At wits end with dog crying

[EJ2009]

In brief - dh & i have an 8 y/o retired greyhoubd. Had her 2 years. She has always been anxious & we have had a lot of issues with her, firstly not walking & periods of crying through the night. She has seen a behaviouralist through the rescue centre & we have been implementing hus strategies but we are living through the longest period of us getting no sleep. She cries currently every 20-30 minutes from 3am. Some nights its earlier, a good night she starts crying at 5am. We have her on calmeze tablets, she sleeps in the utility room as we were advised the kitchen gave too much space. She sleeps with my worn clothes & we have tried leaving the radio on. Nothing works. She gets plwnty of walks & we try and play ganes of find the biscuit butafter a couple of goes she puts herself to bed. She constantly wants to be in bed. She will randomly go a couple of weeks sleeping ok & then it gets bad again. She sleeps through the night at my parents house (also in kitchen). She cant sleep with us as she does anxiety licking all night & keeps us up anyway.

We are trying for a baby & i cannot be pregnant & living with this & i couldnt have a baby living in this house. I have sat & cried tiredness. Has anyone got any suggestions?

My previously-sleeping-through-the-night Labrador started wailing at night for no reason. We put the crate in our room for a week, then started moving it slowly further away night by night. We have the crate back where it should be now and only had to endure one (awful) session of wail-it-out. He sleeps brilliantly now :) Could that work for you?

Agree, she is most likely cold, then lonely.
Try her in your room, you may have to reassure her at first, but most dogs settle.

Just to update you. She wesrs a jumper at night so dont think she"s cold. Although our cottage does lose heat fast.

We did try her in our room but was an epic fail as she breathes heavy, licks and shifts position. We npw put her on the living roo. (So had to relocate the poor cat & her food upstairs) but she had bern more settled. Only a few crying nights since.

Good news OP 😀