TheLost
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- Dec 28, 2011
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Molly & Kevin (aka Chunky)
Kevin has started a new bad habit over the past few weeks... and i don't know why it bugs me (well.. i do.. i'll explain later)..
He was SUPER easy to crate train. He would go right into his crate and pass out. His mom, still to this day, goes into her crate and tosses a temper-tantrum for 1 minute (exactly) then is snoring.
A few weeks ago he woke up in the middle of the night and got fussy. I thought he needed to go 'wee-wee' so i let him outside... then i fell back to sleep!
He spent about 5 hours under the stars.. running around, digging up flowers, laying on the forbidden patio furniture on the deck.. all before i woke up and put him back into his crate.
(i should point out both their crates are in our bedroom)
Ever since then... he doesn't want to sleep in his crate at night! he's fine if we put him in during the day.. but as soon as the sun goes down and he's in his crate he starts whimpering and does-not-stop-all-night-long until we put him outside.
Now he has us trained! He'll wait until we are asleep.. ~1am.. then he'll start crying (loudly).. around 2am one of us will break down and put him outside... around 5am my alarm goes off, and its a race to bring him inside before the sprinklers go off and he destroys them (he loves himself some pop-up sprinkler heads). He then goes back into his crate and sleeps until about 9am.
We've tried everything to break him out of this cycle... but to be honest his 'want' to go outside normally equals our 'want' to get some sleep.
The problem is... It shouldn't be a problem.. There is no reason why he cant sleep out on the deck. The only reason i don't want him sleeping outside is... well... because he's disobeying me!!!!! I want him to sleep in his crate.. and he doesn't.. im the boss!!!
Damn dogs!
I think this battle will go on for a while, or until it gets too hot outside and he realizes his crate sits next to an air conditioning vent (so maybe 1 - 2 more weeks).
He was SUPER easy to crate train. He would go right into his crate and pass out. His mom, still to this day, goes into her crate and tosses a temper-tantrum for 1 minute (exactly) then is snoring.
A few weeks ago he woke up in the middle of the night and got fussy. I thought he needed to go 'wee-wee' so i let him outside... then i fell back to sleep!
He spent about 5 hours under the stars.. running around, digging up flowers, laying on the forbidden patio furniture on the deck.. all before i woke up and put him back into his crate.
(i should point out both their crates are in our bedroom)
Ever since then... he doesn't want to sleep in his crate at night! he's fine if we put him in during the day.. but as soon as the sun goes down and he's in his crate he starts whimpering and does-not-stop-all-night-long until we put him outside.
Now he has us trained! He'll wait until we are asleep.. ~1am.. then he'll start crying (loudly).. around 2am one of us will break down and put him outside... around 5am my alarm goes off, and its a race to bring him inside before the sprinklers go off and he destroys them (he loves himself some pop-up sprinkler heads). He then goes back into his crate and sleeps until about 9am.
We've tried everything to break him out of this cycle... but to be honest his 'want' to go outside normally equals our 'want' to get some sleep.
The problem is... It shouldn't be a problem.. There is no reason why he cant sleep out on the deck. The only reason i don't want him sleeping outside is... well... because he's disobeying me!!!!! I want him to sleep in his crate.. and he doesn't.. im the boss!!!
Damn dogs!
I think this battle will go on for a while, or until it gets too hot outside and he realizes his crate sits next to an air conditioning vent (so maybe 1 - 2 more weeks).
I would say the best way to handle this is to put his crate somewhere else in the house so he doesn't wake you guys up in the middle of the night. And let Mr. Mischief cry it outā¦ One thing I would be worried about is if someone stole him from your backyard, not sure what your setup outside is. Wally is fascinated by our sprinkler heads as well, as he was barking his head off the other day at themā¦ 
AND of course digging holes in the yard, pulling up HUGE hunks of grass down to the roots. Yeah the backyard is a disaster areaā¦ LOL
!! Sorry I know that is no help to you but it was a funny post, Bulldogs antics just crack me up !!! 
