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09-23-2011, 01:28 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Brighton, UK
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| Sleep Dilemma Hi All, I hope you can offer some advise. Alfie is almost 6 months old (next week). We have crate trained him, which has been great up till now. His crate was in the bedroom next to ours which is unoccupied by humans! He loves/ loved sleeping in his crate and really feels safe there. That is up until last weekend when he barked in the middle of the night and i just got out of bed without thinking and got him and took him into our bed. Now every night since he has 2 or 3 barking episodes an night, but we just ignore him - or maybe shout "its OK Alfie" and he will stop but only for a minute or 2. An important note to add though is that we have moved his crate to the landing just outside our bedroom door as we are decorating what was his room. So there is an element of change involved also. Our dilemma is do we just move him, his crate and bed into our bedroom as this will stop the barking. But we know that if we do this he will expect to be in our room all the time and will eventually be able to jump into the bed. In your opinion is it wrong to move him to our bedroom (and no doubt eventaully the bed) or do we just stick out the barking? Or do you know why hes barking and how to stop it? Other than this and up till now he is really well behaved. Like too good at times. any help would be greatly appreciated. Donal & Vickie |
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09-23-2011, 06:42 AM | #2 |
Therapy Yorkies Work Donating Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Central, Florida
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| You analyzed the situation very well. You also answered what could be done. The question is: Do you want him in your bed or not ? If no, ignore barking for a few nights. It will help if he is really tired at bed time.There is nothing wrong with him sleeping in his safe crate. I have 4 Yorkies and only Gracie sleeps with me and that was my decision. Best wishes, and happy thoughts Teresa
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09-24-2011, 06:55 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Chessington, Surrey, UK
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| Hello from a fellow UK-er!! We have Harry in a large crate in our bedroom, ever since we got him at 3 months old. He comes up on our bed during the evening, then we put him in his crate at bed-time (about 10 p.m.), shut the crate door, lights off - and he'll sleep in it until we wake him up (6.30 a.m. weekdays - goodness knows when at weekends!!) He doesn't cry or scratch or anything - he knows it's his place and that's where he sleeps - sometimes when I wake up he's just sitting there, looking at us! What I'm meaning to say is, because your baby's crate's in your room, it doesn't mean you have to have him on/in your bed during the night (if you don't want to!) Sally + Harry x |
09-24-2011, 10:43 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texas
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| My little one has picked this up as well. Although my situation is different. My boyfriend and I work overnight. 11p-7am. I come home in the middle of the night around 2am to let her out. When we get home in the morning we eat, and play for almost 2 hours then we go to bed, she goes in her crate (think of it as if we left for work). I was setting my alarm for around noon to let her out to pee (think of it as coming home for lunch) and feed her and then back to bed until about 3:30. The first month home this went off wihtout a hitch. The last week? she is up every hour. I have started putting her in the bed because lets face it, I have to sleep at some point. But this isnt a habit I want her to get into. I know I should just let her cry it out but it kills me. I dont know what to do.
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09-26-2011, 12:23 PM | #5 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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| It's funny your name is Courtney cause that's my name too and it kills me to hear my baby cry at night! He has been sleeping in bed with my boyfriend and I basically since we brought him home almost 2 months ago. Honestly, I don't mind it cause we have gotten him puppy stairs to go up and down at night. He has fresh water and food and toys laying around if he wants to play while we sleep. The only problem we've run into is around 3-4am, he gets really rambunctious and wants to play with us so he'll kiss us all over our faces to wake us up. Then, if we don't play with him, he decides to be bad and make all kind of weird noises in various areas of the room which makes me get nervous that he's getting into something bad. 99% of the time, he really isn't doing anything bad, just making annoying growling and barking noises either under the bed or around our floor lamp. Sometimes he'll chew on his food bowl and food will spill everywhere but that's pretty much our fault cause his bowls are plastic. Some people think it is horrible that you have your pet sleep with you but honestly it shouldn't be about what other people think. My family thinks it's a bad idea we have this little 2.5lb yorkie in our bed at night but, he enjoys sleeping next to us and that makes me happy. |
09-26-2011, 12:30 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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| That is a personal decision. There is no right or wrong answer. I don't mind having my dog sleep with me, it keeps him from being naughty at night.
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09-26-2011, 09:00 PM | #7 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Arizona, USA
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| If you are okay with your puppy sleeping with you, no issue at all. I would be sure to get stairs or a doggie ramp to help him get on and off the bed. My previous Yorkie used to sleep with me every night. She used to sleep in the small of my back. If I tossed and turned too much, she would go to the reading chair I had in the corner of the room. My only issue was that after years of this, when I went out of town it was hard for me to sleep without my furry heating pad. She had a crate and she loved it. Anytime I could not find her during the day she would be in her crate napping. I left the food off most of the time and only closed it when we went somewhere in the car. I digress, if you are okay with him sleeping with you then no worries at all. Sounds like he still likes his crate so he still has a safe place. |
09-27-2011, 04:32 AM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Oakville
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| We had an issue with Norman barking in his crate at night b/c he had spent some time in our bed. He was also gettin up way too early in the morning for snuggles in bed. We moved his crate to the basement for a bit and let him bark - it was painful for us but after a few nights he stopped. Now he runs into his crate and doesn't 'say' a word until morning. You will need to decide if it's okay to have your pup in your bed/room or not. If the answer is 'not' then a bit of tough love could sort things out...even though it is painful for us to hear. |
09-27-2011, 06:56 AM | #9 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Dorado, Puerto Rico
Posts: 40
| I personally would stick it out. Even if you DO want your dog sleeping in the bed with you, it's important (IMO) not to let him 'win'. You might just be teaching him that he can get what he wants if he barks. I think a lot of Yorkies wind up spoiled because they are just too cute and their barks are soooo pathetic. I hate hearing Oliver yelp when he is somewhere he doesn't want to be, but it's important to teach him that barking is NOT the way to get what he wants. I want to let Oliver sleep in the bed with me, but he still has to pee in the middle of the night and I'm afraid he will go in the bed. So I plan on waiting until he is 6 months or so. I will also be teaching him that he doesn't get to sleep in the bed EVERY night. |
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