How can I get my dogs to let me sleep?
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February 29th, 2012
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I know I’m a whimp and should have crate trained, but I am to weak to spend a few nights listening to them whimper all night. I need my sleep!
I have a 14 year old Queensland sheltie mix. She is on medication for bladder control. (Molly)
I also have a 1.5 year old weimaraner. (Axel)
Usually when I am just at that point where I am about to fall asleep Molly will come by my bed whimpering in my ear. She wants me to walk her to the doggie door. Axel, like some soccer goalie won’t let her out unless I escort her. I’ve seen him block the door before when he didn’t think I was looking, but as soon as he knows I’m there, they race to be the first out the doggie door.
This wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have such a hard time getting to sleep or if it only happened once, but last night it happened 4 times!
Help!
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Soundproof your bedroom and lock them out.
Sedate them.
Kick them out of the house and chain them to a doghouse.
Kill Euthanise them.
Sell Donate them to others.
Abandon Release them into the wild.
Axel should be able to contain himself for a night, so constrain him from being near the dogs’ exit door. That is, keep him in another room with doors closed, or simply tie him to a lead (and something heavy) so that he can’t guard the door.
@Judi Is there any reason you can’t/won’t lock up Axel?
We didn’t “crate train” our pom-a-poos, but we do still lock them up from time to time. I purchased these end table crates. You can also purchase these in the wire version.
I am thinking there must be a reason you don’t have a carrier/crate. If so, let me know…I’ll help you solve this so you can get your ZZZZZZzzzs.
When my mom was dying last year I spent her last three months 800 miles away while Axel was a puppy. My husband made the mistake of letting him in the bed. He is very attached to his people and denying him “touch” at night just seems cruel to me. He will sometimes just lean against us. I also know he would Howell and scratch at whatever enclosure he was trapped in in order to get to us.
So could he just sleep on a dog bed locked in your room, while Molly is out and free to use the doggie door?
If you don’t want to close the door so that you can still hear Molly, then I’d baby-gate Axel into the bedroom.
Weimaraner have a stong needy tendency. I completely understand not wanting to keep him away from you.
What we did with our Sheltie was keep him locked in a cage in the bedroom at night. Now, he’s on the bed ;) The other two dogs sleep in another bedroom. In our case it all works out.
Since Molly needs to get out, whatever you do, Axel needs to be the one you do it to.
I think you have to bite the bullet and crate the younger dog.
@SpatzieLover , I will try locking Molly out of the bedroom, but I have a feeling Axel will wake me up wanting to figure out what she’s doing.
I have to laugh that my iPhone auto correct changed my trying to type “howl” to “Howell.”
I kinda figured that Howell was not your doing ;)
Let us know how it’s going @Judi.
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