Basset Hounds for You

Just got a 4 month old basset 3 days ago with serious separation anxiety. Trying to kennel train her. I put her in at night, take her out to potty every 4 hours, put her back in, take her out again in the early morning and let her free roam for most of the day except for 1-2 hours while we are home just so she can get used to it. When she’s free roaming she follows me constantly and cries when I’m not near her or she can’t find me. I feel so bad for her. When in her kennel, I give her those kongs with peanut butter, I have a few bones for her to chew on, a puzzle for her to search for treats but she gets uninterested quickly for a hound dog.

How long does this last? Am I doing anything wrong?

Tips and tricks would really help. Thank you!

We have a 10 week old puppy who doesn’t want to sleep more than 2 hours at a time. The first week and a half he slept great with no wakeups or only one wakeup each night. Now we’re on a cycle of 3 and 4 wakeups a night, essentially every 2 hours. I try to let him cry it out in the crate and it’s not working. When I wake up to take him out, he’s going potty outside so I hate to say no. We’ve tried to keep his schedule extremely consistent as far as eating, when we leave for work, we come home at lunch, etc. (see below)

His crate has a blanket over the top to make it more like a “den”, he’s got a comfy blanket and pillow combo in there similar to what he naps on in our living room, he has one of my shirts for scent and one of those snuggle puppy sleeping aids. What more can we do??

Schedule: 6-7:30 AM – wake up, potty, play, eat, potty, crate 7:30-12 PM – crate while we work 12-1 PM – potty, outside time, play, back in crate 1-4:30 PM – crate while we work 4:30 – 9:30 PM – potty, play, eat (5:30 -6), nap, potty, play, terrorize the house. I pick up water bowl around 9. 9:30 – 10 PM – outside for last potty, fight to go in crate for bed. 10 – 11 PM – he cries and eventually falls asleep. But then starts the two hour wakeups.

Edit to add: this is not our first puppy. This is our first puppy who has struggled with sleeping!

I will be getting my first basset hound in September when she is 8 weeks. Her name is Winnie.

I was wondering if anyone on this sub has has successful off leash training for their basset & how they managed to do it?

I have probably read every single tips & tricks post on this sub & the other basset sub. Plus i’ve read some articles & watched videos off reddit.

I’ve heard its extremely difficult, but any basset videos i’ve come across it seems that their pups are always off leash trained somehow.

Sorry i’m a little all over the place, I don’t post much on here. Just any & all off leash training tips, successful/ unsuccessful anything helps ❤️