We have a 10 week old puppy who doesn’t want to sleep more than 2 hours at a time. The first week and a half he slept great with no wakeups or only one wakeup each night. Now we’re on a cycle of 3 and 4 wakeups a night, essentially every 2 hours. I try to let him cry it out in the crate and it’s not working. When I wake up to take him out, he’s going potty outside so I hate to say no. We’ve tried to keep his schedule extremely consistent as far as eating, when we leave for work, we come home at lunch, etc. (see below)
His crate has a blanket over the top to make it more like a “den”, he’s got a comfy blanket and pillow combo in there similar to what he naps on in our living room, he has one of my shirts for scent and one of those snuggle puppy sleeping aids. What more can we do??
Schedule: 6-7:30 AM – wake up, potty, play, eat, potty, crate 7:30-12 PM – crate while we work 12-1 PM – potty, outside time, play, back in crate 1-4:30 PM – crate while we work 4:30 – 9:30 PM – potty, play, eat (5:30 -6), nap, potty, play, terrorize the house. I pick up water bowl around 9. 9:30 – 10 PM – outside for last potty, fight to go in crate for bed. 10 – 11 PM – he cries and eventually falls asleep. But then starts the two hour wakeups.
Edit to add: this is not our first puppy. This is our first puppy who has struggled with sleeping!
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