We have had our Cav for just two weeks now and she has really come along well.
The major problem we are having is she wakes up at night and howls until I let her outside to relieve herself. Originally this was just twice per night which is bearable and to be expected for a 14 week old pup but now it is becoming more frequent the last two nights being every 90 mins!!! and we are getting very little sleep. Once she has been outside she happily gets back into the crate and settles down.
She is crate trained and happily sleeps in the crate during the day. We stop feeding at around 7 pm and I am worried she is just getting into a bad habit.
We did try ignoring her barks for a couple of nights but we would find the crate soiled which is even worse for the poor thing.
Any ideas would be greatfully received I think I got just a couple of hours sleep last night and this cannot continue long term. :sl*p:
The major problem we are having is she wakes up at night and howls until I let her outside to relieve herself. Originally this was just twice per night which is bearable and to be expected for a 14 week old pup but now it is becoming more frequent the last two nights being every 90 mins!!! and we are getting very little sleep. Once she has been outside she happily gets back into the crate and settles down.
She is crate trained and happily sleeps in the crate during the day. We stop feeding at around 7 pm and I am worried she is just getting into a bad habit.
We did try ignoring her barks for a couple of nights but we would find the crate soiled which is even worse for the poor thing.
Any ideas would be greatfully received I think I got just a couple of hours sleep last night and this cannot continue long term. :sl*p: