Im so tired!!! She's killing me! - YorkieTalk.com Forums

laasilve · 08-09-2007, 05:29 AM

Where to even Begin?? My puppy Sklyar is 5 months old. She has always been very HIGH HIGH energy. But she always gets tired around 10ish when I get in the shower. She goes in her cage while I'm in the shower. Then I just close it up. I dont here a peep until morning, when I wake her up.

Well the new thing is to wake up two hours early and want to play!!! I'm so tired I dont know what to do. And last night, she wouldnt calm down so I let her sleep w me so I didnt have to hear her cry in her cage. I put her in there in the middle of the night and she just cried and cried and cried until I couldnt take it anymore and took her out. I know i'm not supposed to do that...but I was comatose! She then decided to get up for the day at 4:30 AM. I love her but I dont know what to do. How do I calm her down and make her sleep like she used to??

ARCHIE · 08-09-2007, 05:34 AM

If your puppy is trained it's ok for her to sleep with you. Five months is
still young so be patient. I remeber going through the same thing with
Buddy. He would jump on me in the middle of the night to play. I would
push him down and tell him NO! He finally go the message. To stay in
bed longer in the am I always had a chew bone in the dresser drawer close
to the bed. I would give it to him (when it got light out) and he would chew
and I would go back to sleep for a little while.
Hang in there, it will get better. Puppies are hyper all the time.
They don't care if it's dark out

Morkie4 · 08-09-2007, 05:35 AM

Has there been any changes going on in the household. New people, new food, new treats, new schedule or changes in your routine???? Does she wake up and have to potty and then wants to play???

Perhaps getting a Kong filled with her treats can be tossed into the cage for her to occupy her until time for YOU to get up. Maybe it is just a phase she is going through and she will get back into her all night sleep.

laasilve · 08-09-2007, 05:39 AM

The thing is...she will chew her bully stick...BUT only ON TOP of me!!! it's like torture! She is trained with her pee pads, so I'm not worried about accidents. But she is just crazy. It's like the older she gets the more nuts she gets. I feel like if I dont play with her also she bites! It's not like a mean bite but rather a come on play with me type bite. The trainer is coming today so hopefully she can help. But my Shih tzu wasnt like this so this is all new to me

laasilve · 08-09-2007, 05:43 AM

I did switch her food to wellness last night. But she hated her other food, so I had to She does go to the bathroom when I open her crate, but she always does.. ahh! Am I just being a bad mom?

tumismom · 08-09-2007, 06:52 AM

My baby girl is the same..she goes to bed at 10 but always wakes up at 5am..i usually take her out for pee pee and then i just put her back in the crate..and she cries but she will stop after a while..but she will wake up again and 6:30. Then, she is ready for her long morning walk and break fast..i know how you feel..i am sooo tired..but it's worth every second of sleep that i lost cuz i just melt when i look at her..i know its crazy

Taina · 08-09-2007, 02:57 PM

Taina did the same thing at five months, it took A LOT of willpower not to take her out but you already know if you do it once she'll keep thinking she can do it. I would just invest in some earplugs until she knows she's not to be let out until YOU get up. Take her out though after 6 hours of sleeping, at 5 months she may not be able to hold it for a whole 8 hours. But once she goes put her back in or contain her somewhere while you sleep. I'm not an expert but it helped with Taina. Good luck!

Lil Max · 08-10-2007, 11:00 AM

Maxie is pretty good about going to bed (NOW). The routine, is that she goes into her crate (and I admit into my bed at times) when I go to sleep at 10 ish. Sometimes she will fall asleep on the couch or keep walking into the bedroom when she is tired. Staying until 5 am was never an issue, unless she wasn't feeling well.

At 5 am WITHOUT FAIL WEEKEND OR WEEKDAY she will be up and ready to go. At first, she is now 9 months, I would walk with her and then she would sleep in her crate until about 6:30 and we would walk again and again at 8. Now she is getting a little better. It also has to do with the sunlight. It is not up at my house (Mass) until about 6:30 now. So on weekends, she stays asleep until 5 and after a quick walk will sleep until about 8 pm.

