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mrsimbo · 05-12-2014, 09:26 PM

Hi guys.

My husband and I adopted a 9-year-old male Yorkie, Mr. Simbo, five months ago. His previous owners (with whom he had spent his whole life before coming to us) were loving, but provided no training whatsoever.

We've overcome a lot of hurdles since. He was an aggressive little guy, no direction, no discipline. We first had him neutered, and have been working with a trainer for four months. He's flourished into a great little guy, well-mannered most of the time and almost housebroken (I say almost because he has had a couple of accidents.)

We have one last problem and need your help to overcome it. Every single morning, between 0430 and 0530, he starts whining, and crying. Incessantly, relentlessly. Since adopting him I have been sleeping with ear plugs but they do nothing to drown out the noise.

We tried ignoring him. We tried the shake can (works for 5 seconds.) We tried the water - spray. We do not get up before the alarm goes off in an effort to signal to him that "the day doesn't start before the alarm goes off." Nothing works.

What do we do?! We're at our whits' end and utterly sleepless.

A bit of routine info:

Either my husband or I take him out for the last time right before bed, which is around midnight. I don't think it's a matter of him having to go potty -- he's an older dog, and can hold it for longer than puppies. He has no medical issues. He eats around 4/5 pm, and goes on potty breaks four times a day.

He is crate trained, and sleeps in it at night in our bedroom. He loves his crate. We do not want to encourage sleeping in the bed with us, and since I am not 100% sure that's he's housebroken, I do not yet feel comfortable leaving him in the house by himself. (He does have a playpen, in the living room. We tried having him sleep in there overnight but the same thing happens, only worse. He gets up at the crack of down but since he cannot see us, he barks like a madman instead of just whining and not only does it wake us up, but the neighbors, too.)

Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance.

05-12-2014, 09:26 PM	#1
mrsimbo Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Europe Posts: 13	5am yorkie wake - up call ... Help! Hi guys. My husband and I adopted a 9-year-old male Yorkie, Mr. Simbo, five months ago. His previous owners (with whom he had spent his whole life before coming to us) were loving, but provided no training whatsoever. We've overcome a lot of hurdles since. He was an aggressive little guy, no direction, no discipline. We first had him neutered, and have been working with a trainer for four months. He's flourished into a great little guy, well-mannered most of the time and almost housebroken (I say almost because he has had a couple of accidents.) We have one last problem and need your help to overcome it. Every single morning, between 0430 and 0530, he starts whining, and crying. Incessantly, relentlessly. Since adopting him I have been sleeping with ear plugs but they do nothing to drown out the noise. We tried ignoring him. We tried the shake can (works for 5 seconds.) We tried the water - spray. We do not get up before the alarm goes off in an effort to signal to him that "the day doesn't start before the alarm goes off." Nothing works. What do we do?! We're at our whits' end and utterly sleepless. A bit of routine info: Either my husband or I take him out for the last time right before bed, which is around midnight. I don't think it's a matter of him having to go potty -- he's an older dog, and can hold it for longer than puppies. He has no medical issues. He eats around 4/5 pm, and goes on potty breaks four times a day. He is crate trained, and sleeps in it at night in our bedroom. He loves his crate. We do not want to encourage sleeping in the bed with us, and since I am not 100% sure that's he's housebroken, I do not yet feel comfortable leaving him in the house by himself. (He does have a playpen, in the living room. We tried having him sleep in there overnight but the same thing happens, only worse. He gets up at the crack of down but since he cannot see us, he barks like a madman instead of just whining and not only does it wake us up, but the neighbors, too.) Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance.