Bedtime

[Zoe1305]

My 8 week old husky will cry, cry and cry when she can’t sleep next to us. She will be falling asleep before bed time but when it’s time to sleep she thinks it’s play time! Any tips please help

 

 

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[amyf27]

We had ours in crates for the first several months. The 2nd is the one that sounds more like yours. She was like having a newborn baby again lol. She did NOT like being crated adn cried an awful noise for awhile there. We did have her crate on the same floor as our bedroom (finished basement, l-shaped room). The crying lasted a good couple months, though the most severe was within the first couple of weeks.

I believe we didn't un-crate her until close to a year, when at the time she was loose upstairs in the kitchen with the other husky, that room gated. Once we did that, she was much more at ease, though I wouldn't have done it when she was a small puppy.

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[Maz51]

She is scared and away from her litter mates

  Eight weeks is far too early IMO and so many issues arise unless they stay with mum to 12 weeks.

However, time, reassurance and a routine by you, with you, establishes confidence and security.  

I just posted this to another new husky owner of an older rescue..

I suggest a covered crate with their bed inside.  (Using 'he' for all).

Leave it open. Let him acclimatise to its presence & try and place in a corner or against something solid to create a side and rear protection.   Throw in a couple of treats occasionally after a week.  Then close the door quietly WHEN he goes in, to pick them up; leave shut until he's finished, then open. Do this over a week a few times in the day. 
After a week, gradually increase the time inside, by 30 seconds, opening again and praising 'Good dog, into bed!' WITH a reward. 
Repeat over a week every day, increasing by 15 seconds. 
After a month, try then with an enthusiastic 'Come on! Into bed!' Putting a treat in as you say it. 
We have ours go onto their beds when we come indoors with a baby gate in front to at least deter them from leaping out through the front door and when they have settled and we've got in and unloaded, then we can greet them because they are also very exuberant and extremely vocal in greeting us every time we come home whether it's been for a half an hour or less or a few more hours!
Over time, with him in, while you vacuum, or clean house, in and out of sight, he'll get to accept this is his 'Den, HIS space'.  And may well stay in if you're out too, but go slow on this, with brief periods of him inside and you out of sight.

Getting him to move out if you need to vacuum in there too, tell him 'Move. Out' , with a pat and verbal praise when he does... it's all new vocabulary to teach, which works elsewhere as well.
Car rides out are important too to get him out into new surrounds and meet and greet ppl, and other dogs without reactions. 
Don't forget all animals in transit must be secured via a harness and clip to something secure like a seat belt or a 'D' hook that may be in the boot; this is a 2014 law and there is a very hefty fine if youdon't do this, or, you can have a crate in the back firmly secured really really well;  travel crates need to be just a bit smaller so they can curl up and sleep but not have too much to Bang around in if, or should there, ever be an incident.
See my pm to you on SA but socialising too. Xx  successdogs.com and absolutedogs.com for loads of positive reward training and achieving that 'focus' and obedient dog.  
Over and over repetitions up to 30 times successfully gets you there! 🤗

[BingBlaze n Skyla]

Consistency however remember she will need to be let out to toilet during the night a few times , just like a new baby she needs to settle into a routine

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