Up until recently, I was exhausted!

shashaxxx · 08-10-2007, 01:42 PM

haha glad its not just me thats knackered!! like the rest of you, my babies do exactly the same. they get last feed at 7pm then they play and go potty and fall asleep about 10pm. they sleep until about 5.30am then wake up to go potty then they both just fall asleep on the floor beside my bed on top of my dressing gown and wake up at 7am and thats them up. just grateful that i get a good 6hrs sleep. they are both 12wks so i think they are doing pretty good

. i love them soooooooo much.

spelcheq · 08-10-2007, 02:16 PM

I sleep alone in a king size bed so there's plenty of room for my Yorkie Sascha............as I'm alone and not in the best health her nearness is a comfort to me........but every once in a while she also goes up to a 10 right at bedtime and wants to jump all around and get up and down from the bed......which is hard for me. Since she wears a harness instead of a collar I don't think this practice is unsafe, but I'd never ever do it if she wore a collar......I attach a 4 ft leash to her harness and loop it over my hand and when she sees that she never even tries to get off the bed. I seldom do this but it is effective when I do. It probably works because there were times during training when her leash stayed attached so maybe she associates it with obedience. I just know I could never get up and down and up and down with her even when she was 5 months old. But she's such a good girl she seldom ever acts up at bedtime anymore.

AngEngland · 08-10-2007, 02:26 PM

We find putting a towel over the crate helps our girl realize - Um no - we really mean go to bed now. :-)

Cuts the whining in half and now it's nearly eliminated.

NOW we leave the towel off the crate unless she begins whining - My husband has even gotten up just to put the towel back over the top.

It will take time but soon she'll learn "If I'm whining I don't get out". (assuming of course that you NEVER take her out while she's whining. **laughing**)

Angela <><

JeanieK · 08-10-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by laasilve

The thing is...she will chew her bully stick...BUT only ON TOP of me!!! it's like torture! She is trained with her pee pads, so I'm not worried about accidents. But she is just crazy. It's like the older she gets the more nuts she gets. I feel like if I dont play with her also she bites! It's not like a mean bite but rather a come on play with me type bite. The trainer is coming today so hopefully she can help. But my Shih tzu wasnt like this so this is all new to me

I'm glad you got a trainer to address the biting problem. this usually happens when puppies are taken from their mothers too soon and they have not learned how hard they can bite. then you have to take over that job and treat her as her mother would if she bit her too hard.

As for the waking up in the night, it might be hard, but it is best to just ignore it. If she knows that you will get her uip, she will do it every night.

Uno baby · 08-10-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JeanieK

I'm glad you got a trainer to address the biting problem. this usually happens when puppies are taken from their mothers too soon and they have not learned how hard they can bite. then you have to take over that job and treat her as her mother would if she bit her too hard.

As for the waking up in the night, it might be hard, but it is best to just ignore it. If she knows that you will get her uip, she will do it every night.

AGGGGH. I'm wondering if I'M set up for doom. Uno was an only pup, NO brothers, NO sisters to tell him "hey, knock it off!!!" so my hands have been preyed upon 24/7. Sometimes I think "what did I get myself into". He will be 14 weeks on Sunday and he has spent every day with me since I got him. 24/7. I am thinking about putting him in daycare next week to help him socialize, and give ME a break...I think my frustration level continues to rise because i'm never away from him, so I don't have an opportunity to "miss him"...does that make sense?? Anyway, i'm glad that someone shares the same frustrations. Why can't they just stop when you say stop?

spelcheq · 08-10-2007, 07:54 PM

I originally got my Yorkie Sascha because I was going to be living alone and since my health isn't the greatest and the urge to take it easy is overwhelming, I needed not only companionship but a sense of responsibility. I moved to Northern AZ where it snows in winter and I wondered how I was ever going to get up in the a.m. and walk her....but I would be awakened with a tapping paw anywhere from 6 to 7 a.m. and I'd haul out and walk her....the walks later in the day were harder. We are also together 24/7 but I started back to church for a variety of reasons and I left her alone (6 months old) starting one hour and worked my way up to 3-4. She never had an accident while I was gone and she was free to run the living room and kitchen areas.

