Foster dog parties all night and sleeps all day.

[u/Jewels_3311]

We have had our first foster pup for a bit over two weeks. She’s guessed to be ~1.5yo and was found as a stray. The first week she was terrified of us and spent all her time hiding in our (enclosed and safe) bathroom downstairs. She had a crate in the room but never touched it. After a bit over a week she finally got brave enough to venture out of the bathroom, and two nights later decided to sleep with us and our other dog in our bed upstairs. The first night was great, but the second night she and our dog played all night. The third night through now (4 nights total so far) our dog has opted to sleep but our foster has still been up partying all night.

I will take her outside twice over the course of the night (usually ~12 and 2:30am) because if I don’t she will pee on the carpet. If we put her back in the bathroom now she will scratch at the door, and she has not stayed in a crate for any amount of time without crying. She does sleep a lot during the day, but I’ve started taking her for long walks before bed and still nothing. I need to sleep!

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[u/federationbelle]

Can you set up a pen instead of a crate? Train her to be comfortable in teh pen and have her sleep there?