night-time puppy help

Question
Our brand new little 10 wk old male American Cocker Spaniel is having a difficult time adjusting to sleeping alone in the crate. He was used to 7 siblings before we got him and I know he misses his little family.
We've tried the ticking clock in his bed but it isn't helping at all.  We're only on night 2 here.
Help!

Answer
I am surprised anybody even has a ticking clock anymore.  Not that they ever helped much.  Still nearly all puppy advice continues to suggest it.  I have found a way that actually does work.  A crate helps too.  It is only natural that a puppy resists its crate at first.  What the puppy wants more than anything else is to be others, you, anyone else in the household, and any other pets.  In our modern society, even if we are home, other things distract us from the attention an uncrated puppy must have.  The only real solution is to crate the dog when you aren't around.  The dog may be happier in its den than loose in the house.  It relaxes, it feels safe in its den.  It rests, the body slows down reducing the need for water and relieving its self.  Dogs that have been crated all along do very well.  Many of them will rest in their crates even when the door is open.  Skip the bedding.  At first it gets wet, and later it can be chewed into choking hazards.  A wire rack in the bottom will help keep the puppy up out of accidents at first. They are available with the crates, but a piece of closely spaced wire closet shelving from a home supply place is cheaper.  I think the plastic ones give the dog more of a safe, enclosed den feeling.  Metal ones can be put in a corner or covered with something the dog can't pull in and chew.  Select a crate just big enough for the full grown dog to stretch out in.  At bed time, with a new puppy, I have found lying down in front of the crate like you were going to sleep and speaking softly to it, or singing, until it settles down and goes to sleep works very well.  Follow the pattern, a period of active play, outside to eliminate, and then into the crate.

Be sure to introduce your puppy to the neighborhood, riding in a car, walking on a leash, etc.  At 10 weeks, you are nearing the end of being able to count on him accepting new experiences.