In two areas of my place (by the front door and in the hall to the bedrooms) I started putting down Jump Start pee pads and trained her inside also...used rewards every time she made it to the pad and ignored her when she didn't....to make my life easier I also purchased a Bissell "SpotBot" rug cleaner....just sit it on the wet spot and push a button and voila....it's shampooed in 3 minutes......so my frustration with accidents was less.

Sascha can sometimes be demanding and when she's pissed because it's been awhile since she's had my direct attention she climbs on a chair and barks at me........I watch the Dog Whisperer on TV, so I tried a quiet firm and abrupt hiss at her and she stopped in her tracks. Several times of that and the barking became less frequent.

I also finally found a food that kept her stool firm so if she had an indoor accident it was easy to pick up......a morning and late afternoon tray of Cesar and 1/2 cup of Beneful Weight Management formula.

She has a bed with toys in the living room, a small mattress with toys in the office where I paint and write on the computer and a couple toys up on the bed......I'd have to say she was 9-10 months old when I finally stuck to a routine with her (my self-discipline and consistency is what it took) and she became more compliant and less hyper......and I was glad I never screamed at her or smacked her......there were times I was so frustrated and felt like losing it and also needed time out so I sure know what you mean and how you feel. I hope maybe one thing I've shared might help you a little.....

My neighbors tell me they never hear her when I'm out, so that's a blessing. Before having Sascha I raised a Silky Terrier named "Spelcheq" and the real trick with his potty training was a doggy door. But I can't have one here.

I know I write alot but that's the journalist in me.....I've been an investigative reporter and freelance writer for 38 years. So I'm going to close with a brief but touching story.....sadly my husband and I separated last fall, amicably, and he was so attached to Spelcheq that I didn't have the heart to take him with me and I told my husband that. I was heartbroken and finally understood how people can get crazy enough to fight over custody of a pet. In preparing for my move, he surprised me by getting Sascha for me, so Sascha and Spelcheq had 3 delightful weeks together before I moved. More sadly, about 3 months after we separated, my husband went into the hospital with what the doctor thought was pneumonia and was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.......I made frequent visits to take him for chemo and each time Sascha and Spelcheq went crazy seeing each other again.....what a pair! It made us both laugh and eased the tension of what he was going through. Two months ago his 3 adult children came to take him back to where they and his grandchildren live so he could spend what time he had left surrounded by family. We talk every day. He told me he didn't know what he'd do without Spelcheq to keep him company and then last week he finally told me his greatest worry was what would happen to Spelcheq when he died and I assured him I'd reunite Spelcheq and Sascha and he didn't need to worry...he broke down in tears and said "There is a perfect example of why I married you in the first place"......these two wonderful furfriends have made such a difference in our lives .....they have blessed our lives, strenghthened our friendship, probably improved our health and given us a reason to start each day. Whatever it takes, I'll keep my word to him about Spelcheq....and for anyone who wonders, the stories about Alzheimers destroying relationships is true. Now that he's with his kids he finally gave in to taking medication for it....they say his behavior has improved, but I still make sure I call him in the early hours of each day because he experiencing what is referred to as "sundowning" later in the day and has difficulty managing a conversation. But no matter what he always asks about Sascha and tells me what Spelcheq has been up to......I'll be visitng him again soon and won't be surprised if I come home with Spelcheq........hope I haven't bored you......good luck with your baby!

So you see, if I thought 24/7 was alot........sometime in the future it's going to feel like 48/14......and then I'll REALLY know how you feel! Hang in there!

Uno baby · 08-11-2007, 11:23 AM

What a touching story . . . .makes me want to shut up.

