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In my opinion, we have the greatest dog in the world! She's sweet, cuddly, loving and well behaved...well, mostly!!
This is sort of a question within a question:
We're considering moving (in with another couple...to save money), which would require us to live in essentially a 1 br place, with our own br made living room. In order to prepare for the transition, we have started letting Bella sleep in our bedroom. She has previously been sleeping downstairs in her crate, but when I wake up in the morning and start moving around, she starts whining and barking (we've been doing this since day 1 and she hasn't stopped). So, in order to keep inconvenience to other's (in the potential new home) at a minimum, we've decided to try having her sleep in our bedroom.
She does wonderfully...until about 6:30. She starts sniffing around and jumping up on the bed (we say NO always and kick her off!) and pawing at the side of the bed. If I ignore her, she wanders off and finds something distructive to do...aka - chew socks/underwear, make lots of noise with things she shouldn't be playing with (you get the idea). Ordinarily, she isn't distructive at ALL...unless she wants our attention. We leave her in the kitchen with a gate up during the day and there are napkins (extreme temptation!!!) and cookbooks on a microwave cart that she could easily access. She doesn't touch them at all. She only chews/plays with her toys. But when we're around, she finds all the tissues/socks and brings them to us and wants us to chase her.
Ok, so, with all of that said, I have two questions:
1 - If your pup sleeps in your room, do you have the crate or just a bed (on the floor)? If you use a crate: door open or closed? What's your routine (leave her in or take her out while you're getting ready)? Anyone have a master bath...and have hubby sleeping while you're trying to get ready? I'm dealing with that situation too!
2 - If you leave her on her own bed on the floor, how do you keep her off the bed and from being distructive because she wants attention?
As a side - I'm going to be de-cluttering my bedroom tonight!
Sorry for the long post...need some help or my hubby (who stays up late and gets up later than me) might go crazy on the dog!!
This is sort of a question within a question:
We're considering moving (in with another couple...to save money), which would require us to live in essentially a 1 br place, with our own br made living room. In order to prepare for the transition, we have started letting Bella sleep in our bedroom. She has previously been sleeping downstairs in her crate, but when I wake up in the morning and start moving around, she starts whining and barking (we've been doing this since day 1 and she hasn't stopped). So, in order to keep inconvenience to other's (in the potential new home) at a minimum, we've decided to try having her sleep in our bedroom.
She does wonderfully...until about 6:30. She starts sniffing around and jumping up on the bed (we say NO always and kick her off!) and pawing at the side of the bed. If I ignore her, she wanders off and finds something distructive to do...aka - chew socks/underwear, make lots of noise with things she shouldn't be playing with (you get the idea). Ordinarily, she isn't distructive at ALL...unless she wants our attention. We leave her in the kitchen with a gate up during the day and there are napkins (extreme temptation!!!) and cookbooks on a microwave cart that she could easily access. She doesn't touch them at all. She only chews/plays with her toys. But when we're around, she finds all the tissues/socks and brings them to us and wants us to chase her.
Ok, so, with all of that said, I have two questions:
1 - If your pup sleeps in your room, do you have the crate or just a bed (on the floor)? If you use a crate: door open or closed? What's your routine (leave her in or take her out while you're getting ready)? Anyone have a master bath...and have hubby sleeping while you're trying to get ready? I'm dealing with that situation too!
2 - If you leave her on her own bed on the floor, how do you keep her off the bed and from being distructive because she wants attention?
As a side - I'm going to be de-cluttering my bedroom tonight!
Sorry for the long post...need some help or my hubby (who stays up late and gets up later than me) might go crazy on the dog!!