poorchickens
Well-Known Member
Ok, a bit of a long one!
I have two 18 month old cocker spaniel boys, one of whom, Elvis, is deaf. He is the most persistant little b*gger but we have taught him a signal for no which he understands, but he seems to have rather a short term memory and we have to keep telling him no when we don't want him to do something. This is perfectly fine until is comes to bedtime.
He sleeps with the other dog in the spare bedroom where they have a choice of dog beds and a little house. They go to bed willingly (and take themselves off there if they are tired) but every morning, Elvis will wake up from 3am onwards and scratch / run at the door. We can hear him running around the room (agh laminate floors!) If we go in the room and tell him off and signal bed, he will go back to sleep for another hour or so and then do the same. We can continue to do this all night and he will keep going back to sleep but getting up 4 times a night is becoming stressful! If we ignore him, he will continue to scratch and then occasionally starts moaning and barking, and will happily do this for as many hours as we let him! As soon as we tell him off, he's back to bed for another hour.
We've tried him sleeping in different areas and he is most settled in the bedroom. We've tried baby gates but he literally wraps his paw around the bars and rattles them (it's like he's in prison
) At one of our darkest hours, we tried him in sleeping with us on the bed 
*hides* but he still gets up, walks about and scratches on the door. We've tried using a crate with him since he was a baby but it's just a no-no. He just doesn't understand it and we all find it so upsetting.
I'm not sure what he wants when he gets up. He won't go outside if it's offered so doesn't need the loo, sometimes I think he might just want to check that we're still there? Who knows!
So we're now thinking about a remote controlled spray collar. Being the weird little dog that he is, he'll probably enjoy the spray, but before I spend £100, any ideas?
I have two 18 month old cocker spaniel boys, one of whom, Elvis, is deaf. He is the most persistant little b*gger but we have taught him a signal for no which he understands, but he seems to have rather a short term memory and we have to keep telling him no when we don't want him to do something. This is perfectly fine until is comes to bedtime.
He sleeps with the other dog in the spare bedroom where they have a choice of dog beds and a little house. They go to bed willingly (and take themselves off there if they are tired) but every morning, Elvis will wake up from 3am onwards and scratch / run at the door. We can hear him running around the room (agh laminate floors!) If we go in the room and tell him off and signal bed, he will go back to sleep for another hour or so and then do the same. We can continue to do this all night and he will keep going back to sleep but getting up 4 times a night is becoming stressful! If we ignore him, he will continue to scratch and then occasionally starts moaning and barking, and will happily do this for as many hours as we let him! As soon as we tell him off, he's back to bed for another hour.
We've tried him sleeping in different areas and he is most settled in the bedroom. We've tried baby gates but he literally wraps his paw around the bars and rattles them (it's like he's in prison
) At one of our darkest hours, we tried him in sleeping with us on the bed *hides* but he still gets up, walks about and scratches on the door. We've tried using a crate with him since he was a baby but it's just a no-no. He just doesn't understand it and we all find it so upsetting. I'm not sure what he wants when he gets up. He won't go outside if it's offered so doesn't need the loo, sometimes I think he might just want to check that we're still there? Who knows!
So we're now thinking about a remote controlled spray collar. Being the weird little dog that he is, he'll probably enjoy the spray, but before I spend £100, any ideas?
