What do you think about this?

I've posted before about Brie peeing at night. Well, all week I have fallen asleep on the living room floor with the girls (watching CNN) EXCEPT last night. I slept in my bed and the girls were in the adjacent room in their bed. Brie hasn't peed all week, until last night! She peed on one wee wee pad and at 1:30 am I got up and took them out. My alarm went off at 4:45am and she had peed on the other wee wee pad! What's up with that? Separation anxiety??? I don't know what to do.

 

Put them in a smaller crate so they have to hold it? Move the crate to your room so they have company at night? Will either of these work?

 

I've been debating about putting them in crates in my bedroom at night. Do I need to separate them? Or one big crate? And do you crate train an adult dog just like a puppy?

BTW, Brie was barking at me through the baby gate at 3 am this morning :x . And then again at 6am (my day off) when she wanted breakfast.

 

I think I would crate them separately, but other might have a different opinion. Do they sleep all cuddled up together? If so, then maybe crating them together would be okay, although I would be worried about the crate being too large.

You crate train an adult just like a puppy. Make the crate a wonderful place to be. Feed them in it with the door open and then try closing the door and opening it when they are done. Have them go in several times during the day and treat them through the bars. Close the door for gradually longer periods of time and then move on to you leaving the room. Although if they are going to be in your bedroom, this may not be necessary.

Do NOT let them out for barking or whining. Never. You have to catch them being good to let them out, even if it is only for a couple seconds that they are quiet. If you give in after a while, you just taught them to be persistent and keep on barking.

You might be surprised. Since they haven't been sleeping in your room, they may accept the crate just fine as long as you are there with them. One of my dogs won't accept a crate during the day, but she's fine at night in my bedroom. And she sleeps in the foster's crate out in the family room during the evenings now, but with the door open. Silly dog.

 

Thanks Jamiya!
I do have a wire crate that I have had to put them in when their disc problems flare up. When I have it set up in the kitchen, they kinda fight over it and even the cats get in it if the door is propped open. But that's only with the door OPEN! I was thinkning two of those plastic Vari-kennels would be better for the bedroom. They don't really cuddle up together. A few nights ago, I tried their bed in my room and Brie gave up getting on my bed pretty quickly, but Zoey was only quiet for a few hours and then got obnoxious and I put them back in the office. Thanks again for the help!