by Carol
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up @ 3:00 am?
by Carol
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We have had our new maltese for about 4 weeks also and she is doing the same thing. In bed at 10 PM or so, but up every night about 2AM or 3AM to pee and poop. I'm getting exhausted. We take her water away from her a few hours before bedtime, plus is on a feeding schedule. I'm anxious myself to read what others might have to say.
Ann
Carol, I got my Buster at 14 weeks old. Every morning for a solid month he got me up at 4:00 a.m. I put a wind up clock in with him and a Teddy Bear (which he still loves) He just finally started sleeping all nite. It just takes time. Be patient. yes its very nerve racking but it will get better
Libby & Buster
Carol, sounds like a phase your little guy is going through - one that you can help move along and eventually eliminate by keeping this little 3:00 a.m. visit outdoors all business. No playing or talking (except to praise the deed) and then straight back to bed, lights out, no communication. By the way, does he always pee and poop right away? If he IS doing serious business, then you might want to change his nighttime routine, i.e. take up water at 7:00 p.m. and feed him supper a little earlier. My Rudy (8 mos now) wanted PLAYTIME at about 2:30 a.m. until I got wise and started with the "all business" routine. It took just a few nights to get the message. Good luck.
Marie
Carol, our Sassy got up in the middle of the night until she was about 16 weeks old. Then all of a sudden she stopped waking up, and stays in her crate until we get up, sometimes as late as 8AM. Have patience, it will improve.
Chad
Hi,Oh please, the 3 a.m. wake up call! I felt like I had another infant in the house. While Pepper never did this, Baby made a habit of it. She woke up at 3:00 a.m. for about 1 month solid. Without warning this phase thankfully passed. I did do exactly what Marie suggested and that certainly helped re: changing feeding times. Also, I found that alot of exercise and time out of the crate during the day made her good and tired at night. Godd luck
Lydia/Pepper/Baby
Join the "New Baby Crowd!" Trinkette Belle is just getting to the point she will sleep through till 6:00 A.M. After she does her bathroom routine she will go back to sleep for another hour. She is now almost 6 months old. I did all the things suggested here, plus I put her crate up high so that it was even with our bed and she slept right next to me. She could actually put her paw on me if she wished. This seemed to comfort her and she would stay calmed down. The breeder had her in a crate with her brother. In addition our three other fur babies sleep in the bed wuith us so I think it is just getting use to sleeping alone. It all does get better with time and a whole lot of patience. Be firm and no nonsense and things will work out. I was so sleep deprived some days it was unreal. However, they are worth all the agony! Good luck!
Zee
Lydia, you're right, I forgot that part. I made sure Rudy played really hard for awhile just before we went to bed. Make sure, if you do this, Carol, you give him just a little bit of water after. Trust us, this WILL pass. Nighty, night.
Marie
Hi there Carol and Caesar! Your problem made me laugh! At our house my 50 year old bladder wakes me every night and then 9 month old Annie wakes up too. When I come back to bed she's looking at me and then I feel guilty that I am more comfortable and surely she would like to use the potty too! So outside we go and then both of us go back to bed. SHE is probably wondering when I will stop getting up in the night! I think your problem will pass. Puppies take a long time I think to make it through the night. Take care. Barbara and Annie
Barbara Davie
Well, I have said it before and I will say it again.....maybe I was just lucky! After two nights of listening to her cry, and wake up, I put Taffy in bed with us. She needed to go out during the night the first couple weeks, and after that you couldn't drag her out of bed! She sleeps as long as I do, and goes to bed, or at least sleep, before I do. She has never pottied in the house either. When she was a baby I felt she needed to eat little bits more often, and one bit was at night before bed. I would take her out after she ate, then to bed. She does enjoy a little playtime before she goes to sleep and it probably helps her sleep. I am not convinced that Taffy needs help sleeping anymore (g)!!
