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[quote=Anonymous]My 6 month old dog now has this schedule:

Eats: 6am, noon, 3pm—poops right after

Normal, happy, slightly naughty all day.

9pm goes into crate for bed

3 FLIPPING AM wakes up, cries barks howls paws at crate. Wants to get up and be awake from 3-4:30 then goes back to sleep until 6. Up at 6, eats/poops, then sleeps until 9 when he’s up for the rest of the day with just short naps here and there.

Crate is in our bedroom and can’t let him “cry it out” bc wakes the whole family. Tried crate in living room and then he won’t go to bed.

Un-snipped so can’t go to daycare but has adequate exercise.

I’m up with him 3-4:30 then can never fall back asleep and it’s breaking me.

I’m wondering about a second crate in the basement (finished basement, heated not dank, etc) …if he wakes up at 3, move him to the basement crate? Would he learn to sleep longer in our room if the alternative is being alone?  Any other ideas? We also tried taking him out at 10 or 11 to pee and that made no difference. It’s not that his bladder is bursting.

Also tried a white noise machine in case he was hearing something that’s waking him but that didn’t do much. [/quote]

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