HELP! the Yipping in the am! - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Baily341o · 01-12-2013, 08:17 AM

We have had Bailey for about 3 years now and I am getting tired of the yipping in the morning! She is in her cage throughout the night, sleeps perfectly until 7 or 7:30. All I want on the weekend is to sleep in but Bailey is not letting me! She does an unusual yip yip kind of bark instead of her regular big bark. It's like a high pitched SCREAM and she will not stop until you come and get her. I need help! How do I get this to stop!? I am so tired of the constant screams that I am hearing and I just want to sleep for a little while longer. Anybody else have this problem? Please help!!

yakkwak · 01-12-2013, 08:34 AM

You didn't mention if you readily take the dog out for a potty break before going back to bed to sleep in. If that is an obvious "yes", then sorry for the stupid question. When I've been very ill, I put pillow steps up to the bed, and also put his pillowbed in my bed. He is pee-pad trained, so he can safely go up and down from my bed, do his business, munch, drink, and come back to bed where I am recovering/sleeping. Sometimes, he'll grab a toy and chew away quietly. With his bed in mine, I don't even have to worry so much about what I call "doggy sheets"; mibe stay clean. We both have survived a couple of my surgeries this way very nicely. A promise of "in a little bit" ensures he will get some serious play time if he only is patient and lets mommy sleep a bit more! Lots of positive reinforcement when he does let you sleep in!

yorkietalkjilly · 01-12-2013, 09:02 AM

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.

Yorkiemom1 · 01-12-2013, 09:53 AM

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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!!!!

yorkietalkjilly · 01-12-2013, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

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!!!!

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gracielove · 01-12-2013, 02:15 PM

It would seem that most dogs need to go potty in the morning. Can you let her out to go potty and then go back to bed? If she is trying to let you know her bladder is full and she needs to go then it is perfectly normal for her to let you know. That is what you trained her to do.

KendraE · 01-12-2013, 02:33 PM

Why not just let her come to bed with you?? I personally can't sleep without mine!

Charlies Mamma · 01-12-2013, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KendraE

Why not just let her come to bed with you?? I personally can't sleep without mine!

That was going to be my suggestion,

TraciG · 01-12-2013, 03:16 PM

I would love to sleep later on the weekends too, but we have a schedule and Brutus adapted to our Mon-Fri schedule. As someone else mentioned they don't know it's a weekend. I get up on Sat mornings and DH gets up on Sun. This way we each have a day for additional sleep if needed. I am pretty lucky that Brutus is pretty good about going back to bed - but only after a potty and breakfast. Oh, he also sleeps with us, so I don't get any barking, just kisses or a paw scratch in the head to let me know hes up. LOVE IT!

KazzyK810 · 01-12-2013, 04:09 PM

ZoE doesn't know when the weekend is, or when I have a day off work. Seems my silly pup can't read the calendar

6am is my usual wake up time, and there is NO WAY ZoE is letting me sleep past 6:30am....ever! So, on my days off, I wake up, she's goes potty, I feed her breakfast, and then we both climb back in bed and sleep until around 9ish...heaven

Gwenda206 · 01-12-2013, 04:30 PM

Molly sleeps with me. I couldn't sleep any other way, but I take her out every night before we go to bed so she can potty and I put her food up at 8pm. Most of the time now Molly will sleep till 9am before she has to go out. She wakes me up by putting her paws on my chest an doing this cute little growl. Molly is 14 months old by the way.

Gwen

Charlies Mamma · 01-12-2013, 06:51 PM

Charlie does sleep with me and hubby (Right Down the Middle!!) I work M-F and get up every morning at 6am now.... Sat and Sun I do not work but... I still get up at 6am so he can go outside and I out his food down. I go back to bed and he comes back to bed after he eats, now if I dont get up at 6 and he has waited long enough he climbs up on my belly and ever so lightly takes his paw and rubs it across my face he is always very careful when doing this LOL but maybe if you just let him out and then let him in bed with you after that then you could sleep in.

yorkietalkjilly · 01-12-2013, 09:40 PM

As Tibbe sleeps with me, we sleep-in on weekends and he'll go 14 hours if it's raining in the morning before going outside. He'd rather just stay warm in bed and I think he's hoping the rain will stop. Some really rainy days I have to insist he go out on rainy sleep-in days.

AbbyMax · 01-13-2013, 07:41 AM

That sounds like the first year I had my puppies. They slept in the master bathroom and would wake up every day around 4:30 am! We got up, went outside, and then went into the living room where they would play and I could get another hour of shut-eye.

Once they hit the one year mark, I took down the baby gate and they were allowed to sleep in the bed. I waited until they matured a little bit as I was afraid they would play and fall off the bed. They are still super playful and full of energy, but have learned to use the doggie ramp and not roughhouse too much on the bed. (They have a blanked on the bed that is just for them and now they pounce on it and burrow in.)

Now we can sleep in until about 6:30am - who needs an alarm clock when you have two yorkies!

