Hi everyone! We have an almost four month old American Bulldog-Black Lab mix named Storm, and boy is she ever!

We have had next to no major issues with her since her arrival approximately a month ago. The only thing we’re struggling with are the overnight potty breaks. She goes to bed in her crate around 10:30ish and we wake her around 4/4:15 for a bathroom break and then back to bed. The problem is that most of the time she does not go back to sleep, but rather barks at a consistent pace and volume until 6am, which is our designated wake up and release from the crate.

I am concerned that she’s not tired enough to go back to sleep at 4:15/4:30 because she’s a lazy bones and has been sleeping on the sofa with one of us from around 8/8:30 until she is crates two hours later.…

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