My mom's 13 year old Akita is getting to that point I think too. Poor babies.
We ventured out last night and allowed her to sleep in her fluffy dog bed next to our bed, and she slept from 10:00pm until 7:00 am! No accidents, etc. Before I could mention it, I heard my husband give her water...
We actually don't take up her water. I hadn't thought of that as another issue. We used to do that every night. Set the alarm that is. And then I found that she was letting me know before the alarm went off, so I quit setting it. For a long time she would let me know beforehand and I'd take...
That's where the argument comes in. My DH's theory is that she's only peeing in the crate because she's uncomfortable and has woken up because of it. (Just as if we as humans wake up uncomfortable and then decide we need to pee, but if we sleep through the night, we don't pee) he thinks this...
If her crate gets any smaller she won't fit in there! haha. She just doesn't seem to care about sleeping in pee. We do try to wear her out most nights before bedtime. She's just stubborn. For Christmas she's going to get 50 different types of new beds, and we'll just go down the line trying...
She goes to bed at 9:00-9:30 and the latest she will sleep is around 4:00. Some nights she gets up a couple of times a night, and we think it's because she doesn't' think her bed is fluffy enough, so taking the bedding out isn't really an option. When we put just a towel on the bottom of the...
Or maybe it's human issues. I'm not sure!
Khaleesi still sleeps in her crate at night (she's barely 6 months old) When in the crate she ALWAYS has to get up at least once to go out. Many times she will pee in the crate before she wakes me up. I change the bedding in that crate every single...
A couple of times I thought I noticed that it happened right after a play session, but I'm not sure if that's the case every time. I need to start paying close attention each time...