Truman has never been a giant fan on his crate but he will go in there for naps and to sleep without much protest. However, he can and will not wake up without letting out the most insanely annoying high pitched barking!
We were working on that but somehow last week, while I was away, Truman decided to bark in the middle of the night and my husband got up to let him out. Well, ever since then, he's been barking constantly for about 25 minutes every two hours at night for the past week! I have NO idea why - other than he wants attention - but he's not sleeping good at all! The first couple times it happened, we let him out because we thought maybe he wasn't feeling good but the past two nights it's been going on, I did not let him out and when I got up there was no accidents and not even a pressing urge for him to go potty. I am at wit's end because I am a very light sleeper. I currently have him in our downstairs bathroom, with a sheet over his cage, facing the wall to minimize the sound of the barking but it's still not working! He goes to bed fine but it's like once he's bored of sleeping or has the slightest inkling he'd like to get out, the barking starts.
Does anyone have any ideas? Is this a battle of wills? I am almost ready to put him in bed to shut him up but I don't really want him sleeping with us and I shudder to think about his behavior if we ever had to leave him with someone else overnight! Help!**
**Written by a sleep deprived bully momma.
We were working on that but somehow last week, while I was away, Truman decided to bark in the middle of the night and my husband got up to let him out. Well, ever since then, he's been barking constantly for about 25 minutes every two hours at night for the past week! I have NO idea why - other than he wants attention - but he's not sleeping good at all! The first couple times it happened, we let him out because we thought maybe he wasn't feeling good but the past two nights it's been going on, I did not let him out and when I got up there was no accidents and not even a pressing urge for him to go potty. I am at wit's end because I am a very light sleeper. I currently have him in our downstairs bathroom, with a sheet over his cage, facing the wall to minimize the sound of the barking but it's still not working! He goes to bed fine but it's like once he's bored of sleeping or has the slightest inkling he'd like to get out, the barking starts.
Does anyone have any ideas? Is this a battle of wills? I am almost ready to put him in bed to shut him up but I don't really want him sleeping with us and I shudder to think about his behavior if we ever had to leave him with someone else overnight! Help!**
**Written by a sleep deprived bully momma.