Sleepless Nights!

[suzyb]

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We have three gorgeous whippets - Poppy,4, Pip 2 and Lily who is 7 months. The elder two sleep in their crate and have done so from day one without any bother. Lily refuses point blank to sleep in a crate - she hates the door being closed although she willl happily sleep in it during the day as long as the door is open. She becomes very distressed - yes, we have tried all sorts to try and encourage her. She sleeps with us and unfortunately wakes once or twice in the night to go out - she either doesn't need much sleep or she just can't "hold on". We have tried allsorts - feeding her early, feeding her later, walking her socks off -nothing makes any difference. In all other ways, she's an absolute delight - it's just that we're tired!

Any hints, anyone?

 

[gilliwigs]

We have three gorgeous whippets - Poppy,4, Pip 2 and Lily who is 7 months. The elder two sleep in their crate and have done so from day one without any bother. Lily refuses point blank to sleep in a crate - she hates the door being closed although she willl happily sleep in it during the day as long as the door is open. She becomes very distressed - yes, we have tried all sorts to try and encourage her. She sleeps with us and unfortunately wakes once or twice in the night to go out - she either doesn't need much sleep or she just can't "hold on". We have tried allsorts - feeding her early, feeding her later, walking her socks off -nothing makes any difference. In all other ways, she's an absolute delight - it's just that we're tired!
Any hints, anyone?

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Have you tried ignoring her for a time when she asks to go out or do you always get up straight away? Muffin used to be like that and I'm sure it just became a habit with him. Sometimes I would leave him crying for a while and he would eventually go back to bed without doing anything. Then we went on holiday last month and took him for lots of walks so that he was really shattered at night. He didn't ask to go out once when we were away and it seems to have broken the habit. Now it's just Jonah, the puppy, who wakes us up early!! :- "

 

[playawhile]

Hi!

Maybe she is claustrophobic and in that case maybe she panics when the door is closed. Can’t you just say to her firmly to lay down again when if she wakes up and wants to go out? Is she or you “the boss”?

Henrik Härling

 

[suzyb]

Thanks for the tips - although we had tried putting her in a crate with Pip we hadn't tried the blanket over the crate.

By teh way, if she is ignored or told to lie down, she gets up anyway and wees on the floor!