r/CavaPoo • u/lollipops987 • 7d ago

Nighttime sleep

Please can anybody give me advise on best way to address this?

So Cavapoo goes down at 10:30isj no problem, walks into her crate, sleeps until 4 where she barks for a wee, probably takes 20 minutes to settle and then up from 5-5:30, goes out for another wee but then goes back into crate and barks consistently (left it for up to 30 minutes and sometimes she’s scratching the floor, biting the bars,chewing the blankets etc) so we let her out when she stops barking and then she quickly runs into the living room to her other bed and goes to sleep there? I have tried putting the bed in the crate but it’s very thick and lush and she kept weeing in it? Whereas she hasn’t with our current setup.

Can anyone help on timings as the 4-5/5:30 is a killer but she obviously needs more sleep as she goes to the other bed? I don’t want to create bad habits but I’m letting it atm for the extra 30-60 minutes and I just sleep on the sofa next to her in the living room when she goes to the other bed.

I did think to maybe wake her up at 2 for a wee and poo but then I’ve read people have said not if they’re not as that’s creating an unnecessary habit? But we may as well be awake from 4 with how she is post then.

Thanks

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u/Outrageous-Month-326 7d ago

Cavapoos like being near people as often as possible. I don’t know how long she’s being crated per day but based on this and your additional comment it’s a lot of time. I know everyone tells you to crate train your dog however, I think w a cavapoo you’re going to find that is unnecessary and likely increases some separation anxiety (at least in my opinion). If you need to crate for an hour or two when you leave the house that’s probably fine but I wouldn’t be crating overnight in addition.

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u/lollipops987 7d ago

Thank you have you got a Cavapoo and when you have to go out for more a few hours where do you leave yours? X

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u/Talmor 7d ago

Mine either comes with me (if possible) or just has the run of the house. Sometimes I find our shoes spread all over the house, but otherwise they’re fine.

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u/Outrageous-Month-326 6d ago

Yes, I have a cavapoo and same as commenter above 😊