Our 6 month old Malinois won't sleep through the night without having a barking fit. What should I do?
Our 6 month old malinois won't consistently sleep through the night without having a barking fit. He is fine some nights and is relentless other nights. Once he is quiet and I let him out he is incessantly wanting his food.
Both of our older dogs have always loved their crate and the puppy/crying stage lasted a few weeks or less and then was over with forever. Our new dog, however, is working hard to get us up and will start barking and not cease. The barking, digging, whining will last for hours and hours.
I have changed the morning routine where I do not give him breakfast within the first few minutes of being let out and that seems to help some, but now he just starts barking at 5am (instead of midnight) when my alarm is set for 5:30 or 6:00.
We have crates throughout the house and the behavior happens the most in the bedroom closet and the least in the garage. I am letting him rehearse this terrible habit and I need to make it stop before it is permanent. What should I do?
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