How to stop a puppy from barking all night
Puppies often start crying and barking for long periods at bedtime or early in the morning despite having their needs met. This nighttime disruption leaves owners exhausted, feeling helpless, and worried that their puppy is stressed or anxious.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Bringing the puppy upstairs to lay in bed
- 2Moving the puppy's crate into the bedroom
- 3Leaving the crate door open
- 4Taking the puppy outside on a leash for a potty reset
- 5Establishing a strict, 100% consistent sleeping routine
- 6taking the puppy out to potty
- 7making sure the puppy is not thirsty
- 8sitting right by the cage with the puppy
- 9Soothing the puppy
- 10Ignoring the puppy
- 11Taking the puppy out for a wee on a pad outside the crate
- 12Trying a cat bed with a roof for extra comfort
- 13Letting the puppy out to do a wee
- 14Going downstairs to intervene so the puppy stops barking
- 15Considering abandoning the crate and letting the puppy sleep in the bedroom
- 16sleeping with the puppy in a pen right next to the bed
- 17putting food, treats, and toys in the crate and praising the puppy when she goes in
- 18trying to start separation anxiety training with tiny bits of distance
- 19Buying a carpet and attractant spray for indoor bathroom use
- 20Taking the dog outside on a schedule
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Still struggling at night with my pup.”source ↗
“But some nights he just absolutely wails the house down, and he will not stop.”source ↗
“It's really affecting my health as my sleep is suffering tremendously.”source ↗
“My sweet pup has starting barking very very early in the morning (5:00 am) and sometimes even all night.”source ↗
“Last night was one of those nights…she started late at night and genuinely did not stop.”source ↗
“I feel like I’m kind of at a loss and manly feel bad that she is up all night when nights like this happen…I don’t want her to be stressed or anxious.”source ↗
“My puppy has been sleeping all through the night for months now but the past week she started crying for long periods of time as soon as we put her for bed.”source ↗
“After she cried for like 10 minutes we took her potty and made sure she wasnt thirsty but nothing.”source ↗
“she crys even when we are right by the cage with her.”source ↗
“We've had our 9 week old cockapoo for just over a week now and are really struggling with night time.”source ↗
“he cries and barks for a good hour before falling asleep. Then he'll wake up 3 or 4 times in the night, making a ton of noise.”source ↗
“We're so exhausted, is this normal?”source ↗
Where this came up
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