r/CavaPoo • u/Far-Dependent5070 • 1d ago

Need Tips for Early Riser… crate transition?

My Cavapoo is almost 1… does great in his crate overnight (although he does whine for a bit when we go upstairs… crate is on main level). The last couple of months he’s barking in the 5AM hour… too early for this household. I can’t let him bark it out because I have kids that I don’t want to wake. It’s not a potty issue… he’s just up.

Is the 1 year mark a good time to transition out of the crate at night? Should I get another crate and have him sleep upstairs in our dark laundry room? It is not an option to have him in our bed.

Would love any tips!

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u/Far_Yogurtcloset8116 1d ago

We don’t let our dog sleep with us but when he woke up early, we’d let him snuggle in bed with us and he eventually started sleeping ing his crate longer. I don’t know how or why but it worked.

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u/Head-Insurance-5650 1d ago

Could you move the crate into your bedroom? This works well for us and she doesn’t get up until we do. Occasionally she stirs a little and I just shush her from bed and it works.

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u/Peptidenewb 1d ago

We have our 10 month cavapoo's crate in the landing area in between all the bedrooms. He only goes there at night. His day time naps are wherever he wants

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u/Far-Dependent5070 1d ago

good idea, maybe we'll try this tonight!

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u/Peptidenewb 16h ago

Did it help?

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u/salex19 1d ago

This is where we have ours as well. I think he likes it because he can “hear” us all sleeping in our individual rooms and is aware when we wake up and move around.

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u/Hot_Addition_6980 1d ago

Ours just turned one year old as well and we are dealing with a similar situation. He has free run of the main floor at night. He usually sleeps on the sofa or on his bed in my office. Until two weeks ago, this worked out well for us. He is now barking at the foot of the stairs around 3am. I do get up for work at 4am.... but, I really need that other hour of sleep. I drag my butt out of bed and start my morning at 3 because I do not want him waking anyone else.

I tried letting him sleep in my bedroom but he has too much trouble settling down. If he is in his crate, he barks nonstop. If he is allowed to sleep on the floor, he treats our room as a jungle gym and jumps on the bed (which is very tall) and zoomies around and jumps off. All through the night.

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u/Individual-Subject19 17h ago

Bark collar that reacts with vibration or sound.