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Rocky's Mommy · 06-18-2005, 10:24 AM

Hi all. Rocky is about 6 months old and gets up every morning between 5:00 and 5:30 am. I am a teacher and during the school months this works out great for me because I get up at that time anyways. I think he has become onditioned to getting up at this time but for the summer months and even just in general, I wish he would sleep an hour or so longer. What is the best way to go about getting him to do this? Ignoring him? If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate it! Thanks

natalie · 06-18-2005, 10:30 AM

I have the same problem with Fred. He wakes up every single morning when the sun rises. If he sees light, he'll bark until his lungs collapse! lol
We tried the "ignore" method but the older he got, the less it started working. Now ignoring him doesn't work at all. I hate to go open the crate when he barks because I think it's my fault that I trained him to do that. My breeder told me to be careful and not let him out everytime he barks because he'll get into habit and believe that everytime he barks, I'll let him out.
And I have!
I would love to hear the solution to this one as well. Sorry I am no help, I'm in the same boat you are!

LIL MIS' MAGIC · 06-18-2005, 11:08 AM

We are also in the same boat...our girls get up around 5:00 to 5:30 every morning...we have tried to ignore them, but that doesn't seem to work for us either...any suggestions would be great!!!

pennypoo · 06-18-2005, 11:14 AM

Yes, I'm in the same boat. If she would she at least until 6:00 it would be better. The only time she slept in late is when we took her camping. I guess all the fresh air, being outside all day, and not taking as many naps helped.

bionicgirl · 06-20-2005, 11:29 AM

Same here...5:30am...30 minutes before I have to get up for work.
But I use that 30 minutes to give Zack a massage, do potty training and play. I feed him while I'm in the shower, then take him back outside after my shower then we play more. I feel guily leaving him in his pen most of the day so I try to make up for it in the mornings and evenings.

I long for those weekend morning when I used to sleep in!

Zzzzzzzzzzz

vainchick5 · 06-20-2005, 12:48 PM

I feel all of your pain. Coco used to do that at 5am! Then I got earplugs and a bed that had a zipper, so she couldn't get out. A week of ignoring her and now she can sleep as long as 10am! She will hold her potty too. As long as I'm asleep, she's asleep. But when I wake, she wants to be out of her bed. Just ignore it, and practice saying SHHHH!. It really works. Now if she whines I know it's because she can't hold it in anymore, and she has to go potty so I take her, and then we go back to sleep on weekends. She is 4 months. Trust me ignoring them isn't mean, because they need the sleep too. Plus you play better with them when you've gotten enough sleep.

kalamela2004 · 06-21-2005, 01:21 PM

Take your yorkie for a long walk at the park. Get him really tired. It always makes Bert sleep long. He usually sleeps till about 7:00 or 7:30a.m. Hope that helps.

amcirbo33 · 06-29-2005, 04:30 PM

I, too, am a teacher and have been off for the last 2 weeks. My vet told me to absolutely positively not let her out of her crate all of the hours that I am home during the summer months as it will be painful for her and I when school starts again. It has been hard, but I am trying to keep her in her crate on a consistent basis, this week. Shasta also gets me up at the crack of dawn, when I usually get up for school. I try to ignore her but am a light sleeper so I move her from the living room to the garage where it is dark. It usually works for a couple of more hours, which is plenty of time. I am a first time Yorkie owner, and everyone tells me to just ignore it, which worked to crate train her. I am now in the process of switching her over to a cage, with a divider (to keep a small area until she is potty trained), and am going through the same process I was when I started crate training. Hope any of the suggestions work. Good luck and enjoy your summer!

luzangela428 · 06-29-2005, 04:33 PM

I don't let Maximus take a nap on the weekends I spend the whole day tiring him out so maybe I can get 10 more minutes of sleep..I don't put him to bed till 11 pm and he STILL wakes up at 5:48...it drives me crazy..lol, so know he sleeps in my bed when he wakes up I put him on the floor he goes pee and then back up in the bed and we go back to sleep for an hour or 2..we made a compromise..thats sounds crazy but thats what i feel it was..lol

Stitches29 · 06-29-2005, 04:57 PM

Maggie use to get up early, until summer started. She goes to bed at 9PM and gets up at 7:30AM. I do know that about 2 hours before bedtime, we take her outside to play with our bigger dogs and swim in the pool. She is exhausted by the time we come in. You might try something similar.

Lexi Rae · 06-30-2005, 06:35 AM

My Lexi Also Wakes Up Around 5 Or 530 Am... Drives Me Nuts..
I Try To Get Her So Tied At Night... She Goes To Sleep At 830 Pm On Her Own.... Last Night, She Cried Around 4am, I Took Her To Go Potty, She Had To Go... Then She Wanted To Play.. I Said No Way Little Girl

Back To Bed You Go.... She Whimpered Alittle, I Told Her Be Quiet And She Slept Until 6am... I Really Want Her To Sleep Through The Night Until At Least 630am.... Im So Tired Of Getting Up So Early..

