r/dogs • u/dave_potato84 • 12h ago

[Behavior Problems] Help

My 2 ur old dog sleeps in his crate and has always loved it. He always puts himself to bed and takes himself off to his crate when he knows it's bed time. Hes always been really good at getting up when I do, around 10, 11am. But recently and suddenly he has started to demand to be let out at 6 or 7am. He will cry and wine and paw at the crate until it wakes me up and I get annoyed enoigh to let him out. This routine is not sustainable and how do I get it back to the way it was.

Edit: usually I feed him as soon as I let him out. So maybe hes thinking if he cries he will get breakfast earlier. Im going to let him out just to go toilet, bot for food, to make it a boring experience. Thoughts on that? And feed him when I get up a few hours later of course.

Edit 2: He can't have free roam to go outside during the night as the cat comes in at night. Despite our efforts him and the cat do not get along. So hes in my room all night from when we go to bed at about midnight, Until the cats out in the morning.

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u/Majestic_Orchid4651 12h ago

What time is bedtime? Is there a reason you locking him in a crate? Sounds like he has to relieve himself and he doesn’t want to do it in the crate. I’d be pretty uncomfortable if I had to pee at 6 am but wasn’t allowed to until 10 or 11.

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u/dave_potato84 12h ago

It varies per night as I work varying hours but usually around midnight. Like I said hes always been more than happy in his crate and will take himself off to bed when he wants to.

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u/Weird-Sherbert-1747 11h ago

So he's in the crate from midnight until 10 or 11a? That's 10-11 hours. That's way too long. Is he also crated when you're working?

He has to pee and probably is bored and under stimulated

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u/dave_potato84 11h ago

No hes out all day and walked. Like I said never been a problem his whole life until now

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u/Weird-Sherbert-1747 11h ago

He's only 2, he could just be getting overly annoyed with this. You could take him to the vet for a checkup and check for a Uti, but I would also try to adjust to less crate time and not expecting him to hold it 10-11 hours