My dog wakes me up several times a night

marijeanette · #1 Jul 7, 2009, 08:30 PM

Hi,

I have a 6 month old Staffy. We have had him since he was 2 months old . During the day he is great. He is obedient and he always lets us know when he needs to go outside to go potty. He even pees on command.

Since we have had him he has slept on his bed in our bedroom. He does not sleep in a crate. Every evening before we go to bed we take him outside and then he goes straight to his bed without a problem. We normally goes to sleep around 10 and every night he will wake up around 12-1 and try to get up in my bed. I tell him to go back to bed and he does. He then wakes up around every hour until I get up at 6. He does not need to go outside because if he does he lets me know by going to the door.

It does not matter how much we exercise him he will still wake up.
The only way we can get him to sleep trough the night is to go and sleep with him on the couch.

Any suggestion would be really helpful cause I'm getting very tired.

marijeanette · Jul 9, 2009, 12:07 AM

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have been thinking about getting a crate because I have heard so many good things about it.

I will definitely try it.

Catsmine · Jul 9, 2009, 02:33 AM

Be certain to make it a "den." A blanket over a wire one or one of the two-piece plastic crates lets them feel safe so they'll take to it more readily.