My girl turned 5 months old on the 13th, she was a menace the first couple months especially with settling at night she would not let me go to sleep for like an hour or two (every time i’d go to bed she would bark) i used to have to sit beside her til she fell asleep and sneak away but now she actually is quiet in her crate at bedtime and sleeps the whole night so it does get better if anyone is dealing with the same thing!
HOWEVER – my partner is a tradesman and wakes up early on weekdays usually between 6am-7am and lets her out to go to the toilet then feeds her then lets her out to the toilet again. she whines like clockwork 30 seconds before his alarm goes off it’s kinda crazy, and will bark and bark if she hears your alarm going off until he lets her out (no more hitting snooze) – she also barks while he’s getting ready or before he gives her food like demanding it almost ? and he’s like half asleep trying to get ready for the day and she wakes me up then with how loud she is – after she eats and goes to the toilet she will go back into her crate and go back to sleep… until my alarm goes off
i work from home 3 out of 5 days of the week and she barks and barks after my alarm goes off (usually like 9:30) til i let her out which is kind of annoying but i suppose i have to get up anyways
the main issue though is the weekends, she wakes up at 6am to be fed and let out, and usually leads to both of us staying awake because she was so loud barking that we can’t get back to sleep… is there any way we can fix this?? should he stop feeding her when he goes to work in the morning? should i feed her when i wake up in the mornings instead?
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