I can't for the life of me work out why...
She is a catalan sheepdog x australian shepherd. We got her at 9 weeks old and crate trained her from day 1. she cried and needed to be let out in the night for a bit, but it got less and less, and she has been going to bed at 11pm and getting up at 7am for about 4 months, maybe a bit more. Nothing has changed, her food and routine are all the same, she has regular walks of up to 2 hours a day, but at least 1 hour a day.
The past 2 weeks she has been waking in the night, anywhere between 2 and 5am. She just will not stop..starts whining...she gets louder and louder until she is full scale barking the place down. I have tried ignoring her. I have tried letting her out for a wee but not paying her attention, but she gets back into bed and starts again when I have got back into bed. She sleeps in the utility room in her crate where she always has. She likes being in her crate and it has never been used as a place of punishment. It is her safe space. This morning she started at 2am and I just stood outside the utility and when she was making a noise shouted 'no' and she stopped and went quiet til 7. I am drained.... my kids are better at sleeping than my dog!!!
Any ideas anyone?
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My 9 month old puppy has been waking up in the night after sleeping through for months!!!
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AnAngelWithin · 02/05/2012 13:45
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