01-12-2013, 08:17 AM	#1
Baily341o YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Virgina Posts: 266	HELP! the Yipping in the am! We have had Bailey for about 3 years now and I am getting tired of the yipping in the morning! She is in her cage throughout the night, sleeps perfectly until 7 or 7:30. All I want on the weekend is to sleep in but Bailey is not letting me! She does an unusual yip yip kind of bark instead of her regular big bark. It's like a high pitched SCREAM and she will not stop until you come and get her. I need help! How do I get this to stop!? I am so tired of the constant screams that I am hearing and I just want to sleep for a little while longer. Anybody else have this problem? Please help!!

01-12-2013, 09:02 AM	#3
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	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. __________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis

01-12-2013, 02:33 PM	#7
KendraE Hook Em! Bevo & Mack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 3,752	Why not just let her come to bed with you?? I personally can't sleep without mine! __________________ Kendra Bevo and Mack & grandpups Bryleigh and Jaxon

01-12-2013, 03:16 PM	#9
TraciG Donating YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN, USA Posts: 522	I would love to sleep later on the weekends too, but we have a schedule and Brutus adapted to our Mon-Fri schedule. As someone else mentioned they don't know it's a weekend. I get up on Sat mornings and DH gets up on Sun. This way we each have a day for additional sleep if needed. I am pretty lucky that Brutus is pretty good about going back to bed - but only after a potty and breakfast. Oh, he also sleeps with us, so I don't get any barking, just kisses or a paw scratch in the head to let me know hes up. LOVE IT! __________________ *Brutus is mommas boy!*

01-12-2013, 04:09 PM	#10
KazzyK810 Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK Posts: 4,119	ZoE doesn't know when the weekend is, or when I have a day off work. Seems my silly pup can't read the calendar 6am is my usual wake up time, and there is NO WAY ZoE is letting me sleep past 6:30am....ever! So, on my days off, I wake up, she's goes potty, I feed her breakfast, and then we both climb back in bed and sleep until around 9ish...heaven __________________ Karan & ZoE (Chelsea )

01-12-2013, 08:34 AM	#2
yakkwak YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dallas Posts: 319	You didn't mention if you readily take the dog out for a potty break before going back to bed to sleep in. If that is an obvious "yes", then sorry for the stupid question. When I've been very ill, I put pillow steps up to the bed, and also put his pillowbed in my bed. He is pee-pad trained, so he can safely go up and down from my bed, do his business, munch, drink, and come back to bed where I am recovering/sleeping. Sometimes, he'll grab a toy and chew away quietly. With his bed in mine, I don't even have to worry so much about what I call "doggy sheets"; mibe stay clean. We both have survived a couple of my surgeries this way very nicely. A promise of "in a little bit" ensures he will get some serious play time if he only is patient and lets mommy sleep a bit more! Lots of positive reinforcement when he does let you sleep in!

01-12-2013, 02:15 PM	#6
gracielove YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: NY Posts: 6,582	It would seem that most dogs need to go potty in the morning. Can you let her out to go potty and then go back to bed? If she is trying to let you know her bladder is full and she needs to go then it is perfectly normal for her to let you know. That is what you trained her to do.

01-12-2013, 04:30 PM	#11
Gwenda206 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Greenup, Ky Posts: 99	Molly sleeps with me. I couldn't sleep any other way, but I take her out every night before we go to bed so she can potty and I put her food up at 8pm. Most of the time now Molly will sleep till 9am before she has to go out. She wakes me up by putting her paws on my chest an doing this cute little growl. Molly is 14 months old by the way. Gwen

01-12-2013, 06:51 PM	#12
Charlies Mamma Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: With CharlieBrown of course! Posts: 1,404	Charlie does sleep with me and hubby (Right Down the Middle!!) I work M-F and get up every morning at 6am now.... Sat and Sun I do not work but... I still get up at 6am so he can go outside and I out his food down. I go back to bed and he comes back to bed after he eats, now if I dont get up at 6 and he has waited long enough he climbs up on my belly and ever so lightly takes his paw and rubs it across my face he is always very careful when doing this LOL but maybe if you just let him out and then let him in bed with you after that then you could sleep in. __________________ Mom to Bug and Charlie-R.I.P my sweet Charlie 2021

01-12-2013, 09:40 PM	#13
yorkietalkjilly ♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas Posts: 22,140	As Tibbe sleeps with me, we sleep-in on weekends and he'll go 14 hours if it's raining in the morning before going outside. He'd rather just stay warm in bed and I think he's hoping the rain will stop. Some really rainy days I have to insist he go out on rainy sleep-in days. __________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis

01-13-2013, 07:41 AM	#14
AbbyMax Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 481	That sounds like the first year I had my puppies. They slept in the master bathroom and would wake up every day around 4:30 am! We got up, went outside, and then went into the living room where they would play and I could get another hour of shut-eye. Once they hit the one year mark, I took down the baby gate and they were allowed to sleep in the bed. I waited until they matured a little bit as I was afraid they would play and fall off the bed. They are still super playful and full of energy, but have learned to use the doggie ramp and not roughhouse too much on the bed. (They have a blanked on the bed that is just for them and now they pounce on it and burrow in.) Now we can sleep in until about 6:30am - who needs an alarm clock when you have two yorkies!