I had been in the works of purchasing my pooch back in april, then found out my boyfriend of 6 years (since 9th grade of high school) had cheated on me. I thought that "great! Uno will be here soon, he'll cheer me up and things will be better". I love him dearly, but he has cause a lot of stress and sleepless nights. I know that it is going to take awhile for him to grow up, but should also cherish these moments of "puppy-ness". It seems as if I have a million frustrating moments to one good moment, but I live for those. He had peed on the floor again, was biting, would run from me when i'm trying to get him, but then later that day he learned the "sit" command. That made my week. Anyway, sorry I have strayed from this post, but it was nice to hear that it gets better in more ways than one.

08-09-2007, 05:29 AM	#1
laasilve Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 84	Im so tired!!! She's killing me! Where to even Begin?? My puppy Sklyar is 5 months old. She has always been very HIGH HIGH energy. But she always gets tired around 10ish when I get in the shower. She goes in her cage while I'm in the shower. Then I just close it up. I dont here a peep until morning, when I wake her up. Well the new thing is to wake up two hours early and want to play!!! I'm so tired I dont know what to do. And last night, she wouldnt calm down so I let her sleep w me so I didnt have to hear her cry in her cage. I put her in there in the middle of the night and she just cried and cried and cried until I couldnt take it anymore and took her out. I know i'm not supposed to do that...but I was comatose! She then decided to get up for the day at 4:30 AM. I love her but I dont know what to do. How do I calm her down and make her sleep like she used to?? __________________ With Love Always...Skylar and her mom Lauren

08-09-2007, 05:35 AM	#3
Morkie4 Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 4,549	Has there been any changes going on in the household. New people, new food, new treats, new schedule or changes in your routine???? Does she wake up and have to potty and then wants to play??? Perhaps getting a Kong filled with her treats can be tossed into the cage for her to occupy her until time for YOU to get up. Maybe it is just a phase she is going through and she will get back into her all night sleep. __________________ CAROL ~ Krissie ~ Toby ~ Brandy ~ Buffy Proud member of Maltesetalk and Yorkietalk

08-09-2007, 05:39 AM	#4
laasilve Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 84	Oh goodness! The thing is...she will chew her bully stick...BUT only ON TOP of me!!! it's like torture! She is trained with her pee pads, so I'm not worried about accidents. But she is just crazy. It's like the older she gets the more nuts she gets. I feel like if I dont play with her also she bites! It's not like a mean bite but rather a come on play with me type bite. The trainer is coming today so hopefully she can help. But my Shih tzu wasnt like this so this is all new to me __________________ With Love Always...Skylar and her mom Lauren

08-09-2007, 05:43 AM	#5
laasilve Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 84	I did switch her food to wellness last night. But she hated her other food, so I had to She does go to the bathroom when I open her crate, but she always does.. ahh! Am I just being a bad mom? __________________ With Love Always...Skylar and her mom Lauren

08-09-2007, 02:57 PM	#7
Taina Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 10	Taina did the same thing at five months, it took A LOT of willpower not to take her out but you already know if you do it once she'll keep thinking she can do it. I would just invest in some earplugs until she knows she's not to be let out until YOU get up. Take her out though after 6 hours of sleeping, at 5 months she may not be able to hold it for a whole 8 hours. But once she goes put her back in or contain her somewhere while you sleep. I'm not an expert but it helped with Taina. Good luck! __________________ Taina's Mami

08-09-2007, 05:34 AM	#2
ARCHIE No Longer A Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NEW YORK Posts: 16,218	If your puppy is trained it's ok for her to sleep with you. Five months is still young so be patient. I remeber going through the same thing with Buddy. He would jump on me in the middle of the night to play. I would push him down and tell him NO! He finally go the message. To stay in bed longer in the am I always had a chew bone in the dresser drawer close to the bed. I would give it to him (when it got light out) and he would chew and I would go back to sleep for a little while. Hang in there, it will get better. Puppies are hyper all the time. They don't care if it's dark out

