OK how late does your Yorkie sleep and is mine "playing me"

[llggood]

We first got her a total doll. No barking in the kennel. From the start would go to bed at 10:00 and sleep until 6:30. Get up go out and immediately peed and pooped. The last month has went back to 5:30 and now 4:30. She barks, I get up, she goes pee (no poop). I go to put her back in the kennel and her barks and barks and barks. DH is about to kill her so I go let her out. Then when I get up 6:30 there is poop on the floor.

What do you all think? She obviously can hold it until 5:30 or 6:00 cause she has in the past. Just being a pill? She is 7 months by the way.

[llggood]

Ok 22 views and no opinions? Come on people!

[sistah]

Buddy started that after being a good sleeper. Okay, I capitulated and put him in bed with me. No problems after that. He now sleeps until I get up, which is anytime between 7 and 8 in the morning. I don't know if you want your baby in bed with you, but I love it. I always said I would never let a dog in my bed, but I already have two cats in there, so one more little warm body is not a problem. This might not be your solution, but it worked for me. LOL

[llggood]

Unfortunately DH would roll over on her and kill her!

[Bama Yorkie Mom]

I dont know but my puppies have never woke me up since first couple nights at 3 am and between 5 and 6 am. Since that kizzy would sleep till 8 or 9 am. then she was spayed and ever since that she was waking me around 6:30 am till the last few mornings and now its nearer 7:30. I get up, take her and Maggie out. They usually poop and pee and I leave kizzy out sometimes for bout an hour and maggie and I come back in and back to bed till around 8:30. But ive never lets mine sleep free at night. I wont till I am sure theres no accidents for a good while. I put them in and lock them up for the night. They sleep right beside me at the head of the bed in there carriers. Once they go a long time then they can sleep in their own real beds, still not with us tho. I ask the vet if kizzys muscles were weak after the spaying cause she started going in the house again off and on and she hadnt for a good while except for an accident now and then, but shes been better this past week. He said it would make her stomach sore and that might affect her. But she is doing better and now she is sleeping later too. And maggie never seems to wake up until she hears kizzy. So good luck to you but theres no way I would let a puppy be free to get out of bed during the night until I knew it was trained and even then i'm sure they will have an accident from time to time. Also , Kizzy is 6 months old now.

[veguroev]

Ever sine we got Jerome I became an early raiser. We usually go to bed around 10 pm and take'em (Chiquito our Chihuahua adn Jerome)out twice in the middle of the night. Then around 6 in the morning I take'em out again and Chiquito goes back to bed with us, but Jerome doesn't want to go back to sleep and starts moving around, chewing a rawhide( I always keeps those on the bed) and he is just restless, I put him down and he starts playing with his toys, starts barking at the birds outside and he just doens't let me sleep in anymore!!! . Of course my husband doesn't care he just keeps sleeping. I wish I could do that.

[RowdysMom]

Sorry! I was one of the "viewers" who didn't post last night - didn't have time then.

This is a hard one - my little Rexy did the same thing - slept great for a week, would sometimes yip to get up in the middle of the night, but he would go right back into the kennel and back to sleep. THEN, for some unknown reason, after about a week, when he would get up in the middle of the night, he cried and cried when I put him back in the kennel. It might have been when he figured out that Rowdy, mom and dad were all right beside him in the bed.

My solution was to put him in bed with us - not the correct solution, I know, but he didn't ever have an accident in the bed, in fact he stoped waking me up in the middle of the night and started sleeping all night.

We have a king sized bed - so what I did was make a "pillow well" between my pillow and my husband's pillow right up next to the wall (we don't have a headboared). So, there was the wall on one side, my pillow on the other side, my husband's pillow on the third side, and I put another pillow on the fourth side - hence the pillow well. This kept either my husband or I from "rolling over" on him. And I thought if he started moving around to get out of the well, I hoped he would wake me up. Actually though, he stayed in the well - I think he loved it.

I know this solution probably won't work for you - but........

Also, can you put her crate into another part of the house so you can't hear her barking? I used to have to do this with another dog that we had.

If you can't do that, can you put her into a bathroom or a room without carpet with potty pads after she gets up in the middle of the night?

I know it is frustrating, but I promise it will get better!

[Pipersmommy]

Once in a while our 2 will get us up in the middle of the night to pee. Most of the time they sleep through until the alarm at 6. They both sleep with us also. I think it depends on if they go pee just before getting into bed.

[veguroev]

I take them for a walk before going to bed so that way I don't have to wake up in the middle of the night, but they still wake up and want to pee.

[llggood]

I don't mind her waking up it's that after I take her out to pee she barks when I put her back in the kennel.

I tried letting her just bark and she barked from 1:00 AM to 3:30 AM when I finally gave in.

[pittsjudy]

My little girl did the same but I didnt give in. My breeder told me not to give in
and I didnt. LOL now, she has turned two and now she rules the house.

[GREENLEESNANA]

Well I gave in too with Greenlee...gee it just wasn't fair with all my other fur babies sleeping with me was it? and look how comfy he looks here...my son took this picture one morning before I woke up. sortof embrassing..but hey this is what it is like at my house..or was like til Greenlee disappeared

[baileysmom31]

Given her age, have you changed her eating schedule. I know that we had night time problems with Bailey when we switched her from 3 to 2 meals a day. Guess she would eat more in the evening and things would hit her earlier than before!

[yorkieusa]

I was one of the viewers, too. But I have never used a crate/kennel in my life, therefore, I wouldn't be a bit of help! Mine sleeps all night in bed just where I want her.