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Just when you thought a dog could not find a more uncomfortable sleeping position...
He is such a goof, but we love him. 🥰
Remi has been having some issues at night - not sure if anyone else has had this happen before. We have crates for both Remi and Maeve, and when we are out of the house for long periods they will go in their crates, and we also keep them in there at night - this is their den and safe space. These crates are not in the same room as we are. Remi has been doing this for many years, but over the last couple of weeks when we go to bed he will start crying soon after...then yelping...then barking.
My wife has been sleeping in another room because we have both have summer colds (they suck!) and each of us coughing is keeping the other up. So she has taken Remi in with her a few nights, and he seems okay when that happens. At first it was the odd night, but now it happens almost every night - I was afraid that as soon as we gave in, he would be doing this every night.
He's 9 now, and the only physical thing I can think of is that maybe his eyesight is failing, and this is stressing him out in the dark. One of our previous dogs (Lhasa Apso) was going blind and when that started he was terribly distressed when it was dark in the room, so we are going to get Remi's eyesight checked to see if this is maybe the trigger. I realize that by giving in (in order to sleep!) we have made this worse, but has anyone else had this, and if so, what did you do?
Cheers, Al
Just when you thought a dog could not find a more uncomfortable sleeping position...
He is such a goof, but we love him. 🥰
Remi has been having some issues at night - not sure if anyone else has had this happen before. We have crates for both Remi and Maeve, and when we are out of the house for long periods they will go in their crates, and we also keep them in there at night - this is their den and safe space. These crates are not in the same room as we are. Remi has been doing this for many years, but over the last couple of weeks when we go to bed he will start crying soon after...then yelping...then barking.
My wife has been sleeping in another room because we have both have summer colds (they suck!) and each of us coughing is keeping the other up. So she has taken Remi in with her a few nights, and he seems okay when that happens. At first it was the odd night, but now it happens almost every night - I was afraid that as soon as we gave in, he would be doing this every night.
He's 9 now, and the only physical thing I can think of is that maybe his eyesight is failing, and this is stressing him out in the dark. One of our previous dogs (Lhasa Apso) was going blind and when that started he was terribly distressed when it was dark in the room, so we are going to get Remi's eyesight checked to see if this is maybe the trigger. I realize that by giving in (in order to sleep!) we have made this worse, but has anyone else had this, and if so, what did you do?
Cheers, Al
For our dogs when we are out of the house, they wear dog diapers. More of pants. They are much happier wandering around the house. No accidents in the house. We put a women’s pad in it so you don’t have to wash every time
So far, no more night barking from Frank, however I do need to find a solution as not entirely happy with the behaviour.
Thanks - we are looking for things that might be disturbing him so we just replaced the bed in his crate with a new one that is softer. I'm hoping it's something we can figure out soon...