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10-16-2005, 09:13 AM | #1 |
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| Make it stop!!! Gooooood morning! So Lexi and Oliver are as different as night and day...and my god, I'm at my wit's end with Oliver right now! We've got our little routine down now where they go into their crates around 10-11pm and come out at 6-6:30am. Both pups were doing really really well with it, and Lexi still is. However, Ollie is a different story For the past week or two, he's been waking up between 2-4am and just cries and cries and cries. Nothing in our routine has changed much, he doesn't have to poop or pee, his crate isn't too small...I just don't know what is wrong with him! He doesn't stop crying until I let him out and put him in the kitchen (gated off). I've tried waiting it out but it doesn't matter, he'll cry ALL NIGHT for hours on end. Does anyone have any suggestions? I haven't gotten more than 2 consecutive hours of sleep since all this started and I'm really a mess. He's taken to getting up every half hour/hour and whining until I pay attention to him. I will be eternally grateful to anyone who has any insight into my little pup's head right now (sorry if this post is a little discombobulated, I'm such a disaster right now!) |
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10-16-2005, 09:20 AM | #2 |
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| Can you set the crate on a night stand where he can see you.I had to do that with Bandit,I think some of them get so attached.This really helped him also I played with him as much as possible an hour before bedtime. |
10-16-2005, 09:25 AM | #3 | |
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10-16-2005, 10:02 AM | #4 |
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| Hate to tell you this, but it is seperation anxiety! My little Snoodles got that way, and would shiver and whine. I finally take her to bed with me, and it has all stopped! I actually have to wake her up to get up now. She will sleep forever with me if I let her. I get up during the night to go potty, and she goes to the bottom of the bed and waits for me then cuddles in my arm pit. It has helped a lot, but I can forsee difficulties in it if I get sick. But she is so eager to go to bed now and cuddle uop nice and warm that I put the crate in the garage for just emergencies or long trips where I might have to leave her for an hour or so without supervision. Good Luck! Pat |
10-16-2005, 10:28 AM | #5 |
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| Hi Pat You just confirmed my worst fear!! I really don't want to encourage sleeping in the bed, so I was hoping this wasn't separation anxiety Did you find anything else that worked besides taking your pup to bed with you? |
10-16-2005, 11:20 AM | #6 |
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| Are the two dogs in the same crate together? If not maybe you can put them in the same crate so at least he has company at night. Hate to say it but you are going to have to go through at least a week of no sleep because as long as he knows EVENTUALLY you will get up he is going to do it for as long as it takes. You have to not get up no matter what and he will catch on but I wouldn't start bad habits like putting him in the bed or playing with him in the middle of the night. |
10-16-2005, 11:57 AM | #7 |
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| Wolftrap: thanks for your response! To answer your question, they're not in the same crate together, their crates are side by side. I've already survived 2 weeks with minimal sleep, so another week or so shouldn't be so bad Do you think that sticking my fingers in his crate to comfort him is a bad idea? Should I completely ignore him altogether? And one more question, is it "normal" for him to cry for 2+ hours straight? |
10-16-2005, 12:19 PM | #8 |
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| Sorry, but I never found another answer to her crying. Honestly, as soon as we put her out for the last potty run, she would start to shake and cry ---I mean really, really shake. It was the only thing that worked. I swore I would never sleep with a dog, and this is the first one that I broke that with. I am 65 so, what the heck!!!! At least I can sleep now. Ha1 Pat |
10-16-2005, 01:13 PM | #9 |
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| Well I hope you get some sleep sometime, Princess sleeps in our bed ( ok it's hers now) if she didn't we would be in the same boat. Did you try putting something of yours in the crate? When we got Poncho he did the same thing. Then one night I was so tired, I ended up putting one of my sweaters in his bed. He curled up on it and off to La La land he went. I can't wear the sweater anymore, but at least we got some sleep. I ended up doing the same thing with Mandy, and it worked on her too. I guess Princess is very spoiled.
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10-16-2005, 01:15 PM | #10 |
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| Aww he wants to sleep with mommy. |
10-16-2005, 03:38 PM | #11 |
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| yorkies in bed I have 3 yorkies in bed with me,but there is no man in the bed so I have plenty of room .They all sleep in the same spot every night.I say lets go to bed and they are there before me.I don't know what i'll do if a man comes along?(He better like yorkies or the sofa).The yorkies stay |
10-16-2005, 03:46 PM | #12 |
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| A warm Hot water bottle? A soft blanket and a favorite toy too? I don't know, I don't sleep with mine but they are too tired to complain. |
10-16-2005, 07:02 PM | #13 |
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| The exact same thing happened with Rowdy when he was about 3 or 4 months old. He was sleepingin a crate and he would yip at about 2:00 or 3:00am - like he needed to go out potty - I'd take him out, but when I put him back in the crate, he would cry and cry. I thought he probably wanted to sleep in bed with us - he was in our bedroom and he could see us. Since he was not potty trained, I was afraid to put him in our bed. So, I would get up and take him to our den, which has a concrete floor and I would put him in his large metal pen (it's not a metal crate, it's the metal sections, about 3 foot high, that fold up or out in to make a enclosure). It had a bed and papers for potty. He would then go back to sleep, no crying and I did't stay in there with him. Sometimes though, I'd just lay down on the couch in the den and let him free on the floor. He would get into the dog bed on the floor and go back to sleep or sometimes I'd let him on the couch with me. We did this for several nights, but then like magic, he started sleeping through the night in his crate, not yipping to get up, and he did so until he was completely housebroken and my hubby wanted him to sleep with us. So, I don't have any magic trick except to say that it eventually stopped. I'm wondering if long walks in the evening might help him sleep through the night better?????
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10-16-2005, 07:11 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 14K Club Member | A 3 of mine sleep with me and yes, it gets a little cramped. The only thing I can offer advice wise is to speak to your vet. They have medication out there for seperation anxiety. Depending on how severe it is, they'll figure the dose recommended. I know that not everyone wants to medicate their dog but you've received some good advice here. Just wanted to throw one more out there. Hope you get some sleep soon and good luck!
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10-16-2005, 11:17 PM | #15 |
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| You guys are the best! Thank you everyone for your great advice. I bought a little night light for him so he can see me better, and put one of my night shirts in his crate. Right now he's curled up with it, so that's a good sign I'll let you know how tonight goes, keep your fingers crossed! |
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