Advice needed re Cockapoo sleeping
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Hi,
We have a female Cockapoo who's 2 1/4 years old.
Due to circumstances she was sleeping in our bedroom until about 9 months ago. On occasions we have put her into a local dog boarding place and due to her separation anxiety, she was disturbing the owners during the night so much that they almost said they couldn't take her any more.
Over a few months we have managed to get her to sleep in the front room with the door closed.
For about a month now she is barking, making noises and scratching at the door, usually from 5am. These can be as early as 2.30am. When we check on her she is excited ready for play! We have tried being nice, putting her outside for a toilet (nothing usually happens), being firm, being very firm etc. If we ignore her it will carry on for hours, and if we check on her, call down the stairs, bang on the bedroom floor, she might stop for a few minutes, but it will start again within a few minutes. This is virtually every day and probably getting worse.
We take her out 8pm to 9pm ish for a walk and a number 2. When she goes to bed at approx 10.30pm to 11pm she goes quite happily to bed.
There is a farm down the road that makes early starts, but we are sure it's not this, and we are sure no other noises are disturbing her.
Because we have worked from home for many years, she does suffer from separation anxiety when we go out and leave her. A camera shows us what is going on and we are fortunate that we are in a detached house with the noise that she makes.
Does anybody have any suggestions as we are both getting increasingly more tired!
Thanks,
Andy
We have a female Cockapoo who's 2 1/4 years old.
Due to circumstances she was sleeping in our bedroom until about 9 months ago. On occasions we have put her into a local dog boarding place and due to her separation anxiety, she was disturbing the owners during the night so much that they almost said they couldn't take her any more.
Over a few months we have managed to get her to sleep in the front room with the door closed.
For about a month now she is barking, making noises and scratching at the door, usually from 5am. These can be as early as 2.30am. When we check on her she is excited ready for play! We have tried being nice, putting her outside for a toilet (nothing usually happens), being firm, being very firm etc. If we ignore her it will carry on for hours, and if we check on her, call down the stairs, bang on the bedroom floor, she might stop for a few minutes, but it will start again within a few minutes. This is virtually every day and probably getting worse.
We take her out 8pm to 9pm ish for a walk and a number 2. When she goes to bed at approx 10.30pm to 11pm she goes quite happily to bed.
There is a farm down the road that makes early starts, but we are sure it's not this, and we are sure no other noises are disturbing her.
Because we have worked from home for many years, she does suffer from separation anxiety when we go out and leave her. A camera shows us what is going on and we are fortunate that we are in a detached house with the noise that she makes.
Does anybody have any suggestions as we are both getting increasingly more tired!
Thanks,
Andy
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