:51.3 | if you are still potty training, if you are 100% sure your puppy is potty |
| 1:57.2 | trained, then they should be sleeping in the crate. |
| 2:01.5 | Because the reason we use the crate during potty training is to prevent accidents. |
| 2:07.1 | And it's also to teach our puppy that you need to hold it until you get to the proper place. So even though they're |
| 2:16.4 | sleeping through the night in their crate doesn't mean if they have access to a |
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