I can't imagine not sleeping with my Daizy...I guess there are some people that don't want their babies in bed with them....

Because dogs are pack animals they want to sleep with the pack...like others have already said...if you don't want her in your bed...the next best thing is to put her crate on your side where she can smell you. Hopefully that will help! good luck.

And as far as the screaming goes...You did exactly what I would have done...because you have people living around you...there is no way you could let it go on forever.....you have to be mindful of your neighbors as well. I'm sure they appreciate you quieting her down..lol

I would move the kennel in your bedroom. If you don't want to do that, you might want to try draping a blanket over her crate to let her know it is "night night", it makes it even more cozy and dark for her. This used to settle Cooper right down :). An added benefit is that it would block any drafts.

I know alot of people let their babies sleep with them (me included), but if you aren't doing that already I say DON'T start it. Husband and I miss being ALONE sometimes :)

Actually I did put my husbands thick hooded sweatshirt over the kennel hoping that his scent and the darkness would comfort her, but it didn't. Seriously, I tried everything!

As for letting her sleep in her crate in our room, for those of you that do this, or just have your dogs sleep on the bed, how do you find them when you actually leave the house? I always thought that doing this would make it much harder to leave her home alone, as she would always be used to us being around.

I can't speak for anyone else, but both of my dogs sleep in the bedroom and I don't have any problems when I leave the house. I let them loose in my bedroom whenever we leave the house too. Both A.J and KaCee know the word "bed", so we just say "go to bed" and they both run to the bedroom and lay down on the bed.

I wanted to add that A.J sleeps on the bed with us and KaCee sleeps in a crate. We haven't let her sleep with us just because we're paranoid that we will squish her in the middle of the night because she's so small

I never could crate. I'm weak. First yelp, and my first yorkie was out of that crate. It never had more than 15 minutes use. All 3 of my babies.... when we say let's go to bed, they head for the bedroom and stand at the foot of the bed and wait to be put in it. They usually sleep until about 7:00am and need to go out. If I want them to go back to bed after 7 they will.

When we first brought Olivia home, we put her in her crate in the guest bedroom at bedtime - she did NOT like that! :cry: She cried for about 15-20 minutes but then she would settle down and sleep for the night. She did this each night with no sign of improvement. Once that first weekend got here, we decided to try putting her crate in our room - bingo! Not a peep from her! She just likes being near us, I agree it's due to being a den animal.

I agree, I think you should move the crate in the room with you. I been doing that with Chloe and she has caught on quite well. She whines for about a minute and then goes to sleep. I also think that unless you want share your bed or sleep on the sofa every night, I would not repeat that again...once you do it a few times, she will expect everytime she whines to be let out. Remember...you are the pack LEADER!!!!

I have yorkies that sleep next to my bed in their crates at night...They will not sleep anywhere else...They are loose in my house during the day and know that when bedtime comes in the crate they go!...I vote for moving her into your room at night....You can keep two crates one in your room and one in the other part of the house if that works for you!

Lilly sleeps with us at night. She follows us into the bedroom whenever I say "lets go to bed Lillybug!". She snuggles under the covers usually either by my stomach or down by my feet. She usually sleeps straight through until we get up in the morning and will get down and go potty (pee pad trained) whenever she needs to. Our bed isn't high up though, I know if it was, I'd be afraid or I'd buy steps.

Whenever we leave, we put a baby gate in the bedroom doorway and she usually just sleeps on the bed while we're gone. Whenever we come in the door, she's there jumping up and down smiling and can't wait to come out and see her mommy & daddy. :p

We always tell her we'll be back in a little while... she doesn't bark or whine but it still breaks my heart some. Now, if I put her in the bedroom and she knows I'm just going out to check the mail or something, she'll whine & bark.

Hope this helps some!

Edited: We used to keep her in her crate at night and one night I finally just got fed up with it. It was hard for us to sleep because of the whining. I was scared we'd have problems with her sleeping with us but she adjusted very well & loves sleeping with us. I think you'd be alright & it's great to snuggle up to a warm little furry butt. :P

Thanks for all the advice everyone! We tried our usual routine last night, and she was perfect! Not a peep put of her, which is pretty much the way it always has been. I'm not sure why she freaked out the other night, maybe she was cold, had a bad dream, or got bit by a spider or something, I'm not sure. I stayed in bed thid morning while my hubby went to do someearly morning errands. I wanted to see the way Roxy reacts when she hears us leave the house, so my husband put her back in her crate and left. She went crazy for about 10 mins, similar to how she was barking the other night. After 10 mins, she calmed down a bit and would bark and whine every few mins. This went on for about 25 mins before she calmed down. My husband was only gone for about an hour, so I think we will have to practice putting her in her crate and leaving the house over and over again throughout the day because i think she definitly does have some seperaton anxiety.

There are a few reasons why we don't have Roxy sleep on the bed with us - I don't trust her bladder yet, she can hold herself for over 8 hours in her crate, but that is because she won't pee where she sleeps. We let her in our room before while we were both in there getting ready one day and she loved hopping around on our bed, but then she went and peed on it! Also, my husband is a very restless sleeper and he would either squish her or kick her off the bed every night. I would love it if one day she would be able to sleep on our bed, but it won't be for some time yet.

Perhaps a stupid question:rolleyes:, but can our little girls become hormonal? How old is Roxy?

OR perhaps she got into something and ate it? Outside? ...causing a tummy ache?

Lord knows puppies, dogs, HUMANS can have anxiety at anytime - but because her routine is pretty routine, it is like something was definitely wrong at the moment. Maybe an "accident' in her crate and the smell bothered her immensely, and she was plainly embarrassed?