Help...can't get a full nights sleep My little Fergie is almost 2 years old and she still gets up to go outside about 2 times each night....it this normal? |
Are you feeding your dog late at night? I put my puppy on a schedule. I scheduled when I would feed him based on how long it took him to go potty. I never let him eat or drink anything late at night until he could be able to take himself to his washable pad late at night. If your baby is on a schedule, then you probably need to take hem the veterinary. |
No, she's not on a schedule....we just always keep her food and water out for her. We have a couple of times picked up the food and water after 8:00 and she just yelps until we put it back...and even when we kept the food away from her she still gets up at night to go pee and poop. I'll try picking it up for awhile and see how she does. I just need a full nights sleep!! Thanks |
What's her frequency during the day? |
Mine get up if anyone goes to the bathroom or moves about in the house. We are all up late in my household. If they get up from sleep they need to go. As costello says,"I am counting cows I'm allergic to sheep," when he can't sleep. |
I have a couple that get me up during the night, one is my pom who is old and sick and has to go out 2 times during the night. I feel your pain it is so hard to get back to sleep. If there is no health issue I would try and retrain her to sleep through the night. |
I put my Yorkie on a feeding schedule like you do a baby. I feed him in the morning, and then I wait fifteen minutes and put him on his puppy pad. Then I feed him in the afternoon (3:00), and I wait fifteen minutes and put him on his puppy pad. I control when he eats, so I know when he needs to use the bathroom. |
i leave food/water out for Moses too. i just leave pee pads in his area & when he has to go, he just gets up and goes on his own. looks like he goes about twice a night. he's on a schedule to potty outside first thing in the morning when i wake up though. He has a potty schedule during the day, but at night or whenever he's in his gated area he knows to use the pad. I think you could just train your baby to go on pad at night if they're in a closed off area. That way you can get some rest! HTH! :) |
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I would pull all water so her bladder is full before you go to bed....when i lived at home, my dachshund lucy would sleep with me every night and she would wake me, to go get a drink of water, so i would leave water for her, so it could be 1 of the 2! =) Good luck |
I would also suggest not free feeding and putting your pup on a feeding schedule. It should help I think. I try to keep water out for my dog all the time though... |
Thanks everyone...I started pulling up her food and water around 8:00 and will try to not let her work me into putting it back down....Hopefully this will work. I'm also going to try the puppy pads, because when she does have an accident in the house it's always in the same spot on the rug in the living room. I have her so spoiled she won't even go outside to pee/poop by herself....Thanks again everyone!!! |
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Hey, my babies name is Moses to....hehe If your baby knows you will let him out twice then he will ask for it..LOL.. I would try crate training him at night. I used to take my baby out twice a night but I got tired of it. I started putting him in the crate at night and stopped taking him out at night. As he got older I didn't need the crate anymore. I also taught him that when I get up at night that he needs to stay in his bed. So now when I get up he doesn't get up. Until I get up in the morning. It is all about schedule. I only take him out at certain times of the day and I only feed him at certain times. He has done really well on this scheudule. I take him out before bed and when I get up and thats it. Let him know you are in CHARGE. Or he will run you!! :D |
Most nights Emma will sleep through the night...or at least until about 5:00-6:00AM. Random nights, I hear her scratching her crate to get out and it's usually at 1:30 or 2:00. Like right on the dot. I swear she can read the clock. Haha. Most of the time if we say "go back night-night", she will. We still do have the occasional trips to the pee pad in the middle of the night. But she'll do her business & she's ready to go back to bed. I really suggest being firm to her & not giving in. That's what started it all w/us...& of course I always feel bad hearin her whine, even though I KNOW she can hold it until morning. |
sometimes Molly wakes me up when she wants to go, and sometimes i wake her up when i need to go!! what a pair! :D |
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