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09-19-2012, 01:05 PM | #1 |
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| Won't sleep through the night Hi all, I am hoping for some suggestions here. My 14 month old Yorkie will not sleep through the night. She wakes up every couple of hours and starts crying. She wants to get up to pee around 1:00 a.m. which is fine, because I do too. THEN she wakes up again around 2:00 and wants to eat, then she wakes up again around 3:00 to poo (and eat if I haven't fed her from the first time she wakes up) and again around 5:30. I have tried changing her feeding time, giving her healthy snacks in between, giving her a snack when she wakes up at 3:00. I also exercise her 2 - 3 times a day which will total to 1 1/2 hours. Even after we have done a very brisk 1/2 walk, she will still run around the house like a nut, playing with her ball. She is extremely active and burns off a lot of her food, so I increased the amount she eats. When she wakes up for the 3rd or 4th time, I let her come on the bed with me. (she is in her crate which is covered the rest of the night) She will go back to sleep till 7:00. But I can't sleep still because I have a full sized bed and she smushes herself right up against me on top of the covers. I end up not even being able to freakin cover myself because she is on top of the covers. If I lay on my back, she will climb onto my chest and fall asleep. To make matters worse, she has to be covered up with the sheet I have on the bed for her. It just isn't comfortable for ME if she sleeps on the bed the whole night. Although, she can then go down the ramp herself and go pee and poo. I have tried putting a pillow on the bed next to me head, so she won't be on top of the covers. I tried getting her to go under the covers, but that doesn't work because she ends up going down by my feet and gets all confused because she can't get out of the bed. OMG, I am SO sleep deprived. She was better when she was younger, she would sleep till 5:00. I don't mind getting up with her to pee ONCE during the night. I have tried ignoring her, feeding her late, not feeding her when she wakes up at 3:00. Nothing is working - she will just cry and cry and cry. I say QUIET and she does for about 10 minutes, then starts all over again. So I end up giving in and getting up AGAIN, not even having to go to the bathroom. I know she wants to come on the bed, but like I said I STILL can't sleep because of the ways SHE sleeps on the bed. I don't want to deprive her of food if she really is hungry in the middle of the night!! If I don't feed her and she poops at 3:00, she will eat the freakin poo. Anyway, sorry for the long post, but I really need some help!! |
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09-19-2012, 01:08 PM | #2 |
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| Have you tried putting her in an exercise pen in another room? I think one time a night is fine, but waking up several times is a little extreme... With the exercise pen, you could put her bed on one end with water and then potty pads on the other so she could relieve herself without having to wake you.
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09-19-2012, 01:21 PM | #3 |
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| She was in a pen when I first got her and she would go nuts in it, jumping like a pogo stick in it. She absolutely HATED IT and she ruined her knees by jumping so much. I would never be able to put her back in it, especially now that she has the run of the house. I know that all this waking up IS extreme and I am sure it is because she wants to be on the bed the whole night. But even if she was on the bed, she would wake up because she wants to eat and she will bop my face with her paw till I get up, or she will even head butt my legs. She is an extremely stubborn little dog, with a HUGE personality. |
09-19-2012, 01:21 PM | #4 |
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| I agree you need to get some sleep. Getting up once is normal multiple times is extreme
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09-19-2012, 01:42 PM | #5 |
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| You have a cuddler on your hands. She is crying because she wants to sleep with you. If you are exercising her that much and she is getting enough food through the day there is no reason for her to have to go potty in the night except on rare occasions when she drinks a lot. Feeding her in the middle of the night will make her have to go again soon though. Don't feed her after her evening meal. Walk her before bed and make sure she does her business and then let her stay in her bed through the night. She knows you are going to let her get in bed with you eventually and that is what she really wants. Gracie has slept with me from night one so I'm used to her letting me share her bed with me. She has her own pillow and blanket which she starts out with but usually by morning she is ether snuggled up against me or actually asks to get under the blanket. She is a heat seeker. Dogs are animals that are used to sleeping on top of each other. They grow up that way. Some Yorkies tend to get cold easily. (Gracie was upset when I turned on the AC or a fan this summer) I had to get her winter pajamas out for her. Maybe a softer bed with a warmer blanket would help get your dog used to sleeping through the night. As it is you have set up a pattern that is hard to break. If you don't want her to sleep with you then you are going to have to endure some crying until she accepts that you are not giving in to her cries. I have had dogs in my bed since I was a kid so this is no new thing to me. I know some pet owners don't like to share thier bed's though. I hope you can work out a solution. |
09-19-2012, 01:43 PM | #6 |
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| Sheesh, I can't imagine what you are going through. both my peke and yorkie sleep all night. I hope someone can help, this sounds terrible for you and her.
