Restless at Night in Dogs

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Hi, my name is Hannah and I have a little chiweenie named Zoe who is 4 years old. About a week ago, she broke three of her toes and is in a giant cast on her left hind leg. The first three days, Zoe would sleep normally and not move much (which is what we expected). However, four days in and she will not stop running/walking around on her cast. It is great she can walk, but she has not sat down by herself in four days. It has now been 8 days she has had her cast on. We’ve taken her to vet twice to make sure she is okay, all they’ve done is given us new casts to hopefully be better fit to her leg and more comfortable. Throughout every single night though, Zoe will not sit or lay down on her own, nor will she sleep. If we pick her up and lay her on us, then she will fall asleep. I’m becoming very worried about my little pup, she is a tiny dog and I now she needs to be getting more sleep than she is. Her cast must be on for 5 more weeks and I don’t know how we can do this. Help! Is it the medicine? Is it insomnia from a triggering event or the medication? The vets seem to think nothing of it, but I need my baby to be getting sleep.

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Poppie is my 12 week old Bichon Frise, I have had her since she was eight weeks old. She is very active and vocal and snappy. She is much worse at night I try wearing her out and are usually up until midnight doing this. She sleeps on my bed but spends hours running from one end to the other crying and barking then scratching at the covers. I don't know what to do to settle her it is frustrating for us both.

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For the past several days, my dog has come into a very strange habit. In the middle of the night around 2AM or so, he would go into random fits of digging into not only the bed but into my arm, my head, etc. At first I thought he wanted something but after attempting to take him potty, give him water, even give him food, he is inconsolable. He would keep up this hard digging for at least a couple of hours not letting us sleep. I took him to the vet and they had no idea. They told me it might be anxiety for which they prescribed trazodone but it didn't seem to help at all. He used to sleep soundly through the night and not even get up in the morning when we get up for work. He'd sleep through lazily until we come home for lunch around 12PM. He is a Pomeranian Mix, 5 years of age, at about 14 lbs. Any help would be appreciated as my wife and I have not had a good nights rest in a while! Thank you. ps. we did try crating him at night and he freaks out. I'm sure he'd get used to it eventually but I wanted to figure out why all of a sudden he wakes up in the middle of the night in random bouts. Read more at: https://wagwalking.com/symptom/why-is-my-dog-restless-at-night

Happy to report he hasn't had any episodes this weekend. I think going to the dog park and giving him plenty of exercise before bedtime as you mentioned definitely helps! Thanks again.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will try the white noise as he does seem to react to random noises such as the house settling when he's in that mood. I will say that he's had another "episode" but this time during the day and 20 minutes after I took him on a run. As he was napping after the run, he gets up and starts pawing/digging at me again as he's panting heavily (not sure if he woke up panting heavily or started panting heavily after the digging). I really hope this is nothing more serious than anxiety.

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My 13 yr old chihuahua/yorkie/dachshund mix seems to have developed separation and/or crate anxiety and has been barking and "digging" in her crate when we are away (based on dog cam) and even when she is in her crate with us in the bedroom at night. She is used to being crated when we are away or sleeping since she also has some issues with pica and will chew/eat almost anything. She is generally a bit of an anxious dog (sound phobia, etc.), but when she's restless she will usually calm down after turning on the radio or tv. She is calm if she's out on the couch with us, but she does not feel the need the follow us around the house if we go to another room. We did move to a city apartment after living in a suburban house about 6 months ago, but the transition was going well...she stopped barking when we left after a few weeks and was calm when she slept in her crate in our bedroom. Now it's like we're starting all over again. I've tried long walks, calming treats, benadryl, pheromone plug-ins, placing her crate directly next to our bed with my arm resting on it so she knows I'm there...nothing seems to work more than 1-2 nights. The vet confirmed it didn't seem to be a health issue and prescribed xanax which worked for 4-5 nights, but we're back to barking. The vet said we could try prozac as well, but I'm really hesitant to add more drugs to the mix. We're not sure what caused the sudden change...We don't seem to have any new neighbors around our apartment, no new sounds, and no new pets(same 2 dogs she's grown up with). Not sure what else to do and the household is stressed due to lack of sleep. I think she may sleep fine at night if we let her out, but we will for sure wake up to damage. Any advice?

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Hello my dog of 10 years old who sleeps during the night all of the sudden since yesterday has been waking up around 1:30am to use his bathroom, after although he starts to pace and doesn’t know what to do. I usually let him up the stairs but without me actually lifting him to bring upstairs his tail goes down as if he’s scared of something upstairs? I don’t see what could freek him out. After I bring him upstairs he goes to sleep right away in his bed as if nothing happened. Today we noticed a watery stool and bum scooting. Is this just a passing virus or something else?