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Pastmybest Feb 2019 10:05pm, 20 Feb 2019 34 posts	Quote Pin Pastmybest Oh dear Mazlin. Thor woke me up at 5 am for a wee ( fair enough ) but then decided he wouldn’t go back to sleep and wanted to play it was 7.15 before he calmed down. How on earth do I get him to calm down and go back to sleep after going out for a wee?
D2 Feb 2019 10:09pm, 20 Feb 2019 11,097 posts	Quote Pin D2 Harden your heart and put him in his bed and go back to yours!! Easy to say I know but all the time you interact the more he will expect. I sound like a tyrant!!
SarahWoo Feb 2019 6:44am, 21 Feb 2019 8,754 posts	Quote Pin SarahWoo D2 is right, pmb. Don’t interact. Just go back to bed. Very difficult though!
halfpint Feb 2019 6:54am, 21 Feb 2019 27,603 posts	Quote Pin halfpint I know from experience that they really need to learn that it’s not always play time and you aren’t always available to them. It’s easier to set the ground rules from the beginning. We’re having to undo a lot at the moment.
LazyDaisy Feb 2019 7:32am, 21 Feb 2019 25,783 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Oh yes, what they ^^^^ all said! It's just like with human babies - no interaction, toilet them, making yourself as boring as possible, then straight back to bed for you and him!
Derby Tup Feb 2019 8:00am, 21 Feb 2019 29,425 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup It’s where a crate comes in. Toilet and straight back in there
Mazlin Feb 2019 8:09am, 21 Feb 2019 6,145 posts	Quote Pin Mazlin ^^^ Follow their advice, or else you’ll end up like me, who was woken up at half six this morning by a dog wanting a cuddle (which he expressed by climbing on my back and sticking his nose into my armpit. )
Mazlin Feb 2019 8:10am, 21 Feb 2019 6,146 posts	Quote Pin Mazlin (It’s not the worst way to wake up, tbh.)
Pastmybest Feb 2019 11:22am, 21 Feb 2019 35 posts	Quote Pin Pastmybest Thank you all. Yes I basically did this last night and we had a much better night. Im still having issues with whining for attention every time he feels he’s being ignored in the day and I’ve tried to leave him for 10 to 15 mins on his own ( I left the voice recording on on my phone ) he cried most of that time. I am trying to be hard and not give in to the whining by trying to ignore it that’s the hardest part.
D2 Feb 2019 5:09pm, 21 Feb 2019 11,098 posts	Quote Pin D2 The best advice I was ever given; Remember everything is yours not your dogs, dog food, dog toys and most important of all your time. All yours to give when you chose and not when the dog asks, its tough cos tbf all you want to do is give them a cuddle but in the end they will be happier knowing exactly what to expect. Otherwise they just keep on trying to interpret your body language and cant settle.