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Hope will not sleep! My sweet Hope Joy is almost six months old and still gets me up twice per night to go outside. She is my first Yorkie, but certainly not my first puppy... I make sure she has plenty of attention, exercise, play, and love before bedtime. Her crate is next to our bed and she is content to fall to sleep as soon as she goes to bed. Her first time out during the night is 2:30 a.m. for pee and poop. She refuses to poo before we go to bed... Then again around 5 a.m. we go out again. I have tried ignoring her but she will go in her bed. Something I didn’t expect... I’m not sure if she is waking from habit, or actual need? You who have been through the Yorkie puppy stage, how long before your’s slept all night? My vet told me to use children’s Benadryl but that doesn’t phase her... Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
If your vet is recommending Benadryl to make her sleep you need to get another vet. That’s not ethical in my opinion. With some of mine it took until over a year to sleep through the night. |
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Today I have been studying this subject and have determined to keep her more active during the day and evening. She and I have cuddle time and a nap every afternoon. After dinner we play for awhile, but will begin a more rambunctious playtime to tire her out more as of tonight! She is still a baby, therefore I will continue to get up as needed. Thank you for your concern. She is in good hands. I have raised many puppies that have lived nice life no lives. |
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All three of mine sleep in bed with us, and have since they were quite young. They all sleep through the night most of the time, but we place pee pads down in the closet and by the hallway door, and they will occasionally get off during the night to visit them. We have a chaise at the foot of the bed, and they jump back up and go back to sleep so quietly that we aren't even disturbed. Our 12-year-old poodle has bad knees, and on the rare occasions that he gets down he will bark to be picked back up onto the bed, or sleep in the dog bed on the floor for the rest of the night. Good luck...I hope that Hope sleeps through the night soon! |
Once my dogs start sleeping in the bed with me, no more middle-of-the-night wakies to pee, poo and play. Sleep right through. |
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