Juggernaut  Offline
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 Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:46 am Post subject: Early Riser! |
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H everyone
Maisy my 7 1/2 month old Lab is highly unpredictable when it comes to getting up in the mornings. I Usually get up at 6-6:30 and take her for a 35/40min walk before work. However, a lot of the time Maisy gets up at 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, etc. We thought we'd nipped this in the bud when she was a little pup but she has recently started again. She barks relentlessly until either me or my wife goes down to see her, we then wait till she calms down and put her back in her bed then try to go back to bed ourselves, but this usually only lasts 10-15mins.
She still has separation/stress issues? when we leave the room, although generally she is fine when we go to work. we come home at lunchtime to play, walk, feed her. and she has another 35/40min walk in the evenings at around 5:30-6:00pm with dinner at 7pm. Should I walk her later to stop her sleeping from 8pm onwards?
Any help on this matter would be very much appreciated. We are fairly new at this!
Kind regards
Grant
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Pelagia Offline
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:35 am Post subject: |
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if Maisy is in the kitchen is there a chance she can see a fox?
Sometimes CoCo will do the relentless barking thing and one night I discovered that there was a fox scavenging in the garden.
Otherwise I have no idea. But someone on here will know for sure.
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Juggernaut Offline
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Pelagia
Maisy is in the kitchen, however, all of the glazing is at high level, so she wouldn't be able to see anything. Good thought though. Becuase she is still not happy being left on her own I wonder if she wakes up and then panics because there is no one there. Webcam is on the christmas list so hopefully that will give me some more clues!
Thanks for your response.
Grant
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What time does she go to bed in the evening? I assume you let her out to go to the toilet when she barks in the morning.
Bella only seems to be able to go for 7 to 7.5 hrs at the moment (she is 8 months old today), so I normally get an early wake up call, however she will settle again for an hour or two once I've taken her out.
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Do you let her out for a wee before leaving her to sleep again? I get cold nose awakenings when one of mine needs the loo or feels sick in the night and once the garden has been visited they settle back down.
Perhaps she is getting hungry - try giving her a few bonios as you go to bed.
Could she be cold? Does she have a soft, deep squashy bed that she can curl up right into/old duvet/blankets she can dig up around her or crawl underneath? I've always let my 2 have access to the room I sleep in and they do like to snuggle right in for warmth in the early hours of the morning even if starting the night elsewhere.
She is about the right age for her first season - has she had it yet? This can sometimes change behaviour.
A webcam can give more of an idea - I've learnt a lot from filming my 2 when they are left alone.
I wouldn't say that this is a stress/separation issue if she is ok left alone while you are at home. What does she do when you leave the room?
More questions than answers I'm afraid but hopefully they could give you some ideas to think about!?
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