08-09-2007, 06:52 AM	#6
tumismom Owned by Tumi & Gracie Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 2,321	My baby girl is the same..she goes to bed at 10 but always wakes up at 5am..i usually take her out for pee pee and then i just put her back in the crate..and she cries but she will stop after a while..but she will wake up again and 6:30. Then, she is ready for her long morning walk and break fast..i know how you feel..i am sooo tired..but it's worth every second of sleep that i lost cuz i just melt when i look at her..i know its crazy

08-10-2007, 11:00 AM	#8
Lil Max Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16	I thought I was the only sleep dpreived one Maxie is pretty good about going to bed (NOW). The routine, is that she goes into her crate (and I admit into my bed at times) when I go to sleep at 10 ish. Sometimes she will fall asleep on the couch or keep walking into the bedroom when she is tired. Staying until 5 am was never an issue, unless she wasn't feeling well. At 5 am WITHOUT FAIL WEEKEND OR WEEKDAY she will be up and ready to go. At first, she is now 9 months, I would walk with her and then she would sleep in her crate until about 6:30 and we would walk again and again at 8. Now she is getting a little better. It also has to do with the sunlight. It is not up at my house (Mass) until about 6:30 now. So on weekends, she stays asleep until 5 and after a quick walk will sleep until about 8 pm. Up until recently, I was exhausted!

08-10-2007, 01:42 PM	#9
shashaxxx Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: dundee Posts: 141	haha glad its not just me thats knackered!! like the rest of you, my babies do exactly the same. they get last feed at 7pm then they play and go potty and fall asleep about 10pm. they sleep until about 5.30am then wake up to go potty then they both just fall asleep on the floor beside my bed on top of my dressing gown and wake up at 7am and thats them up. just grateful that i get a good 6hrs sleep. they are both 12wks so i think they are doing pretty good . i love them soooooooo much.

08-10-2007, 02:16 PM	#10
spelcheq Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Flagstaff AZ Posts: 14	I sleep alone in a king size bed so there's plenty of room for my Yorkie Sascha............as I'm alone and not in the best health her nearness is a comfort to me........but every once in a while she also goes up to a 10 right at bedtime and wants to jump all around and get up and down from the bed......which is hard for me. Since she wears a harness instead of a collar I don't think this practice is unsafe, but I'd never ever do it if she wore a collar......I attach a 4 ft leash to her harness and loop it over my hand and when she sees that she never even tries to get off the bed. I seldom do this but it is effective when I do. It probably works because there were times during training when her leash stayed attached so maybe she associates it with obedience. I just know I could never get up and down and up and down with her even when she was 5 months old. But she's such a good girl she seldom ever acts up at bedtime anymore.

08-10-2007, 02:26 PM	#11
AngEngland Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 87	We find putting a towel over the crate helps our girl realize - Um no - we really mean go to bed now. :-) Cuts the whining in half and now it's nearly eliminated. NOW we leave the towel off the crate unless she begins whining - My husband has even gotten up just to put the towel back over the top. It will take time but soon she'll learn "If I'm whining I don't get out". (assuming of course that you NEVER take her out while she's whining. laughing) Angela <><