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09-19-2012, 02:04 PM | #7 | |
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09-19-2012, 02:19 PM | #8 |
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| I think she is probably waking up so many times so she can get in bed with you. At that age I don't think it is necessary for her to have to eat in the middle of the night. If you do not want her in the bed its best to stop putting her in the bed when she cries because its rewarding her for crying. I would take her out to go potty when she cries and then put her back to bed and ignore her crying. If you have room in your bedroom you could set her up a play pen with a puppy pad, a bed, some water, and some food.
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09-19-2012, 04:54 PM | #9 |
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| I am again going to try leaving the crate door open so she can go in and out to go potty. I tried that before, but it didn't work. She just stood by the crate crying and wouldn't go in unless I PUT her in it, then shut the door. She then goes to sleep. And then wakes up. And yes, she is a total cuddler. She always has to be on my lap no matter where we are. She is so very sweet and affectionate, but not a good sleeper. It figures, I finally get my doggie and she has insomnia!!! ahahahahahahahahaha |
09-19-2012, 06:13 PM | #10 |
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| My Milo started that getting up several times at night when I had him in the laundry room. That didn't last long I couldn't take that getting up all night so I did put him in bed with us. At first i was afraid we would roll over on him but now we are use to him. Sometimes i will wake up and have to move him and he will b limp because he is that asleep he never wakes up. That was when the was 5 months old and now he is 14 months old. If he has to get up he will go to his pad and do his job and come back. I don't feed him after 6:30 unless we are out and couldn't be back at that time.
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09-20-2012, 06:07 AM | #11 |
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| It sounds to me like she's very smart. She knows that every time she whines and cries, you give her something... and then by the 4th time, she gets what she wants: in the bed with you. Why would she stop? She's learned that it WORKS whatever she is doing. Jackson would wake up once in the middle of the night to potty, like normal, from about 9 weeks old - 16 weeks old. That was when he was being crated still. The first night I just let him sleep on the bed with me... wa-laa, it was magic! The dog slept through the night lol. I love him in my bed though and wouldn't have it any other way. He's almost 4 now and will sleep for 8-10 hours through the night. Also, if he ever for some reason got up and wanted to get out and I knew he did not need anything... I would just snap my fingers and firmly say "no, lay back down". If you don't want her on your bed through the night, you're going to have to lay the ground rules and NEVER allow her on the bed. Especially not after a night of waking up and whining all night... she will continue to get her way and know she can get away with it. You can let her pee at 1am, but then after that, you're going to have to ignore. But I also totally understand where you're coming from... Jackson went through a phase, probably around her age, where he decided he did not want to sleep when we visited my dads house. Where he had spent at least 2 nights a week from the time he was a puppy. More goes on over there -- cats, other dogs, etc. And he would literally stare at my door ALL night long and not go to sleep. I mean this was after HOURS of exercise too. I can't say I ever did anything specific - it drove me nuts for a good length of time, but I guess he grew out of it.
