Dang girl - I gotta SLEEP!

Does she present a chewing/safety problem if left free range of the house? Maybe letting her roam would make your nights a bit easier... she may be trying to keep watch...something she had to do while in the wild to stay safe. Habits born of necessity can be hard to let go and she still hasn't been with your family for that long.

Trini

 

Dickens went through a period when he'd do this with his bells; he'd ring them any time he wanted something, not necessarily to go out. At one point he'd ring, we'd go do the door, then he'd refuse to go out! At that point I started forcing him out, and before long he got tired of it. Now he rings only when he needs or wants to go out, and gets my attention by bringing a toy, dropping it at my feet, and staring right through me with that fixed, expressionless gaze of his.

 

Uuum...I have to ask why she is sleeping outside your door. Is their a reason why she is not sleeping in the same room?

I was able to train my dogs NOT to sleep on my bed when David was staying over. It was simple.....Off! They figured out pretty quick that when David was not there, they were welcome.

 

Could she possibly just be training you to get what she wants, out of the bedroom?

Shelby went through a phase like that and finially we had to just say enough. We knew she really didn't have to pee she just knew we would get up and let her out. Even though she will pee every time you let her out.

We just had to ignor her shenanigans and not respond to her. Now Shelby is extreemly persistent when she wants something so it did take us quite some time until she finially gave up. Like a few weeks. We had a lot of sleepless nights, we wore earplugs to bed to help dampen her consistent barking and ear piercing crying. But she now never wakes us up, not even on the weekends when we get to sleep in. I hear her stir just a little bit, she might let out a quite wimper but then she settles back down.

Just a thought.

 

We don't close the bedroom door at night, and being of a certain age I am awake a lot at night so have (sadly LOL) opportunities to observe my boys nightly behaviors. I was surprised how often they move. On the bed, off the bed, on the tile in the hall, on the couch, back on the bed...perhaps Claire is just wanting a different spot! Black out curtains in the bedroom keep Fillion sawing logs on the bed in the morning, while Koko (who prefers the couch) is wide awake at 5 with the birds!

 

Tim - If she sleeps a lot during the day and are not getting used her brain / energy, so it is natural that she can not sleep all night, too.

If she pee when you go out, it was doubtless why she woke you up. - I would say good girl Claire.

We do not know what she has in her "backpack" from her former life, maybe she has been forced to take small eyes shut, and not slept a whole night, she should perhaps be on guard all the time. We do not know and will never know.

I think you are on the right track by walking some good walks during the day, where she gets read some "dogs newspapers", and as you say a long walk before you go to bed.

She need to get used something good energy, now she does not need to be on guard all the time when she is with you.

You have only had her for four months - And has achieved so much in the short time

Remember two steps forward and one step back is very normal.