Still a problem

Laura · Master

RE: Still a problem

Teresa · Enlightened One

sort of ok and not ok really

we can stop daisy weeing in the house as long as we follow her around and make sure she doesn't squat on her bed. the trouble is in the mornings, after i have left for work. some time between me leaving and returning at lunch time, she wees on her bed in the hallway. i cannot work out why so have no answer to it. she never does it in the afternoons (after i go back to work at lunch time and get home in the evening).

as for Tom, he's waking about 5am ish for his breakfast, which is manageable. we keep him awake in the evenings which seems to help. i'm sure he wakes for brekkie - he won't go in the garden till he's eaten and, once he's had his breakfast, he is happy to go back to sleep, so i really don't mind the early start.

thanks for asking xx

Gail · Big Cheese

Just a thought Teresa but has Daisy just been doing this since Tom arrived??

Sally has had a wee in the house about three times in the last week but i have been putting it down to a show of dominance on her part since Chess arrived. It's kind of like she is just showing the new arrival that this is her place, wondered if it might be something similar with Daisy

Teresa · Enlightened One

Hi Gail.

Yes, Daisy started doing this since Tom arrived. She started about three or four weeks after his arrival. She used to do it when we first got her if we had visitors that she didn't know, but grew out of it.

She is definitely at the bottom of the pack, Tom is top dog, but this doesn't seem to affect her in any other way except this.

It's odd that she only does it in the mornings after I've gone to work. I do come home at lunch times to see to the dogs but invariably she won't go in the garden, although she doesn't wee in the house in the afternoons. I'm confused !!

I'm hoping that, with both Neil and I at home during the Christmas holidays, she will get out of the habit. we shall see.

Gail · Big Cheese

Hopefully it is just a habit and the holidays will break it.

let us know if you being at home works and best of luck. Have a lovely "wee" free xmas

Teresa · Enlightened One

dear old Tom started barking for his breakfast at 3.30am this morning. I could not shut him up and am very concerned that the neighbours will start complaining so gave him a couple of spoonfulls. after this, he happily went in the garden for his toilet and we all went back to bed. all the dogs are taken into the garden before we go to bed at about 10.30 to 11.00pm.

however, at 5.45am he started again i tried dealing with him for 15 minutes but, eventually, the only way to shut him up is to feed him.

i really am at a loss as to what to do now. i can't possibly ignore his barking - he is just so loud and insistent - tho I did try ignoring him to start with, including turning my back on him, shushing him in a quiet voice, all manner of tricks but to no avail. we've also kept him awake during the evening so he doesn't get into a deep sleep with the hope that he'll sleep all night.

he's been with us for just over three months now and he's only been doing this for about 5 or 6 weeks. at first, he slept all through the night without a sound.

i need my sleep !!

Isla · Enlightened One

Oh nightmare. I find it bad enough when one of them needs out somewhere throughout the night (mostly Wills with the diabetes). I wish I had some suggestions I could make that would help.

Gail · Big Cheese

Teresa i have been really lucky with my three and although i have to get out at 7 instead of 7.30 every morning now because Chess just can't hold on when he gets excited in the morning they still sleep quite late so can't help much with doggie advice. I just wondered though (thinking from a parents point of view) if the room he is in could be made any darker if it's not already or if it could be the colder nights that is now unsettling him?

My baby has always had me up at 5.30am at the latest and i always put it down to him getting hungry but i recently put up black out blinds in his room and had a major fault with my boiler that resulted in a whole new heating system being put in so his room is much cosier in the mornings now as well and he slept until 6.40am this morning!!

I know i'm talking about a baby rather than the dogs but anything is worth a try to get a little more sleep...and i can understand your worry about the neighbours, although Chess is good in the night he howls whenever i leave him during the day and i have also worried about someone complaining