Old yorkie crying early in morning

[Brittany29]

Hello, I wrote a long message and everything just disappeared when I pressed on the submite button, so will not continue with this subject until I know it's working, so this is a test.

[Brittany29]

Hello, ok now I can start again,I live in Brittany France (since 1991) my old yorkie will be 15 in Nov, he has had a spanish dog as a friend since 2006, and recently a whippet who will be 2 this October. Rex was on heart pills for 3 yrs only to find out he didn't need them, changed vets because of this. He had a slight stroke in 2013, this I thinik was due to these pils as they dialate the veins. He was in our camper van with the other dog at our daughters wedding, and he got a bit stressed. He has two small cataractes in both eyes and is going deaf. He was injured by a nasty person with a kick on the beach a few months ago, but with all our loving care his slipped disc is now better, although very careful with him now, no long walks. My problem is he starts crying early in the mornings, he sleeps with the other dogs down stairs, before never any problems. He starts at 6 am now 5am, I've been down to see if all ok, been kind and reasuring with him, then tried telling him off, but 20 mins later he starts again, the noise is just awful, it's causing my cats, instead of just going down stairs and out side or using the lit tray up stairs, to piss in the rooms, they are fightened to go down stairs. The spanish Dog has now started to tell him off, it's getting on her nerves. I'm getting extremely tired, and nearly fell down stairs my self the other day. My grand daughter can't come, when she does she is woken up and a 3 yrs old woken up at 6 am is annoying when she normally sleeps on. Is it because he is going deaf and can't see properly so is feeling insecure with out me ???? he has the other dogs with him, it's a sif, ok I have slept enough it's about time you get up !!!! he goes out through the cat flap to do his toilet like always. I can't take him upstairs, otherwise he will want to be on the bed and it's too high, might hurt his back, can't leave him on the floor as he needs to do a wee in the night, he can't use the stairs anymore, too much jolting for his back. Has anyone got a solution so he keeps quiet like he did before. Ths noise he makes is just awful, it gets right through to you. Thanks if anyone has some ideas. Brittany29

[Poochy7]

I am so sorry about your situation. I know how hard it is to be woken up when your not ready to wake up. From what I have gone though with my girl Poochy she is 12 years old when she wants some thing she comes up with a way to get my attention. I think you are right about your boy wanting to be with you. Did he use to sleep with you before his injury? Since he is an old man and may still be in pain in his back I think he just wants more of your love. Every thing you are doing to keep him safe he does not under stand. If his routine has been to sleep with you. I think may be a vet visit would be wise to find out what they think about his crying. So sorry your kitties are having there routine messed up also. Hope you can get him settled down. Let us know how it all comes out. Gods blessing to you. Poochy7

[matese]

When my girl was 15.5 y/o her sight started to fail and she was getting hard of hearing, she could no longer sleep on my bed. I used my home office to sleep in because I have a futon, it's lower to the floor and my girl was able to sleep with me until she was a bit over 16 y/o, then she had to sleep in her bed next to the futon, I slept with my hand in her bed so she would know I was there. At that time when ever I had to leave the house for something my neighbors would tell me he cried and howled the entire time I was gone. I came home one day and heard her, it was heart wrenching. She was scared, she knew I was not home. She was close to 17 y/o, almost completely blind, totally deaf, she getting confused, dementia was setting in, she would get in a corner and not be able to get out. I left her alone only to go food shopping and the bank, I was to fearful she would panic if she got in a corner and couldn't get out. Your baby is scared, loosing sight and hearing, yes he is feeling insecure without you. I can only tell you what I did for my sweet baby. I would have slept on the floor if I had to just to keep her secure in knowing I was right there by her, but that is just me. I hope others can offer advise.

[Maximo]

Welcome to Yorkie Talk. Sorry to hear your boy is having some issues. There is a strong chance that this is not a behavior issue. He could be experiencing more pain in the morning that is causing him to cry. Could be his back after lying down for an extended period of time, or something else.

I was reading yesterday about human brain tumors and how certain types often cause extreme headaches in the morning that improve during the day. This is not to suggest that your boy has a tumor, but just to demonstrate that health problems can be associated with early day pain.

I hope you can find a solution that works for him and your whole family. Would he use a piddle pad if you set up an xpen in your bedroom with the pad?