StewiesMom · 06-30-2005, 07:12 AM

Don't let them go to sleep so early

Stewie goes to bed between 1030 and 1045 every night (like clockwork). He eats right before bed at around 10PM and doesn't wake up until I do (sometimes as late as noon or 1PM). I have a pee pad in my room that he may jump down to use in the morning, then he crawls right back in with me.

I think he sleeps so late for a few reasons. One being that he sleeps with me in my bed, so he's not in his crate worried about what I'm doing or if I'm awake -- he can see that I'm asleep. Second being that he eats later so he doesnt have to wake up as early to pee/poo. Also, I run him around as much as I possibly can and keep him from napping.

Hope I helped a little!

Lexi Rae · 06-30-2005, 07:25 AM

She Doesnt Like Sleeping With Me... She Will Come On My Bed Then Want To Get Off A Minute Later... So I Have To Get Up And Put Her Down... She Makes Me So Tired... Im Toooo Young To Be So Tired.
I Try To Go To Sleep So Early Because She Goes So Early And I Figure I Could Have More Zzzzzzzzzzz....i Feel So Bad For Her, I Feel As If Shes So Bored.....all She Wants To Do Is Play,play Play And Bite My Feet, My Socks, My Pants....shes Just Nutso..

luzangela428 · 06-30-2005, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by StewiesMom

Don't let them go to sleep so early

Stewie goes to bed between 1030 and 1045 every night (like clockwork). He eats right before bed at around 10PM and doesn't wake up until I do (sometimes as late as noon or 1PM). I have a pee pad in my room that he may jump down to use in the morning, then he crawls right back in with me.

I think he sleeps so late for a few reasons. One being that he sleeps with me in my bed, so he's not in his crate worried about what I'm doing or if I'm awake -- he can see that I'm asleep. Second being that he eats later so he doesnt have to wake up as early to pee/poo. Also, I run him around as much as I possibly can and keep him from napping.

Hope I helped a little!

I have kept him up to midnight..and he still wakes up at 5:48...grrr...lol, now he sleeps in m bed wakes up goes potty and then back to the bed and he will sleep for a couple more houirs BUT never past 9..lol..ever..DREAM COME TRUE...

luzangela428 · 06-30-2005, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Lexi Rae

She Doesnt Like Sleeping With Me... She Will Come On My Bed Then Want To Get Off A Minute Later... So I Have To Get Up And Put Her Down... She Makes Me So Tired... Im Toooo Young To Be So Tired.
I Try To Go To Sleep So Early Because She Goes So Early And I Figure I Could Have More Zzzzzzzzzzz....i Feel So Bad For Her, I Feel As If Shes So Bored.....all She Wants To Do Is Play,play Play And Bite My Feet, My Socks, My Pants....shes Just Nutso..

LOL...I wish I could have my bed to myself again..lol

06-18-2005, 10:24 AM	#1
Rocky's Mommy Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Liverpool, NY Posts: 29	How can I get Rocky to sleep longer? Hi all. Rocky is about 6 months old and gets up every morning between 5:00 and 5:30 am. I am a teacher and during the school months this works out great for me because I get up at that time anyways. I think he has become onditioned to getting up at this time but for the summer months and even just in general, I wish he would sleep an hour or so longer. What is the best way to go about getting him to do this? Ignoring him? If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate it! Thanks

06-18-2005, 11:08 AM	#3
LIL MIS' MAGIC Yorkie Lover Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Midlothian, Texas Posts: 4,377 Blog Entries: 3	We are also in the same boat...our girls get up around 5:00 to 5:30 every morning...we have tried to ignore them, but that doesn't seem to work for us either...any suggestions would be great!!! __________________ Kristin, Mom to: Lil Mis Magic, Sailor and Captain

06-20-2005, 11:29 AM	#5
bionicgirl Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 96	Same here...5:30am...30 minutes before I have to get up for work. But I use that 30 minutes to give Zack a massage, do potty training and play. I feed him while I'm in the shower, then take him back outside after my shower then we play more. I feel guily leaving him in his pen most of the day so I try to make up for it in the mornings and evenings. I long for those weekend morning when I used to sleep in! Zzzzzzzzzzz __________________ Zack's Dogster Page http://www.dogster.com/?154672 Gallery: http://www.yorkietalk.com/gallery/sh...00&ppuser=2585

06-20-2005, 12:48 PM	#6
vainchick5 YT 6000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: CA Posts: 6,588	I feel all of your pain. Coco used to do that at 5am! Then I got earplugs and a bed that had a zipper, so she couldn't get out. A week of ignoring her and now she can sleep as long as 10am! She will hold her potty too. As long as I'm asleep, she's asleep. But when I wake, she wants to be out of her bed. Just ignore it, and practice saying SHHHH!. It really works. Now if she whines I know it's because she can't hold it in anymore, and she has to go potty so I take her, and then we go back to sleep on weekends. She is 4 months. Trust me ignoring them isn't mean, because they need the sleep too. Plus you play better with them when you've gotten enough sleep. __________________ Mommy to Coco and Rocco

06-21-2005, 01:21 PM	#7
kalamela2004 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: in the United States Posts: 39	Take em for a walk Take your yorkie for a long walk at the park. Get him really tired. It always makes Bert sleep long. He usually sleeps till about 7:00 or 7:30a.m. Hope that helps. Last edited by kalamela2004; 06-21-2005 at 01:24 PM.

