pipeta
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Post by pipeta on Jun 30, 2010 19:27:27 GMT
I know this is a long shot but has anybody any ideas on why my 11 year old male dog suddenly wont sleep at night if i am not on the settee with him???
It gone on for a week now he just howls and wakes the whole house up if left.
No sleep is killing me as he is a big gsp and we dont both fit on the settee very well to sleep.
Think its seperation anxiety but dont really want to get another dog as he is now 11 and i could be back to sqaure one in a couple of years.
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Post by hollycane on Jul 2, 2010 0:56:06 GMT
Has he gone deaf and cannot hear you? I know it sounds daft but they are good at covereing up deafness. They can get quite disorientated. It might be time for him to be able to come up onto the landing at night......
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dazycutter
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Post by dazycutter on Jul 4, 2010 18:17:37 GMT
take him to bed with you... if you dont want gim in your bed, put him in a crate..poor boy.....its unusual to get seperation anxiety at that age.. perhaps something has upset him in the house.. strange noises etc....
I had a similar thing with one of mine that wouldnt stay downstairs on her own... she got over it eventually.. but I took her upstairs for a while even though there were 3 others downstairs with her...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 7:19:38 GMT
i would be tempted to let him howl, he is doing it as he knows you will get up and sit with him, if you don't get up he will soon realise he is howling for nothing
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Post by suzee on Jul 15, 2010 11:37:55 GMT
Is he in some discomfort from arthritis or similar ? have you redecorared or changed anything which has unsettled him as he is older?
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kayjayem
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Post by kayjayem on Jul 21, 2010 22:44:04 GMT
Deafness would be my first thought. When my old dog went deaf she was moaning on and off all night and I would be getting up to let her out for a wee or see if she needed a drink or whatever. In the end I got another rescue dog(took her with me to choose a friend) and never heard another peep out of her from day one. She just needed the comfort of someone with her.
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jj357
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Post by jj357 on Aug 1, 2010 9:10:03 GMT
hi if your dog need a friend and you dont want to have a 2nd dog for ever try to foster from dog trust l know they do this and have older ones that would love it
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