My dog wakes me up at 4 AM whining. How can I make him sleep longer?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Havanese | Male | unneutered | 1 year old
Kiba wakes up as early as 4 am and it's driving me nuts. I don't know why he's doing it but it's getting out of hand and if I don't get up, he just whines until I give in. This morning he whined by my door for a whole hour. He usually sleeps outside in the kitchen (his choice) and if I let him in, he just cries by my bed. How can I get him to stop whining or sleep more? This regimen is really tiring
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Published on June 2nd, 2017
4 am is way too early kiba! I can imagine your frustration. Is kiba needing to go outside to go potty? If he is make sure you are letting him out as late as possible the night prior and make sure he goes potty at that time. If he is asking for his breakfast that early than you could try feeding him a small meal before bed so he s not hungry so early. If it's just that he wants you to get up and play etc then exercising him more the evening before will help him sleep longer. Long evening walks, a hard play session right before bed etc. you could also try kennel training overnight to see if he sleeps better. hope this helps a little!
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Published on January 16th, 2017
That must be so annoying! One way to do this is to adjust Kiba's feeding time. Start by moving forward his morning meal time forward by 15 minutes for a couple of days, then move it forward another 15 minutes and keep it there so his meal is 30 minutes later in the morning. Make sure you adjust his dinner time at the same time to move his dinner time back 30 minutes. That may give you an additional 30 minutes of sleep in the morning. Another trick is to exercise him right before dinner. That may tire him out so he sleeps later.
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