Winging/Crying
By bfitto
@bfitto (12)
August 2, 2008 8:24pm CST
What do I do and how do I manage the behaviour. I have a 5year old male labrador that was a therapy dog at a nursing home where I worked. He has been with us for nearly 6 months now. He at 5.30am on the dot starts winging and crying until my hubby or self get up. He is able to go to the toilet they have access out 24/7. So gone our sleep ins. Any suggestions.
3 responses
@dclary (141)
• United States
3 Aug 08
Hi bfitto. Wow, that's a tough one for you and the hubby. It sounds to me like he was at one time trained to wake at that time. Does he have access to you during the night? The reason I ask is because if he was used to being with someone at night he may miss that now if he's not with you/hubby.
I would probably suggest calling your vet or possibly a dog trainer in your area that can give you some tips on how to correct this. Labs are really smart so they should be pretty easy to train. I'm sorry, I know this isn't very helpful but I figured I would throw some suggestions out to to you anyway. I really feel for you and wish you much luck in finding a solution.
@bfitto (12)
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3 Aug 08
Thanks for the tips I might have to talk to our vet. Yes he has access to hubby and self all the time they sleep with us. That is what I thought when he was at the nursing home that time there is plenty of movement going on. Thanks for trying I thought someone might have a miricle out there. Do you have dogs.
@dclary (141)
• United States
3 Aug 08
You are welcome, I wish I could have been more help. Yes, I do have dogs...5 pure bred pugs! Quite the handful...lol. Believe me, I had no intentions on having that many. To make a long story short, we started with a male pug and then a friend of ours had a female that she no longer wanted and if I didn't take her they were going to take her to the SPCA so I took her with the intentions of having her fixed but before I could, my male got a hold of her so we had a litter of pups. Her first litter and she had 7 pups although we lost one shortly after birth. Anyway, we sold 3 and the other 3 never sold, well actually, I had someone that wanted them but by that time, I was already attached to them so I kept them...lol. Thank god my vet gives me a discount for having multiple pets!
@farrah101 (27)
• United States
4 Aug 08
The advice I am going to give is going to drive you crazy but when a dog whines to get a result the way that you correct the behavior is to ignore it. Let him whine, you guys are up anyways. Lay there, ignore it and do not respond to him until he settles and is quiet. In order for this method to work you must be consistent at all times with it. It will get worse before it gets better but if you don't give into his behavior he will learn that whining doesn't get results and he will stop.
@snowy22315 (170091)
• United States
3 Aug 08
Maybe you could try to keep him up later at night and tire him out alittle more. That might work. My dog was getting very early in the morning for awhile but now he seems to be out of that phase. I think someone else said you should consult a dog trainer that might be the best thing.
