Keira25
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First of all, this is my second Newf, and I feel like a newbie all over again. Kanga is 18 months old. We have had her for a week and a half, and things are going beautifully, except......she is increasingly unhappy sleeping in the crate at night. She was crate trained at the breeder, but she was not in the room with them, and instead was with a bunch of other dogs. The crate is 5 feet from our bed, we feed her in it, put yummy treats there etc. There is no problem in the beginning of the night, but the past night or 2, she starts about 1 am, and doesn't let up except for a few minutes here or there, until I get up at 5. I should add she was perfectly fine in the crate up to a few days ago. The more she bonds with us, apparently the less attractive the crate is! We waited her out the past couple nights, but I am not happy getting 3 hours of sleep a night. She does not spend much time at all in the crate during the day, sometimes none, so it's not like she's stuck in a crate for hours on end. Another complication, she doesn't pee before she goes to bed at night! Goes around supper time, and that's it. When she does go out in the morning, it's not like she runs out and pees immediately. So at 1 in the morning I worry she's making noise because she needs to pee, but I don't think that's the problem. Should I put a baby gate up in the room and see how she does, or try and wait her out? Sorry for the long-winded post! Sleep deprived, hope this makes sense.