Piper needs a little help in these final training stages. He is 8 months old. When we got Piper, he was confined to the laundry room with his litter box, crate, and toys. He would come out and play, go for walks, training, etc., but his bed and home were in the laundry room, and that is where he would go to bed each night. He has had some seperation anxiety his whole life with us, and will bark and cry when we leave him. We ignore or correct regularly, and it is not that bad. In the last two months he has moved into the gigantic kitchen, still with all of his things, and when we are home, he has free access to the house with us. He will go to his litter box on his own, and he is very good and smart about behaving.
Here is the problem. We want Piper to sleep in the house, and have general access to the house at night like he does during the day. We got him a new bed in our room, which is very close to his kitchen, and we tried leaving him out at night. He jumped to try to get up on our bed (he can't without his stairs) for about two hours in the dark. Then, my husband kicked him out of our room, and just shut our door, and he ran around the house all night, and peed on the carpet. He lost his mind!
How can I get him to sleep in the house like a normal dog? I don't want him on the bed because he is 5lbs., my husband and I are both over 6'0 giant people, and I am a rough sleeper. I don't want him to get kicked or trapped in blankets. Should I try again? Maybe I should wait until he is older, just like the stages I went through with his rooms? Have any of you had experiences with this and got your pups to adjust? I think it would help with his seperation anxiety, but don't want to undo any potty training, etc. Thanks for the tips!
