sleeping through the night

[Amy2006]

My toy poodle is now 5 months old and we got where we keep her crate in our bedroom to keep her from whinning. Well, she has slept through the night before so i feel like she can do it. but lately, she's been getting me up at about 1:30. . .sometimes 3:00 in the morning to go outside. I guess that's what she wants. I hear her and taker her out. She pees and i put her back in her crate. She usually goes back to sleep. . i think. I know i do. :) But i have to get up at 4:00am so it's getting kind of rough on me. Her last meal is at 6:00 and i take her water up at 7:00. I take her out for her last bathroom break at 9:00 or 9:30. Does she just want attention at night or does she really have to go? I mean, she "goes" when i take her but i could take her out every 10 mins and she'd "go". She should be able to hold it all night by now shouldn't she? She's done it before.

Amy

[Amy2006]

No advice on this at all? Thought there were plenty of people on this website and i would at least get a few feedbacks.

[_Lisa_]

I don't think anyone is really responding because you don't really seem to have a problem here. I think you're already on the right track. Unless you've given her any other reason to think you'll take her out when she doesn't have to potty, you should continue to take her out to potty when she cries to go. As she grows up she'll be able to eventually make it through the night more consistently then she already does.

[Amy2006]

_Lisa_,
Oh ok. Well, i just didn't want to make a habit of taking her out at 1:30 am. Eventually i've got to get some sleep. :) At least she's telling me she has to go. She don't during the day but if she's in her crate she will. And she is usually pretty quiet once i put her back in her crate.

amy

[rstowe]

I know this may sound cruel; but when she whines at 1:30 just tell her to go to sleep. If she is in a crate she shouldn't go and eventually she will "learn" to hold it until you wake up.

We had to do this with our Rottie when we left England to come back to the states because he was going to be in his crate for at least 14 hours and had to learn to hold it. It took several weeks of working up to the 14 hours (gradually increasing the time) but it did work.

This also worked for teaching our dogs to hold it and not wake us up at 6 in the morning on weekends (Storm gets up at 6 during the week before I go to work); eventually Storm will learn not to get up with me at 6; she'll be able to hold it until my wife wakes up a couple of hours later.

Word of advice if you do this. The puppy will cry the first couple of times and you'll have to try really hard not to let her out. It is just like not running into a baby's room during the night if they are crying. If you do, they will continue to cry.

[Evey]

Also remember, her bladder is still growing. She is still pretty young, and she is telling you about it.

I am 40 and sometimes I still have to get up in the middle of the night.....

[ANNSMD]

You may even want to try taking her out a couple of times the last 1/2 hour before you go to bed for the night. What I do with my 4mnth old puppies is let them play for a while before bed time and then they really have to go pee, and it wears them out and they sleep, but I let them out for the last time at 11:00 p.m. and as soon as I wake up (6:30)they wake up and I take them out to go pee.

[Amy2006]

Sophie didn't get me up till 2:20 this morning. . . that's about an hour later than normal. Wonder if she's getting better or if it's luck. :) The weekends are always the better days to play with my sleeping. Maybe i'll try to ignore her whines this weekend. . . for at least a little while longer. Maybe i'll wait an extra hour before taking her out. And keep increasing it until she holds it all night. Of course, i don't want her to burst when i take her out of her crate either! LOL!

[YorkieLover1]

I Reccomend Training Pads. My Yorkie Russell Uses them fantastic. But Never Make The Mistake Of Putting Her In Your Bed. She Will Whine Untill Shes Allowed To Go Sleep With You. Like people Have Been Saying Above.. Ignore Her, She will get Fed Up And Notice Shes Getting No Reaction From You. If You Go Up To Her EveryTime She Whines Shes Going To Use It As A Way Of Attention From You. <-- Hope That Helps x:D

[Emma82]

My Dachshund is also 5 months and she sleeps on my bed with me but she licks my face to get me up, we have got it down to once anight. and i am fine with that. maybe she just wants to sleep with you and she is crying to get out? she may never stop i also have another Dachshund he is 1 1/2 now and he still gets me up from time to time. i don't mind i mean i need to pee in the night too so how can i be mad at them.
Emma

[Husky06]

she should grow out of that eventually, like someone said her bladder is still growing, use to when i had my husky in the house she would have to go quite a bit, but now whenever im home, she does it maybe once, but its good they let you know, my sibe howls like a wolf when she has to go to the bathroom lol

[Tigs-rific]

This may not sound ideal or realistic, but it has worked with me with all three of my dogs. I put them in the bed with me. This way they slept all through the night and so did I. It was the only thing that eventually worked. We currently have a 3 month old American Bulldog who sleeps either between my husband or I or at our feet. At only 13 weeks, she already sleeps through the night and does not potty in the house. If you are determined to crate her, do not put her in your room. Put her in a room across the house and lay a towel or blankie over her crate. She will continue to wake you if she knows you are going to respond. Dogs are creatures of habits and must be trained to have the best habits.