Keoki, as many of you know, has had MAJOR problems sleeping at night for the entire time we've had him. He seems to be almost crate-phobic and for a long time would only sleep in an open crate inside an ex-pen, and even that took us about 8 mos to achieve.
For the last couple of weeks he's been sleeping in a locked crate with no ex-pen. It's been great! He sleeps from 11 PM until 6:30 or 7 AM and even then I often have to bribe him out to potty.
Well…. Friday morning he woke up whining {It's a very worried little whine} at about 5:20 AM. DH let him out to potty, then put him back in the crate and left for work {I was still asleep}. About 5:45, he started crying again, and by the time I got to his crate the bedding was completely destroyed.
I bought a new bed Friday.
Saturday and Sunday he slept fine, all was normal.
Monday morning he was up again at 5:20 AM. I told him to "go back to bed", he whimpered, curled up and went back to sleep until about 6:00, when he was raring to get out of that crate.
Last night/this morning he was up, whining and tearing bedding at 2 AM. I told him to go to bed, and he curled up and went back to sleep....until 3:00....again until 4:30.... 5:40....... 6:00.
His bed is a pile of mess again.
After he went out to potty - which he did not rush to do, so I Know it's not a desperate need to pee -- he ran right back into his crate and slept like a rock until 8:30, when he only got up because he heard me getting dog food bowls out.
He's in there again, sleeping contentedly.
It's quite maddening, really. :mad:
What the heck is going on?