08-10-2007, 07:54 PM	#14
spelcheq Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Flagstaff AZ Posts: 14	JeanieK I originally got my Yorkie Sascha because I was going to be living alone and since my health isn't the greatest and the urge to take it easy is overwhelming, I needed not only companionship but a sense of responsibility. I moved to Northern AZ where it snows in winter and I wondered how I was ever going to get up in the a.m. and walk her....but I would be awakened with a tapping paw anywhere from 6 to 7 a.m. and I'd haul out and walk her....the walks later in the day were harder. We are also together 24/7 but I started back to church for a variety of reasons and I left her alone (6 months old) starting one hour and worked my way up to 3-4. She never had an accident while I was gone and she was free to run the living room and kitchen areas. In two areas of my place (by the front door and in the hall to the bedrooms) I started putting down Jump Start pee pads and trained her inside also...used rewards every time she made it to the pad and ignored her when she didn't....to make my life easier I also purchased a Bissell "SpotBot" rug cleaner....just sit it on the wet spot and push a button and voila....it's shampooed in 3 minutes......so my frustration with accidents was less. Sascha can sometimes be demanding and when she's pissed because it's been awhile since she's had my direct attention she climbs on a chair and barks at me........I watch the Dog Whisperer on TV, so I tried a quiet firm and abrupt hiss at her and she stopped in her tracks. Several times of that and the barking became less frequent. I also finally found a food that kept her stool firm so if she had an indoor accident it was easy to pick up......a morning and late afternoon tray of Cesar and 1/2 cup of Beneful Weight Management formula. She has a bed with toys in the living room, a small mattress with toys in the office where I paint and write on the computer and a couple toys up on the bed......I'd have to say she was 9-10 months old when I finally stuck to a routine with her (my self-discipline and consistency is what it took) and she became more compliant and less hyper......and I was glad I never screamed at her or smacked her......there were times I was so frustrated and felt like losing it and also needed time out so I sure know what you mean and how you feel. I hope maybe one thing I've shared might help you a little..... My neighbors tell me they never hear her when I'm out, so that's a blessing. Before having Sascha I raised a Silky Terrier named "Spelcheq" and the real trick with his potty training was a doggy door. But I can't have one here. I know I write alot but that's the journalist in me.....I've been an investigative reporter and freelance writer for 38 years. So I'm going to close with a brief but touching story.....sadly my husband and I separated last fall, amicably, and he was so attached to Spelcheq that I didn't have the heart to take him with me and I told my husband that. I was heartbroken and finally understood how people can get crazy enough to fight over custody of a pet. In preparing for my move, he surprised me by getting Sascha for me, so Sascha and Spelcheq had 3 delightful weeks together before I moved. More sadly, about 3 months after we separated, my husband went into the hospital with what the doctor thought was pneumonia and was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.......I made frequent visits to take him for chemo and each time Sascha and Spelcheq went crazy seeing each other again.....what a pair! It made us both laugh and eased the tension of what he was going through. Two months ago his 3 adult children came to take him back to where they and his grandchildren live so he could spend what time he had left surrounded by family. We talk every day. He told me he didn't know what he'd do without Spelcheq to keep him company and then last week he finally told me his greatest worry was what would happen to Spelcheq when he died and I assured him I'd reunite Spelcheq and Sascha and he didn't need to worry...he broke down in tears and said "There is a perfect example of why I married you in the first place"......these two wonderful furfriends have made such a difference in our lives .....they have blessed our lives, strenghthened our friendship, probably improved our health and given us a reason to start each day. Whatever it takes, I'll keep my word to him about Spelcheq....and for anyone who wonders, the stories about Alzheimers destroying relationships is true. Now that he's with his kids he finally gave in to taking medication for it....they say his behavior has improved, but I still make sure I call him in the early hours of each day because he experiencing what is referred to as "sundowning" later in the day and has difficulty managing a conversation. But no matter what he always asks about Sascha and tells me what Spelcheq has been up to......I'll be visitng him again soon and won't be surprised if I come home with Spelcheq........hope I haven't bored you......good luck with your baby! So you see, if I thought 24/7 was alot........sometime in the future it's going to feel like 48/14......and then I'll REALLY know how you feel! Hang in there!

08-11-2007, 11:23 AM	#15
Uno baby Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 125	What a touching story . . . .makes me want to shut up. I had been in the works of purchasing my pooch back in april, then found out my boyfriend of 6 years (since 9th grade of high school) had cheated on me. I thought that "great! Uno will be here soon, he'll cheer me up and things will be better". I love him dearly, but he has cause a lot of stress and sleepless nights. I know that it is going to take awhile for him to grow up, but should also cherish these moments of "puppy-ness". It seems as if I have a million frustrating moments to one good moment, but I live for those. He had peed on the floor again, was biting, would run from me when i'm trying to get him, but then later that day he learned the "sit" command. That made my week. Anyway, sorry I have strayed from this post, but it was nice to hear that it gets better in more ways than one.