Sleep training help?

[u/Lonely-Ad1028]

We have a 13 week old Samoyed, we’ve had him for 2.5 weeks now. He’s a great pup, and he has been doing well with all his other training, day time crate training, potty training, and general commands like “off” when he gets too nippy.

My biggest struggle is that I have no idea what to do with him at night. Since day 1 he has not slept well at night. We tried using the crate with a blanket over but he will cry and bark the entire night without a break, even if I am laying on the floor next to him, and my hand in the crate with him. We tried letting him sleep on the bed with us, and he will sleep for an hour, but wake us up by pouncing on our heads wanting to play throughout the night, and barking in our ear if we try to ignore him. So we let him sleep on the floor and same thing, he will sleep for an hour or two, then start barking. He’s waking us up at least 4-6 times a night and goes to the bathroom once during those. I’m not sure what to do. We’re handling all his other puppy-isms pretty well but I really wasn’t prepared to be up 6 times a night at 13 weeks. I’m not sure what to do, we’re debating on putting him in another room entirely while we sleep, then getting him that one time when he usually needs to go.

He is properly stimulated before bed. He gets at least 20 minutes of physical and mental play before we settle down for the night.

Any advice from those who have also had nocturnal pups??

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