6 Month old pup waking up at 3 am
Hi all. So our 6 month old puppy, Max, has suddenly decided that he will be waking up anywhere between 3am and 3:30am and begin to whine and bark.
He used to sleep from 10:30pm to 5:15am (12 weeks old to about 2.5 weeks ago) which was great. Over the course of the last 2.5 weeks he went from 5:15am to 4:45am to 4:30am to 4am to now he's at 3am!! We let him out to pee and he does and then goes straight back to his crate but is up again in 20-30 mins. This continues till we feed him...we caved and fed him at 4:30. Once he's fed he'll sleep in till 8am or till we are up for the day, which on the weekdays it is 5:30 and weekends 7:30.
Oh we tried ignoring him till 5am two nights in a row and it didn't matter. He kept whining and barking from 3:30-5am straight...there was no break! He sleeps downstairs in a crate and we sleep upstairs. When we first got him he slept in his crate right next to me but as the weeks went by my allergies got worse and he slept worse too (waking up multiple times at night). When we moved him downstairs to the location where his crate is during the day he started sleeping through the night again till...2.5 weeks ago.
What could be happening? and what can we do to get him back to his original sleep schedule of 10:30pm-5:30am? Help!