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Please help me get a nights rest Please help I havent had a continuous night's rest since about Sept. Prior to Sept Bindi slept the whole night thru. her days were filled with activities also. In Sept. I started working...she now spends most of the day sleeping even if ppl are home she goes and just waits in my room. When i get home its near 630, 7pm i feed her, take her to the park. I pretty much wind down after that getting ready for bed. I try to play while I relax but shes still not ready for bed when i go to sleep. She wakes me up 3-4x a night to either go outside to pee(even tho she has pads in the house) or to just play. If i dont get up. shell stand on my chest and bark. Still no respose? she starts stickin her nose in my ears and eyes and licks my face.... Please what can i do. i just want to sleep again.... :( I think ive spoiled my baby. shes 1 yr and 1 month old. |
First I would start all over. I would put her in a crate at night next to your bed for starters. Train her to sleep in the crate. There's nothing wrong with that. Actaully every trainer will tell you NOT to let them sleep with you. If your sleep is being broken up every night this is what I would do. Of course, she needs excercise and campanionship when you are home. It's loney all day without company I'm sure. Buddy is alone all day long also but I do sit with him 1/2hr in the am before getting ready for work and another 1/2 hrs after dinner. He get's walked 4times a day also. As they get older they do not require so much attention. (most of the time). When Buddy would wake me up as a puppy to play at night I would put him on the floor and threaten to swat him with a paper which I kept under the blanket. It wasn't long that he realized when he jumped on the bed and left me alone he would not get put on the floor or hit with the paper. Neither hurt him and taught him that when he's on the bed he sleeps. Good luck, |
yeah I would recrate her at night again. Put a blanket over the crate and her favorite blanket and toy in the crate. a little clock that ticks might help also. |
My Roxy is 2y and 2mn old and she was very hyper as a puppy. When my husband is home she tends to wake him up for attention at night. I think b/c he plays rowdy with her and will sometimes rub her belly at night. I did not pay her any attention when she would start whinning at night. She doesn't bother me now. If anything I bother her b/c she cuddles right next to me and when I need to change sleeping postions I have to mover her:) But she just goes back to sleep. She goes on her pad at night and doesn't even wake us up with that. But she is very smart and knows what she can get away with and who will let her get away with it. Good luck! |
I know how you feel. I have a 12 year old pom with cushing's and senility and she wales me up every 2-3 hours every night and if I try and ignore her Pixie goes crazy barking, I haven't had a full nights sleep in close to 2 years. I am seriously thinking of putting my pom in another room a few nights a week to see if I can sleep through her wakings, but with your baby I would definitley crate her for awhile since there is no medical reason she is getting you up so much. Good luck. |
Can you hire a dog walker or send her to doggy daycare a few times per week? It sounds like she just needs more activity during the day. I'm sure crate training will work, but it won't address the underlying problem that your dog is bored and restless. |
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If you can hire a dog walker, and then take her out again when you get home, I bet that would do the trick. Day care is a little more pricey, but whenever Lola goes, she is wiped out the rest of the day! Lola is like a wind up toy, she goes, goes, goes, and then passes out, and then goes, goes, goes, and is out...that must be so frustrating for you, I hope you get some sleep soon!! p.s. Whatever you do, DO NOT adhere to her trying to get you out of bed. Crate sounds like a good idea, hopefully she doesn't bark/whine all night...but as hard as it is, when you respond to it, you make it worse. I'm sorry you have to deal with this :( |
I agree with the people who have given you advice so far Have the pup sleep in a crate Not with you The other thing is you have to get her activity up during the day If you can get home for lunch have a relative or a friend possibly walk her during the day or even hire a dog walker that would be great if you can't you're going to have to walk her of play with her strenuously after you come home from work These are active little dogs and they have to expend energy one way or another |
All my three girls had gotten crate training at nite as a pup, in the day I will put them in the playpen with the pads, if I can keep my eagle eye on them, and at nite, I will put them in the crate next to me, cover with a blanket, but I will let one side face to me open so they can see me, I always make sure that they go potty first before put them in the crate, and I will get up if I hear them. They are all adults now and 100% potty train, they sleep with us, even they have their soft pinkplaypen next to us:rolleyes: but they earn that, now they will jump down stairs at nite and go in the pads or early in the morning if they have to:thumbup: |
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