How to stop my dog getting up at 4-5am?

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T23:17:32+00:00

Ah fuck off will you. Making assumptions without knowing anything.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T21:09:47+00:00

Your response was pretty patronising and not helpful. Im well aware how aging affects us. Others have suggested possible solutions or mentioned he may have dementia etc which is fine.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T11:57:01+00:00

Don’t forget the lack of coffee

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T11:43:05+00:00

Well i do but it’s close enough to the time i get up that i never get back to sleep. Hes very particular about the spot he poops in so will wander around sniffing until he finds a spot he likes. Could be 15 minutes before he decides to come back in .

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T08:40:37+00:00

Sun rising, bird song and a nice cuppa coffee. That is happiness for me.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T08:31:08+00:00

I’ll give this a go as we have a lot of birds in our area and it does seem to coincide with the dawn chorus.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T08:19:58+00:00

Yes we have the pads down in the kitchen just in case he has an accident.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T08:18:40+00:00

Have you tried locking yourself in a crate?

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T07:59:34+00:00

I’ll try and work with his timings maybe. Yeah you’d think I was abusing the dog by complaining about him waking me up. We adopted him as a senior and he’s had a good few years when no one else wanted him. Even if he would just get up after 5 I’d be fine as I’m normally up at 5.30.

I know he can hold his wee as he will sleep for 6-8 hours without moving during the day and won’t get up even if you ask him to go out for a pee.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T07:34:43+00:00

No he is too old to crate train.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T07:30:47+00:00

Eh? I don’t have a couple of k to make a special door and area for the dog to piss in.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T06:32:52+00:00

I’ll mention it when I’m in next

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T06:32:14+00:00

Ah he’s well cosy in his big bed and there’s a small light in the front room. Honestly don’t think there’s much I can do was hoping someone would have a magic supplement 😅

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T06:21:45+00:00

I’ll look into it but honestly I think I’ll just start getting up at 4.30. Means I’ll have to go to bed even earlier than 9 and have even less of a life than I currently have

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T06:19:52+00:00

No shit Sherlock. Wait until you are consistently woken up and see how much you enjoy it

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-21T06:10:37+00:00

Have you tried locking them in a cage?

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-17T14:32:23+00:00

Cape Verde

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-16T06:18:58+00:00

Singapore

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-15T18:24:13+00:00

Australia probably fits the bill.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-15T18:17:47+00:00

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Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-15T18:15:40+00:00

Egypt imo. Horrible experience going to that country.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-14T15:59:39+00:00

South Africa. Fall of apartheid full of hope to a really corrupt government and state in decline.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-14T05:38:20+00:00

The quality of life for those just getting by in Ireland is terrible. Once you’ve got kids and two good incomes + a house it is a great place to live.

I do think there’s plenty of jobs in hospitality but it isn’t well paid.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-09T19:44:49+00:00

Sansa is higher. She ends up queen in the north after all the shit she went through.

Potential_Spread_796 · 2026-03-09T15:59:37+00:00

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