We have had her since Saturday, she came directly from her previous home to us through a rescue. She is an adorable little dog and fitting in really well apart from the early wake ups anyway.
At her previous home she slept in her basket in the kitchen. We have her basket but have it in the living room because the kitchen is tiny and I need to shut the door or else she is straight upstairs to dd's room.
She obviously has slept in her basket because she goes in it if I say bedtime and she is fine until 4am and then she starts scratching the door to come out.
It's complicated because ds (and dd to some extent) don't sleep very much and so she can most likely hear them pottering about (the sleep situation is a longstanding issue)
I haven't been going in to her because I don't want to reward her getting up at that time and tbf she isn't distressed she just wants our company I think.
This morning I got up at five and pottered about in the kitchen until six when I went into her (six o clock is the time I am happy for her to get up). She was quiet five til six because she knew I was in the room next to her.
We have a good routine, I get up have a cuppa, make dd's breakfast then about half six take Bella her walk for 45 minutes to an hour. 9 am she has breakfast so she's not getting up for food.
Any ideas please? Oh and the other one is there any way I can stop her going upstairs without fitting a gate. Eric just knows but I think Bella might have gone upstairs at er previous home.
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How do I get Bella to stop getting up at 4am?
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fleshmarketclose · 25/07/2018 09:32
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