06-18-2005, 10:30 AM	#2
natalie Owned by Fred Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,352	I have the same problem with Fred. He wakes up every single morning when the sun rises. If he sees light, he'll bark until his lungs collapse! lol We tried the "ignore" method but the older he got, the less it started working. Now ignoring him doesn't work at all. I hate to go open the crate when he barks because I think it's my fault that I trained him to do that. My breeder told me to be careful and not let him out everytime he barks because he'll get into habit and believe that everytime he barks, I'll let him out. And I have! I would love to hear the solution to this one as well. Sorry I am no help, I'm in the same boat you are!

06-18-2005, 11:14 AM	#4
pennypoo Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Boothbay Harbor ME Posts: 57	Yes, I'm in the same boat. If she would she at least until 6:00 it would be better. The only time she slept in late is when we took her camping. I guess all the fresh air, being outside all day, and not taking as many naps helped.

06-29-2005, 04:30 PM	#8
amcirbo33 YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 5	I, too, am a teacher and have been off for the last 2 weeks. My vet told me to absolutely positively not let her out of her crate all of the hours that I am home during the summer months as it will be painful for her and I when school starts again. It has been hard, but I am trying to keep her in her crate on a consistent basis, this week. Shasta also gets me up at the crack of dawn, when I usually get up for school. I try to ignore her but am a light sleeper so I move her from the living room to the garage where it is dark. It usually works for a couple of more hours, which is plenty of time. I am a first time Yorkie owner, and everyone tells me to just ignore it, which worked to crate train her. I am now in the process of switching her over to a cage, with a divider (to keep a small area until she is potty trained), and am going through the same process I was when I started crate training. Hope any of the suggestions work. Good luck and enjoy your summer!

06-29-2005, 04:33 PM	#9
luzangela428 Maximus "Lily's Love Slave" Join Date: May 2005 Location: san ramon, ca Posts: 2,368	I don't let Maximus take a nap on the weekends I spend the whole day tiring him out so maybe I can get 10 more minutes of sleep..I don't put him to bed till 11 pm and he STILL wakes up at 5:48...it drives me crazy..lol, so know he sleeps in my bed when he wakes up I put him on the floor he goes pee and then back up in the bed and we go back to sleep for an hour or 2..we made a compromise..thats sounds crazy but thats what i feel it was..lol __________________ http://www.dogster.com/?148186 Maximus' Album: http://www.yorkietalk.com/gallery/sh...=1&ppuser=2303 Maximus Woves Lily

06-29-2005, 04:57 PM	#10
Stitches29 My Little Magwad Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,739	Maggie use to get up early, until summer started. She goes to bed at 9PM and gets up at 7:30AM. I do know that about 2 hours before bedtime, we take her outside to play with our bigger dogs and swim in the pool. She is exhausted by the time we come in. You might try something similar. __________________ "My Furkids" Maggie, Molly and Meme...

06-30-2005, 06:35 AM	#11
Lexi Rae Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY Posts: 10,455	. My Lexi Also Wakes Up Around 5 Or 530 Am... Drives Me Nuts.. I Try To Get Her So Tied At Night... She Goes To Sleep At 830 Pm On Her Own.... Last Night, She Cried Around 4am, I Took Her To Go Potty, She Had To Go... Then She Wanted To Play.. I Said No Way Little Girl Back To Bed You Go.... She Whimpered Alittle, I Told Her Be Quiet And She Slept Until 6am... I Really Want Her To Sleep Through The Night Until At Least 630am.... Im So Tired Of Getting Up So Early..

06-30-2005, 07:12 AM	#12
StewiesMom Stewie Rox the Sox Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 6,306	Don't let them go to sleep so early Stewie goes to bed between 1030 and 1045 every night (like clockwork). He eats right before bed at around 10PM and doesn't wake up until I do (sometimes as late as noon or 1PM). I have a pee pad in my room that he may jump down to use in the morning, then he crawls right back in with me. I think he sleeps so late for a few reasons. One being that he sleeps with me in my bed, so he's not in his crate worried about what I'm doing or if I'm awake -- he can see that I'm asleep. Second being that he eats later so he doesnt have to wake up as early to pee/poo. Also, I run him around as much as I possibly can and keep him from napping. Hope I helped a little! __________________ Kristy & Stewie

06-30-2005, 07:25 AM	#13
Lexi Rae Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY Posts: 10,455	. She Doesnt Like Sleeping With Me... She Will Come On My Bed Then Want To Get Off A Minute Later... So I Have To Get Up And Put Her Down... She Makes Me So Tired... Im Toooo Young To Be So Tired. I Try To Go To Sleep So Early Because She Goes So Early And I Figure I Could Have More Zzzzzzzzzzz....i Feel So Bad For Her, I Feel As If Shes So Bored.....all She Wants To Do Is Play,play Play And Bite My Feet, My Socks, My Pants....shes Just Nutso..