we got our puppy at 8 weeks old at the end of 2025. we started crate training right away and he’s been really great about it. alerts when he needs to potty and sleeps in there until we wake up. recently at about 1:30am he’s barking nonstop and won’t let up unless one of us is sleeping on the couch and he’s sleeping out of the kennel in the room. this is a huge departure of our routine and my husband and i are not sure what is causing it.
some added context is that our bedroom is a level above where we keep the kennel and the bedroom is too small to have a kennel in it. we have a room adjacent to our bedroom that could fit the kennel, but we’re not sure if that would help the problem.
any advice on how to break him out of this habit while also getting some sleep? is this normal for dogs around his age (5 months)? he’s been so good up to this point.
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