My husband and I are at our wits end!
We have had our Yorkie for almost a year, and he was our friend's pet the year prior. They trained him very well- however, ignorantly we changed one of his old patterns, and now we are having trouble changing it back!
In his old house, he would sleep in his crate at night. My husband and I felt bad, since he is in his crate all day, to put him back in his crate at night. So, he has been sleeping with us since we adopted him last May. However, we just found out that I am pregnant!!
and we know now that we need to break him of this habit before the baby comes, since the baby will probably be sleeping in the bed with us when it is born.
First, we tried putting his bed on our bed and having him sleep on that. Our next plan was to move his bed to the floor and have him sleep on the floor next to our bed. Our goal is to still have him in the same room so he still feels a part of the family, but just not on the bed.
However, everynight we try this, he starts on his bed, then in the middle of the night he ends up snuggled right next to me! Last night we tried putting him in his cage, but he cried ALL NIGHT LONG. He is very stubborn- but we thought eventually he would realize that we weren't going to get him and he would stop, but he didn't!
This is very confusing to us because when he goes back to our friend's house (his first owners) he remembers all his old rountines and follows them (no jumping on the couch, sleeping in his crate at night) but at our house, there is a problem.
This is my first message on these boards, and I am sure that I have a lot to learn! Please share any advice you have for my husband and I. Our next step was to get a barking collar (he had one when he was little with his first owner) but I am trying not to go that route.
Thank you for all your time and help! I look forward to your advice!