Not sure if this is the right place but I'm hoping someone can offer some advice.

My partner and I got a husky a week past Friday . This is our first husky, although not our first dog.

The first night, he was very nervous but was fine with us once he had a wee sniff about. He has a cage to sleep in and was up 3 times during the night, each time to go to toilet. Which I thought was great!

The dog (male) has really taken to my partner (male) and its not becoming a problem. When I'm left with him, or another member of my family is watching him , he just howls for my partner. With myself, he does eventually fall asleep but it is a good hour. My sister is currently babysitting my daughter and him and he has been howling since 11.45, its now 13.20!!

I have tried correcting him, placing him on his sleeping mat, giving him toys etc. but he just will not relent. He has also started doing this in his cage at night while we sleep. He will get up for toilet but once back in his cage he will howl and cry. Everything i have read online says to leave them to howl, unfortunately we live in a flat so we can’t just allow him to howl etc. as we can be thrown out but I just don’t know what to do to stop him and to make him realise this is bad behaviour.

Anyone got any ideas how to stop him howling? My partner has tried to take a step back and not be as involved in anything to try to detach himself but I just don’t know what to do. My last pup (Jack Russell) was the complete opposite, he loved everyone! However husky only takes to my partner.

When we had our first injection the vet mentioned it and how he was extremely nervous and that this can develop as gets older and obviously we don’t want this at all!

We have a 2 ½ year old and he has now taken to barking at her. For example if she is standing in the living room and goes to the couch he will run after her barking and snipping at her. I have put him on his sleep mat and told him bad then ignored him but it is just not working. I think it may be a dominance thing? Any other suggestions?

We researched loads before we got him (hence why we found this site) and asked loads of questions but now we just don’t know what to do. I don’t want an out of hand aggressive dog and I certainly don’t want to lose my home.

The other thing is toileting! He was doing really well and toileting in a spot near the front door (if we didn’t manage to get him outside) but now he has just started toileting where ever he wants including his bed at night!! We have watched for signs, but if you move him / correct him he just doesn’t bother finishing in the correct spot for another hour or so! Also when were outside he is more interested in things like leaves rather than toileting. I know he is a pup and its all new to him but as I say my Jack Russell was the opposite. He toilet trained quickly on pads, then outside no problem. Never cried apart from first night. And loves everyone.

I would really appreciate some thoughts/ suggestions!

Although this isn't really suggested, I had the same problem with crate training at night, and couldn't let them howl, so I took him out and let him sleep with us and just had to get up a lot to take him outside to potty train him, and then I just crate trained him and let him howl during the day until he got use to it. But try somethings first before you give up for the nights. Make sure he has toys or bones that he really likes and only use them for his crate, he doesn't get them any where in the house and after you take him out to potty put a treat in there and just let him be, if its high value enough he will chew on it and then fall asleep, just keep doing this and eventually he will associate his crate with good times rather than being stuck and will go in it willingly.

As far as the attachment goes, Siku was really attached to me and whenever I would leave he would just cry and cry at the door. Having your partner step back, is a good idea, that doesn't mean your partner has to ignore him all together it just means that on walks, and feeding that you take over more and he will eventually calm down. Remember, that it is a puppy and he is just trying to get comfortable in his new home, and eventually it will all mellow out and he will adjust.

Check out some of the stickies on crate training or do a search and there is a lot of helpful information.

Thanks for the answer.

Were finding it tough to find things for him to chew. He has his toys in his bed but as he is only 8 weeks we cant really give him much treats? Unless someone knows of any?

He does actually fall asleep after maybe 30 mins but it involves one of us sitting beside his cage, then he eventually reaches for a dog and starts chewing before falling asleep.

Also again because he is only 8 weeks and not had second jag we cant really take him for walks as such, so he is just going to the garden out the front, but he just lies down / eats leaves rather than toilet etc. It is me that has been feeding him( as he has been getting wormed and my partner didn't know how to add to food) and its me who has been training him (sit, paw etc.)

can anyone recommend a good chew? obviously with him still being a pup very limited.

They make puppy kongs that are soft for their little teeth, and you can fill with anything that is safe for dogs like peanut butter, fruit or something that like or nylabones are great for puppies too. Bully sticks might be a possibility but I don't feed my dogs them so I don't know the age that it is recommended to start at, I'm sure someone on this forum does. As far as walks, you don't want to take them on long ones because he is young, but short structured ones will help with his energy and make him very tired, just not in high dog traffic areas. As far as him playing in the garden, can you get him up and moving by you holding his toys and making him chase them around or something? Him being tired, will be the best thing for you!

I would say continue what you are doing with the feeding, and training and eventually his attachment will lessen to your partner, just be patient and it will all even out soon.

One thing that worked for Dizzy when crate training, was I slept on the floor next to his crate for a few nights. When he would wake up to go out, and then cry when I put him back in, I would stick my fingers in the crate. He would lick and/or bite them and then go to sleep. It just comforted him to have me there. After a few nights, I would lay next to him until he fell asleep and then get into bed until he woke up again. After a few nights of this, I would just put him to bed and go to bed myself. If he cried and I knew he didn't have to go out I would just say 'its okay Dizzy' and he would quiet down. Now, he never cries/whines in his crate. I did use ear plugs after a while too, after I knew he was used to the crate, I just slept with ear plugs in. Are you sure your neighbors can hear your pup? We live in a rather old apartment, and I know mine can't, I asked them.

Oh yes mine can unfortunately. Our walls etc are very thin, you can even each others TV. The first night I heard my neighbour huffing and getting out of bed

Ill try Kong and see how that goes. We don't get bully sticks over here I don't think

I started Karli on bully sticks as soon as I brought her home at 8 weeks and she loved those. You can also do pig ears, those are soft enough for puppies and very much loved around here, you can use those and the bully sticks for only his crate so he associates it with good things (now when I use a pig ear to get Karli to come inside, she goes right into her kennel to get it.) As for your daughter, I don't think its dominance, I think its play. Its play that is unacceptable, so you need to correct him every time he does it (with Karli I used the "gentle" command) and he'll eventually pick up that what he is doing is unacceptable. I would put him in timeout any time he does it. Don't use the crate for timeout, as you only want him to associate that with good things right now so he wont cry when he goes in. Hope it gets better soon!!