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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Being pack animals, most dogs love to sleep with their pack. Even when we redirect and teach a dog differently, in time, it can revert to its old ways of wanting to "bundle" when it sleeps. By properly housebreaking a dog first and foremost, you can allow them to sleep with you by using the ramp or doggie steps mentioned above, and keep the bedroom door shut so they can't roam the house unless totally housebroken, should they want to get up in the night for a sip of water.
It also could be she has developed a bit of a UTI and needs to get out of the crate to "go" if she is being crate-confined during housebreaking.
More than likely what is going on is Bailey doesn't know it is the weekend, she is a dog - she is a creature of habits and according to her time clock internally, it is time for Mommie or Daddy to be up and about and letting me out of here! She needs to relieve herself!!!Maybe on the weekends, you can let her sleep with you even if you don't any other time of the week and dogs often sleep in too and hold their pee/potty when they do! But she needs to go if she's in that crate and doesn't want to soil it so she wants to call you to her and has learned that that urgent voice gets a quick response the first time she used it so she's probably going to keep it up - unless you respond more slowly or teach her the meaning of the word "No" or "Uh oh" or "Enough/Stop", etc. Even if she does stop crying, she will still need to go potty so telling her to be quiet and not let her "go" would be cruel, so you can't really do that either. |
I am sorry but I agree with everything said above! When I had my son, that was the END of sleeping in late, sleeping all night long, fun little "games" all over the house with my husband.....everything revolved around that newborn and what HE wanted/needed. It is the same thing (almost!!) with my dogs....they have my schedule down to a "T".....the ones that are crated, know on weekends 9am is the Magic Hour......and not a peep is heard until 9am......but man does it start at that time! And with my being so very sick this last 10 days, they were really confused and could not understand why in the world momma was not there at 9am immediately, to let the out and run and play....but I had to make me do it...these darlings would never take advantage of me being sick to get what they want, they just doint understand that I want to stay in bed and not fool with ANYBODY OR ANYTHING!!! SO I would drag out of bed, let them out, let them do their business and then we ALL went back to mommas bed, and everyone was thrilled....they just want to be with momma and could care less if it is in the bed, on the floor, in the backyard, etc....just to curl up and the entire pack was all up in my bed, quiet, and attentive to me! Your baby will respond likewise...just let her do her business and then fix it to where she can get up in bed with you....she will let you sleep all day if you give her that!!!!