Some people have put a dog crate on their beds or bedside table to make an ailing dog happy while keeping them safe.

[Brittany29]

Hi,
Thanks for replying and trying to help us with our problem. In answer to Poochy7, no he has never slept with us, always down stairs, he was trained right from a baby to stay downstairs, and at that time on his own, although the cats would come and go, so he wasn't really on his own, then in 2006 we adopted a podenca from Ibiza, a spanish greyhound, Rex was 6 and Sandy about 2 and right from day one they just love each other and go everywhere together. Rex never cried for me in the mornings like this. When ever I go out, I say "look after the house for Mummy, see you later", if he is not on the bed with Sandy, he gets up and joins her and looks at me as if to say, ok. We got our Whippet as I was affraid if something happened to Rex poor Sandy would be on her own and she is so attached to little Rex, she would have been too stressed, already a stressed dog after her passed life in spain. They all sleep together, but Rex tends to snuggle up to her Sandy, like a big teddy bear. After he had his back hurt, we made a little ramp up to the bed (sofa) so he could still go up and be with the other two, but now he is better he can jump again.
Like you say Maximo, sounds very much like what you went through, I think because of his eyes, his ears and the confusion, dementia setting in, he is frightened to be with out me. Now my husband is at home, retired, when I go out, he said he is constantly going out the catflap looking for me. I think I will have to try and give him some homeopathic treatment, so will ask the vêt which one, so that in the long term calms this stress he has. It's extremely upsetting to see him go this way, he is such a little love as you can imagine, and because of his stress and crying starting early in the morning, he spends his day sleeping, but if I'm out side when he wakes up he follows me everywhere, before he was just happy having the company of the other dogs. Yes I don't think this is a behavour problem either as he wasn't like this before. I thanks those who have come back tih an answer and certainly will keep you informed. Will try and post a photo when I figure out how to do it, as I'm not used to using forums, Many thanks again, will speak again soon, Brittany29

[Brittany29]

I seem to have problems posting my messages, do I clic on quick reply if I want to reply to all who have written, or do it clic on the post reply blue tag, as when I do nothing gets posted ???? and I end up loosing everything, thanks

[Brittany29]

Hi,
Thanks for replying and trying to help us with our problem. In answer to Poochy7, no he has never slept with us, always down stairs, he was trained right from a baby to stay downstairs, and at that time on his own, although the cats would come and go, so he wasn't really on his own, then in 2006 we adopted a podenca from Ibiza, a spanish greyhound, Rex was 6 and Sandy about 2 and right from day one they just love each other and go everywhere together. Rex never cried for me in the mornings like this. When ever I go out, I say "look after the house for Mummy, see you later", if he is not on the bed with Sandy, he gets up and joins her and looks at me as if to say, ok. We got our Whippet as I was affraid if something happened to Rex poor Sandy would be on her own and she is so attached to little Rex, she would have been too stressed, already a stressed dog after her passed life in spain. They all sleep together, but Rex tends to snuggle up to her Sandy, like a big teddy bear. After he had his back hurt, we made a little ramp up to the bed (sofa) so he could still go up and be with the other two, but now he is better he can jump again.
Like you say Maximo, sounds very much like what you went through, I think because of his eyes, his ears and the confusion, dementia setting in, he is frightened to be with out me. Now my husband is at home, retired, when I go out, he said he is constantly going out the catflap looking for me. I think I will have to try and give him some homeopathic treatment, so will ask the vêt which one, so that in the long term calms this stress he has. It's extremely upsetting to see him go this way, he is such a little love as you can imagine, and because of his stress and crying starting early in the morning, he spends his day sleeping, but if I'm out side when he wakes up he follows me everywhere, before he was just happy having the company of the other dogs. Yes I don't think this is a behavour problem either as he wasn't like this before. I thanks those who have come back tih an answer and certainly will keep you informed. Will try and post a photo when I figure out how to do it, as I'm not used to using forums, Many thanks again, will speak again soon, Brittany29

[Brittany29]

Hi again, I have written a long reply, but still nothing comes up, just these little messages, help, don't understand.

