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I think Scout has day and night mixed up. I have written about my night time troubles and I thought they were behind us. I started ignoring her crying at night and all was well and she would sleep all night. We also have been leaving her in her crate all day without coming home at lunch and she is doing great. But...she was boarded over the long weekend (Labor Day) and since then we taken a few steps back. One bad habit she has now is not only crying in her crate but slobbering (she cries in a way that saliva just drips from her mouth) and she scratches at the corner of the crate bottom. Its worse than just crying because I go in there and the whole front part of the crate is wet like she peed (but its not pee) and it smells like bad doggy breath.
So she is now back to doing this at 2:30-3:30 am. Its really annoying. So a couple of nights ago I ignore it like I had done in the past. Well she peed in her crate. Well great so now I don't know if its her crying for attention or because she has to pee. So I am back to waking up in the middle of the night to let her outside. And she was doing so well with sleeping until out alarm went off. I am going to have to try and ignore her again.
So she basically sleeps during the day like I want her to sleep at night. Of course I also don't want to come home from work to pee. And she knows that we aren't home because it isn't wet in the front of her crate, so she hasn't cried and is always stretching when I come home. I have tried taking her on walks right before bed, with no help. Its not like she is running around before bed either, she settles down and lays on the couch so I know she is tired. Sometimes when I let her out she will go for water or something, and I think thats ok. It just sucks that all was going so well and I think the boarding and the possible situation that she could go in her crate somehow reverted her. The only problem is her crying and scratching is 10 time worse than just her crying like before. And this whole saliva thing, sometimes I think she peed in her crate it smells so bad. It doesn't seem like pee since its only in the front of the crate and its not all spread around like pee would be. Oh and she is about 1 year 4 months old.
So she is now back to doing this at 2:30-3:30 am. Its really annoying. So a couple of nights ago I ignore it like I had done in the past. Well she peed in her crate. Well great so now I don't know if its her crying for attention or because she has to pee. So I am back to waking up in the middle of the night to let her outside. And she was doing so well with sleeping until out alarm went off. I am going to have to try and ignore her again.
So she basically sleeps during the day like I want her to sleep at night. Of course I also don't want to come home from work to pee. And she knows that we aren't home because it isn't wet in the front of her crate, so she hasn't cried and is always stretching when I come home. I have tried taking her on walks right before bed, with no help. Its not like she is running around before bed either, she settles down and lays on the couch so I know she is tired. Sometimes when I let her out she will go for water or something, and I think thats ok. It just sucks that all was going so well and I think the boarding and the possible situation that she could go in her crate somehow reverted her. The only problem is her crying and scratching is 10 time worse than just her crying like before. And this whole saliva thing, sometimes I think she peed in her crate it smells so bad. It doesn't seem like pee since its only in the front of the crate and its not all spread around like pee would be. Oh and she is about 1 year 4 months old.