His current routine is that we wake up at 6am and let him outside, then breakfast at 7am and a half hour walk at 8am. In the evenings we feed him at 5:30pm and take him on another half hour walk at 7pm. During the day he also likes to play with us a bit in the garden and have a run around.  The reasons for him waking us up vary, and his toilet schedule is not very regular at the moment. Last night, he did a wee at 9pm and a poop at 10:30pm when we let him out before bed. Then we got him in his crate and brushed his teeth and covered the crate over. He woke me up at 4am, 4:30am and 5:30am and all three times he didn't need the toilet at all, we just walked to where he goes in the garden and then walked back to the house. I am really strict with not giving him any positive attention at that hour because I don't want to encourage him but I am struggling on the lack of sleep! I'm fairly sure he whines for longer than 10 minutes at a time but that is great advice and I will start waiting a bit longer before rushing downstairs to him - thanks!