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04-13-2007, 07:49 AM | #1 |
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| Not getting much sleep these days... I was going to post this elsewhere, but I figured more people would read it here, and maybe someone would have some advice. The bottom line is that Tia barks at night and my husband and I aren't getting any sleep. Background: Tia is almost 5 months old, and she is locked in her crate at night for bedtime, and during the day when neither my husband and I are home. I work during the day, and my husband works some daytime, but mostly evening shifts. During the day, Tia is never in her crate longer than 5-6 hours, and she is capable of "holding it" through the night. After I've put her to bed at night, my husband will come home 1-3 hours later and let her out again for a bit. At first she used to whimper at being locked up...10 minutes max, no biggie and totally expected, but lately (in the past couple of weeks) she's taken to barking non stop for an hour after putting her to bed. If she was quiet and then started barking I would go check on her to see if she had to go potty...but most of the time, she just wants to get out and be with us. I make sure she gets plenty of exercise when I'm with her (I try to tire her out purposely). A couple of times We've decided to let her out at night and she would curl up in our room, but I still don't trust her 100% to be potty trained (My next step is to get her bell trained). Has anyone been through this? I don't want to spoil her to have free roam of the house at night (and most certainly not during the day...she's still chewing things)...but we really need our sleep. If we just ignore her, she goes on for an hour (that's when I usually give up and go check on her in case something's wrong). For those of you who don't crate at night, how old were your babies when you first started doing this? Are there any tips for calming her down at night? It sucks that we've regressed Any thoughts would be welcome. Thanks
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04-13-2007, 08:00 AM | #2 |
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| I feel for you! I think I would end up giving in just to get some sleep, but that would only send her the wrong message, that barking will get her what she wants. I am no expert, but have you tried an x-pen? Maybe she just doesn't like being confined in the crate. She would have more room in the x-pen and you can place the crate in there with the door open as well as put pee pads down, just in case. I agree about not letting her have free roam. I used to let my two have free roam and I felt like I lived in their own private toilet! I had to have the carpets replaced.
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04-13-2007, 08:07 AM | #3 |
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| Sorry, can't help you, I'm a wimp. All three of mine sleep in bed with me. If they have to go at night they get me up or use a potty pad. Good luck!
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04-13-2007, 08:14 AM | #4 |
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| hi, all 3 of mine are crate trained for nite time only, all i have to say is nite nite and off they go, but like you said i did the same thing in the begining, i would get up every 15 min to see what was wrong, and they really do play into that, so finally i moved all 3 crates in my room(hubby not happy) but hey it worked, within 1 week i was able to move them back to the den, i think its a security thing.now they are 11/2 and 2 and no problem.good luck and i sure hope you get some rest
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04-13-2007, 08:20 AM | #5 |
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| I would say it depends what you want out of it. If puppy cries (barks) and you go to her it won't take long to connect..humm, if I bark mommie comes and takes me out of here. If I bark, mommie takes me in that nice big bed with her. I think you get the point . I know when I first got my biewer I had the crate in my bathroom and he cried for about 20-30min. I then decided to put the crate next to my bed. The first night a few cries and I "tapped" the crate and said "quiet". After that night, he does not make a peep and sleeps through the night. Even tho she is 5mos old, she might still be adjusting. Can you try the crate in your room and see how that goes? You have to decide however, either you are going to stick with that crate, or not, but don't send mixed messages and then expect her to know what to do. I will say...ear plugs work wonders as well!! good luck, it will get easier. |
04-13-2007, 08:25 AM | #6 |
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| Try putting her crate on a night stand or TV tray stand so she can see you. I did that with Max when he was smaller. When he started to whimper or bark I would put my finger in his cage to lick. After he was pottied trained not to pee in the bed, we added him to our bed along with the girls.
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04-13-2007, 08:30 AM | #7 |
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| you could try... either shutting your bedroom door with her in the bedroom but not IN her crate, therefore confining her to just 1 room at night! Or try putting a blanket over her crate, that worked for my boys! I think they felt more cozy and confined with the blanket and went right to sleep! Plus it blocked out light and must have muffled noise. or you could try letting her start sleeping with you now. I let my boys start at 12 weeks! They curl up against me under the covers and do not make a sound or get up all night!! I think they are lazy like their mom!! hahaha Good Luck! |
04-13-2007, 08:36 AM | #8 |
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| When Ciera was small, we used an x-pen during the day and kept her food and water in there along with her crate with the door open so she could go in and out of it as she pleased. We also put a pee pad and her toys in there to play with during the day. At night, we put her in her crate and took it to our bedroom beside the bed (on my side because she is a mommy's girl ) If we left her in the kitchen all night she would cry and bark but she didn't make a wimper unless she needed to pee as long as she was in our room. Now, she stays out all the time except when we leave and at night all I have to say is let's go to bed and she will go to our room and walk right in and stays there till morning.
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