Robin M. & Taffy
Robin's post just reminded me of something. On the nights when I was too exhausted to listen to Baby's whimpers etc. I would take her crate and bring it upstairs to our room. She slept like a rock on the floor next to me in her crate. Perhaps sometimes they need the comfort of being near us (just like kids). Pepper already sleeps in our bed (its ashame these dogs aren't spoiled :)
Lydia/Pepper/Baby
Carol, I remember those days well, while Marcel was an angel, little madison gave me a run. It ended up he wanted to be near me, so I bought a cage like crate (all open) padded it with his blankie, and put it on the floor next to my bed. When he would start to whimmper at all hours, I would put my hand over the side of the bed into the cage so he could smell me, and say shhhh go sleepy, after about a week he went through the night.
Hey its worth a try..good luck
JOYCE
From the day one I used kennels for Munchkin and Amber. We keep them next to our bed. So, they have their own little place to sleep but still have the comfort of being near us. They take one special toy with them when they go to bed. This works great for us, they sleep as long as we do most of time. Have a great day!
Zeyneb
My 10 year old, Max, wakes up about 2 am for a drink of water, I have to lift him out of bed (during the day he jumps out) and then wait til he drinks from abowl next to our bed,,, then lift him back in. But at least he holds bladder til our walk at 6 am.
But not to be outdone, my 11 yr old lhasa also in bed with us(gets crowded 4) wakes up then and rolls over on his back and whines or barks til I rub his tummy. Good thing I can fall back to sleep easily. Not that I believe in spoiling dogs.
Sallie and max and uki- (HUSBAND SLEEPS THRU IT ALL).
SALLIE
I must be VERY lucky. My girls rarely did this. I have 3 and they all go to sleep when we do and get up when we do. I've had a few nights here and there where one of them would get up and fuss and I would have to take her to the wee wee pad in the kitchen to potty. But all in all my girls are little angels. Especially my youngest Annie. She is 7 months old now. She sleeps in the crate(sometimes I let her sleep in bed though) and my other girls can get up and jump off the bed and go to the kitchen and do their business and come back to bed. Although my oldest Bianca is sometimes put in her new crate at night for a potty problem she has, but that is improving-Thank God! One day I pulled my back out and had to go to the Emergency Room because I was in extreme pain and could hardly breath. They gave me pain pills--I hate medicine but I had to take a pill to ease the pain. I slept for 11 and 1/2 hours straight and my little Annie slept too and didn't mess in her crate--the poor baby. That's why I hate medicine. My poor baby was so good and I felt SO bad for being knocked out like that, but I couldn't help it. Never took another one of those darn pills again:) Just give it time. I know people that have had this problem and they did say it does get better. One day(or night) at a time. Good Luck!
Angel
I can relate-- I just got my baby Remington (Remmie) now 11 weeks, and he only sleeps 3 hours, wakes up and cries, then does it all over again all night long. I'm so glad this site is here to help!!!
babs
Carol, for a long time now, Truffles has awakened me in the middle of the nights, (not every night). I have automatically assumed she wants to go out, so I pick her up and carry her downstairs (this is at 3:00 am) and let her go out while I sleepily wait. Well, last night, instead of carrying her, I put her down at the top of the stairs to let her walk herself down and I proceeded down, but she didn't. I asked her "do you want to go out?", she didn't come. So I picked her up and put her back in bed, crawled in myself. She rolled over and all I could see was that familiar image of one dark dot on top of two dark dots - her little upside-down face looking at me. SHE WANTED HER TUMMY RUBBED! That was it! She apparently has been waking me up to rub her tummy, not go out! Now, maybe sometimes it is necessary but I was believing every time was a necessity! I will now handle this differently. Possibly your baby doesn't really have to go out; but like you said, maybe your baby is bored!
Linda P
My Buddy, who is 11 1/2 years old now, has to do "his business" 3 to 4 nights out of 7. He wakes me up to put him down out of bed, and goes quietly to the kitchen to his newspapers (pee pads) and then comes back to get back in bed. I've had him for 10 years now and this is how it's been since. I would recommend paper-training your dog. I would like to mention that Buddy is epileptic and on 2 anti-convulsant medications which keep me from taking up his water and food early. These medications cause increased thirst/hunger. If your dog is trained to only go to the bathroom in a controlled space inside, he will go there when he can't awaken you. Buddy is religious about only going on his pee-pads when he can't wait.
Becky
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