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Expert: - 3/18/2009


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I have a 1 year old Beagle who most nights won't sleep through the night. We walk her a couple times when we get home from work, play with her a lot before bed but it doesn't seem to help. She will wake up at about 3:30 am we take her out and then an hour later she gets up again. She does sleep in bed with us at night because when she was about 6 months old she was still getting up a lot in her crate. She was doing better by sleeping with us but now it has started again! We thought this stage was over!!!! Please help!

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HI, thanks for writing! THis is a first for me hearing this. I really don't have any idea on this one except that it is not normal and wondering if you have talked to your vet about alternatives to getting her to sleep at night. Sorry I couldnt be helpful on this one!

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I am happy to answer BEAGLE BREED SPECIFIC behavioral questions. Please DO NOT ask CRATE TRAINING OR MEDICAL questions! I am not a vet nor an expert in the use of crates.

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I currently have one beagle, a male age 5, an 12 month old Pit Bull, and a 8 year old min. poodle. I have had to let go of three of my dogs, 2 beagles and 1 whippet/rat terrier mix in the past 5 years, most recently my whippet mix. The two beagles lived to 15 and the whippet mix to 13.5, it has been hard to say goodbye to them. I have done rescue work on and off for years as well as fund-raising for the local animal shelter. I worked for a dog magazine in the past (Southern California Dog Magazine). Being a psychotherapist has encouraged me to do in depth studying of animal behavior as well. I have worked with many people to help curb undesirable behaviors in their dogs (or them!) or to form good behaviors. My life is devoted to and surrounded by my dogs........The picture you see here is Zeppelin but we also call him the "miracle dog". He was hit by a car April 2010 while out with the dog walker and had very serious injuries... 4 surgeries and $17,000 later my boy is whole again and back to loving life. He is so special to me and he weathered a lot of pain and trauma yet is still the sweet boy he always was! I also work to stop Breed Specific Legislation and help to get pit bulls adopted.

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HSUS, PETA, SPCA DONT SHOP...ADOPT!!

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Dog Fancy

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I am a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the state of CA and am also credentialed as a Certified Addiction Treatment Specialist

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Honored by the Agoura Animal Shelter for my volunteer work.

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