I have a 6 month old Goldendoodle. She became a family member at 8 weeks of age and by 11 weeks was sleeping through the night and telling us when she needed to go outside to use the bathroom. But for the past 2 months she has been waking me at 3am, 4am and around 6am to go outside. She runs to her spot, pees and/or poops and rushes back in and to the bedroom where she stays quiet till the next time. I've stopped feeding her after 4pm, pick up the water bowl at 6pm, have tried crating her and ignoring her whimpers (oh, so hard) and she has been checked for a UTI. Negative. Any ideas how to get my "4-legged child" to allow me a full night of sleep once again? Or, does she simply "have my number?". I don't speak to her during these nocturnal forays, either to scold or praise and other than groping my way to the door to let her out and back in, don't spend any extra time with her. If anyone has run up against this problem, and solved it, I would love your input.