[Brittany29]

Hi,
Thanks for replying and trying to help us with our problem. In answer to Poochy7, no he has never slept with us, always down stairs, he was trained right from a baby to stay downstairs, and at that time on his own, although the cats would come and go, so he wasn't really on his own, then in 2006 we adopted a podenca from Ibiza, a spanish greyhound, Rex was 6 and Sandy about 2 and right from day one they just love each other and go everywhere together. Rex never cried for me in the mornings like this. When ever I go out, I say "look after the house for Mummy, see you later", if he is not on the bed with Sandy, he gets up and joins her and looks at me as if to say, ok. We got our Whippet as I was affraid if something happened to Rex poor Sandy would be on her own and she is so attached to little Rex, she would have been too stressed, already a stressed dog after her passed life in spain. They all sleep together, but Rex tends to snuggle up to her Sandy, like a big teddy bear. After he had his back hurt, we made a little ramp up to the bed (sofa) so he could still go up and be with the other two, but now he is better he can jump again.
Like you say Maximo, sounds very much like what you went through, I think because of his eyes, his ears and the confusion, dementia setting in, he is frightened to be with out me. Now my husband is at home, retired, when I go out, he said he is constantly going out the catflap looking for me. I think I will have to try and give him some homeopathic treatment, so will ask the vêt which one, so that in the long term calms this stress he has. It's extremely upsetting to see him go this way, he is such a little love as you can imagine, and because of his stress and crying starting early in the morning, he spends his day sleeping, but if I'm out side when he wakes up he follows me everywhere, before he was just happy having the company of the other dogs. Yes I don't think this is a behavour problem either as he wasn't like this before. I thanks those who have come back tih an answer and certainly will keep you informed. Will try and post a photo when I figure out how to do it, as I'm not used to using forums, Many thanks again, will speak again soon, Brittany29 this is the 3rd time trying to post this

[Brittany29]

please help, why does it take so long for my post to come up ???????? I'm sorry for the people who have replied to me, I have replied, but it doesn't come up, so I can't give you any answers. I have made a copy to paste, not to loose all the text again, but I can't stay on the computer all day, if I close down, then the text is lost, please tell me some one how to use this forum, things just don't seem to be going right. Thanks

[Brittany29]

I keep getting this" Thank you for posting your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved for posting" WHY

[Brittany29]

Hi,
Thanks for replying and trying to help us with our problem. In answer to Poochy7, no he has never slept with us, always down stairs, he was trained right from a baby to stay downstairs, and at that time on his own, although the cats would come and go, so he wasn't really on his own, then in 2006 we adopted a podenca from Ibiza, a spanish greyhound, Rex was 6 and Sandy about 2 and right from day one they just love each other and go everywhere together. Rex never cried for me in the mornings like this. When ever I go out, I say "look after the house for Mummy, see you later", if he is not on the bed with Sandy, he gets up and joins her and looks at me as if to say, ok. We got our Whippet as I was affraid if something happened to Rex poor Sandy would be on her own and she is so attached to little Rex, she would have been too stressed, already a stressed dog after her passed life in spain. They all sleep together, but Rex tends to snuggle up to her Sandy, like a big teddy bear. After he had his back hurt, we made a little ramp up to the bed (sofa) so he could still go up and be with the other two, but now he is better he can jump again.
Like you say Maximo, sounds very much like what you went through, I think because of his eyes, his ears and the confusion, dementia setting in, he is frightened to be with out me. Now my husband is at home, retired, when I go out, he said he is constantly going out the catflap looking for me. I think I will have to try and give him some homeopathic treatment, so will ask the vêt which one, so that in the long term calms this stress he has. It's extremely upsetting to see him go this way, he is such a little love as you can imagine, and because of his stress and crying starting early in the morning, he spends his day sleeping, but if I'm out side when he wakes up he follows me everywhere, before he was just happy having the company of the other dogs. Yes I don't think this is a behavour problem either as he wasn't like this before. I thanks those who have come back tih an answer and certainly will keep you informed. Will try and post a photo when I figure out how to do it, as I'm not used to using forums, Many thanks again, will speak again soon, Brittany29

[Brittany29]

Apologies for those who have replied to me, it seems that the moderators don't want me to reply to you, nothing gets through, thanks for trying to help

[matese]

For new members it takes a short time for their replies to show up. I believe after 10 posts yours will show up right away. Don't get discouraged, keep posting they will hit the forum.