Puppy wakes up at 6:30 and whines & barks. She keeps waking me and my roommates up!?

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Weird thing is, she'll wake everyone up at 6:30am and then by 9am, she is knocked out. What can I do to get her on MY schedule instead of allowing her to create her own?

She will just sit beside the door and cry and cry. At first I started taking her outside just in case she needed to use the restroom but she would not go BACK to sleep when we come back in from her business. I started playing with her and she'll play for a bit and then go back to crying at the door. I've been losing so much sleep and I love her to death but I just wish I could get just a bit more sleep.

Help?
 
Our puppy was six weeks old when we found him. He woke up every morning promptly at 6:00 for four weeks. He's just starting to look at us like we're weirdos when we get him up now--he got used to getting up at eight over the holiday weekend.
What we did was keep him in his crate during the night, right by our bed. When he started crying at 6:00, we took him out, fed him breakfast, played with him for 15 minutes, took him back out, then crated him so we could get another hour of sleep. He would cry for a few minutes, but we ignored him and he went back to sleep until time for us to get ready to go. He plays like crazy while we get ready, then he's beat and ready to sleep until lunch hour at 1:00.
It's natural for a young puppy to get up really early. It won't last much longer as she grows up, and using a crate or kennel really helps.
 
Puppies are babies, just like humans they will sleep and wake up on their own schedule. You just have to suffer through it. Once your dog is about 6-8 months old you shouldn't have much of a problem.

Are you crating the puppy and is the puppy nearby you? Puppies do not like to feel alone.

How long have you had the puppy? If you haven't had it very long it is probably missing its littermates and mother and is crying out because it feels alone.

I suggest crate training, but be firm with it. Eventually if you ignore them long enough they will figure out that making loud noises isn't going to get your attention. Just make sure that you aren't ignoring a valid "complaint"-i.e. hungry, have to potty.

Good luck!
 
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