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09-20-2012, 06:15 AM | #12 |
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| We have a Shorkie that wakes up a few times a night and starts crying. She goes from my bed to my friend's bed and can't seem to settle down. We let her out to do her thing and she goes back to sleep sometimes. She does sleep in bed with us and she's not hungry. Sometimes when we tell her no she'll go back to bed other times she just whines and cries. We haven't figured out what her problem is. |
09-20-2012, 07:11 AM | #13 |
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| Well, last night we went to bed at 10:00. She woke up at 11:00 (in her crate) and whined. I knew she had to pee, so I let her out, she peed and put her back in the crate. She slept 12:00, woke up and cried and whined louder and louder for an hour. I said QUIET, rattled the crate, etc. Went back to sleep, woke up at 2:30 and started all over again. So much so that my landlords (who are also my friends) could hear her in their bedroom. They are in the addition part of the house so it is NOT right near my bedroom. I heard Gerry mimicking her whining. That is how bad it was!! I cannot have this, I rent this apartment and I can't have my dog waking up my landlords all night, even if they are friends of mine and love her to death. I ended up letting her out of crate, she ran into kitchen and started going nuts at the fridge wanting food. SO, yes I did give in and give her a tiny snack and then let her come on the bed with me. She was fine after that until 5:30 which is when she USED to eat breakfast before all this crap started. I gave her breakfast and we went back to sleep till 7:30. I realized that I am just going to have to figure out a way we can both sleep comfortably on the bed. I am sure that there will be an adjustment period for both of us - she hasn't seemed to find the spot she likes the best. Plus, when it gets cold I am going to have to figure out how to cover her up or maybe put a sweater or pajamas on her to keep her warm because I cannot stand a hot bedroom. I think the compromise I can make is put her in her crate when we first go to sleep at around 10:00 - 11:00 and then let her come on the bed after we both get up to pee. That way, I can have the bed to myself for a few hours, she is fine sleeping in the crate for a few hours (as a matter of fact, the times I HAVE let her on the bed right away, she did not fall asleep - she likes being in the crate for a few hours), then I can let her on the bed. She can go up and down the ramp herself to pee and poop and maybe I can just get used to all that and SLEEP until 5:30 when she needs to eat breakfast. I AM going to have to deal with her trying to get her way and wanting a snack in the middle of the night. But it is easier to deal with her ON the bed and doing her little gyrations, than it is having her stuck in the crate, crying and making all her noises. I swear she talks and says Mummy, louder and louder and louder. I know that sounds like I am nuts, but it is true. She makes this two syllable noise that sounds EXACLY like Mummy. And she will use different tones, depending on how made she is. It is pretty funny. Yes, she is very, very smart. And she knows that I will give in to her about this situtation. I really don't give in to her about things, but my hands are kind of tied because of the fact that she wakes up my landlords. She probably knows THAT too. ahahahahaha I am so hoping that as she gets older, she will outgrow all this "adolescent" crap that she is pulling. At least I know that I can handle it, not like when I first got her when she was 7 months old and I was on this forum freaking out, thinking I would have to send her back because I was in New Yorkie Owner He!!. It was great to have all you guys rah, rah me and I did get through it all. Anyway, thanks for the advice! |
09-20-2012, 07:33 AM | #14 |
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| Is the crate in your bedroom? Maybe that would help? You have to stop feeding her in the night. It can't be good for her anyway, she may end up over eating and getting fat. |
09-20-2012, 07:50 AM | #15 |
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| Emy eats her last half of her daily portion around 5:00-6:00. I take her out to walk right before that, cause she usually has to poop in the early afternoon. I have her crate on a table right next to my bed so she is basically right next to my head...I have to get out of bed at the end, cause I don't have enough room with the table there.I can hear everymove she makes during the night...she has woken me up with a little grrrrrrrr, I know to get up and go to her peepad in the kitchen so she can pee, usually around 1:00 in the morning, she won't go back to sleep if I try to put her back in her crate for some reason, so I just lay down on the couch and she sleeps on my stomach until we have to get up at 6:00 am. Then I immediately take her outside and she poops...lately she has been waking up at 11:00 at night, and I take her into her peepad, for some reason, now she wants to play for an hour, I won't, cause I'm tired and want to go back to bed, but I just let her amuse herself till she's done, I will sit at kitchen table and watch her, when I see her slowingn down, I will take her to the couch, and finish out the night there. At least I'm getting some sleep. Good Luck, they can be a handful in the middle of the night can't they...Emy is 6 months old now. |
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