Dog Training types...question.

[marko138]

I have a question for anyone who may be able to help. My dog has gotten into the habit recently of waking me up in the middle of the night because he has to either pee or poo or both.

This just started happening within the last week or two. He wakes up, goes down stairs. I am a light sleeper so his jingling tags wake me up when he moves. He runs from the door to the bottom of the steps several times. I tell him to come back to the bedroom and tell him to lay down. He does, but only for a few minutes.

He repeats this. Then he'll stand on the edge of the bed to wake me up (he's not allowed on the bed or any furniture). Then he'll run from the edge of the bed to the top of the steps. Again, I tell him to lay down. He does, briefly.

This will go on until I finally get up and let him out. I usually wait a while, hoping he'll go back to sleep. At which point he sprints to the yard and does his business.

I've been trying to ignore him and make him go to sleep. But he will just keep at it all night. Eventually I get so fucking annoyed that I take him out, and after, he immediately goes back to sleep.





Does anyone have any advice or course of action? Kaneman? Anyone?