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Why is my Yorkie restless and jumping all night, unable to sleep?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Yorkshire Terrier | Male | unneutered | 11 lbs

My 3 years old Yorkie can’t sleep well during the night. Usually it’s happed once a month but now it’s been happend almost every day in a week. He just jumps from the bed to the floor, back and forth continuously till morning. We sent him to the vet, they did the blood check and found the results is good. But he still can’t sleep well. He has liver problem and under Denamarin, but the vet said nothing to worry about her liver condition so far. They give him anti anxiety pills but it didn’t work.

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Answered By Megan, DVM, CVA

Veterinarian

Published on September 18th, 2019

Poor Hope! It definitely sounds like an anxiety issue. This would be my first guess. There are several different types of anti-anxiety medicines. I would talk to your vet about trying a different one that may have a little sedative effect like trazadone. I hope this helps!

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