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GnuHouse · 05-20-2014, 04:43 AM

Bentley is 16 weeks old and we've had him for a month now. In that month, my wife and I have had a grand total of one full night sleep and it's beginning to frustrate us.

We try to keep Bentley on a schedule as much as possible. He eats first thing in the morning, then water around 10am, and again around 2:30pm. He eats again around 6pm, and then we take his water away around 7pm. We put him in his crate for bed at 11pm, although lately it's been closer to 10:30pm as we're getting pretty tired these days because of the interrupted sleep.

When it comes to going to the bathroom, we let him out when he gets up in the morning and before he goes to bed, and he has to go before he comes back in. Throughout the day we let him out when he rings the sleigh bells (regardless of him needing to go), when he starts to show signs of needing to go, when he whimpers, and before and after we crate him. Needless to say, we give him plenty of opportunities to go to the bathroom, and that doesn't count the accidents he has throughout the day.

Anyways, Bentley will wake up some time around 2:30am every morning, barking and whining in his crate. My wife will get up with him and let him out, but by this time he's usually peed in his crate. She'll spray the crate down, put a new towel in, and crate him again. He was going back to sleep until about 5am, but now he will resume barking and whining.

We've tried ignoring him, shaking coins, giving his crate a tap, etc., but to no avail. I've now resorting to doing something completely horrible and I bring him into the family room and lie down on the couch with him. I know it's bad, but it's the only way we can get Bentley to sleep after he gets up.

Anyways, my wife and I are getting really frustrated, not to mention sleep deprived. Any advice?

05-20-2014, 04:43 AM	#1
GnuHouse Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Posts: 34	Puppy not sleeping through the night Bentley is 16 weeks old and we've had him for a month now. In that month, my wife and I have had a grand total of one full night sleep and it's beginning to frustrate us. We try to keep Bentley on a schedule as much as possible. He eats first thing in the morning, then water around 10am, and again around 2:30pm. He eats again around 6pm, and then we take his water away around 7pm. We put him in his crate for bed at 11pm, although lately it's been closer to 10:30pm as we're getting pretty tired these days because of the interrupted sleep. When it comes to going to the bathroom, we let him out when he gets up in the morning and before he goes to bed, and he has to go before he comes back in. Throughout the day we let him out when he rings the sleigh bells (regardless of him needing to go), when he starts to show signs of needing to go, when he whimpers, and before and after we crate him. Needless to say, we give him plenty of opportunities to go to the bathroom, and that doesn't count the accidents he has throughout the day. Anyways, Bentley will wake up some time around 2:30am every morning, barking and whining in his crate. My wife will get up with him and let him out, but by this time he's usually peed in his crate. She'll spray the crate down, put a new towel in, and crate him again. He was going back to sleep until about 5am, but now he will resume barking and whining. We've tried ignoring him, shaking coins, giving his crate a tap, etc., but to no avail. I've now resorting to doing something completely horrible and I bring him into the family room and lie down on the couch with him. I know it's bad, but it's the only way we can get Bentley to sleep after he gets up. Anyways, my wife and I are getting really frustrated, not to mention sleep deprived. Any advice?