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writes:This isnt a relationship question but i would like some advice if anyone can give it to me. My problem is my dog....shes 3 years old so not a puppy and we have had her for almost 2 years..so she is very settled in the house. No routines have changed and she has always been a very good dog at night times. My problem is the past 3/4 nights..and even if i have a nap during the day..i can only lay down for a couple of hours before she climbs next to me and starts gently licking my face until i wake up. Ive tried letting her out fkr the toilet and giving her food toys ect but she doesnt want anything...its as if shes decided she mist constantly check on me while asleep to make sure i will wake up. She has never ever been like this...even as a puppy. Im 6 months pregnant and her waking me up is really effecting my tiredness levels during the day. Why would she suddenly start to do this? Reply to this Question
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reader, Sageoldguy1465  +, writes (14 April 2014):
 Close your bedroom door, keeping the creature out in the other room... and don't give the issue another thought....
Good luck...
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reader, Honeypie +, writes (12 April 2014):
 I'd check with the Vet first if this is new behavior.
And then I would NOT try and feed her, walk her/let her out or play with her. I'd simply put her on the floor with a no. And then go back to bed. Does she normally sleep in your room?
My guess is she can smell that you are pregnant and she is being maternal.
My old male cat used to try and HERD me to bed around 9pm EVERY night when I was pregnant. And he would sleep on my hip/side instead of my pillow. After my oldest was born he slept under her crib for the first 6-8 months, not in my bed anymore.
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reader, Intrigued3000  +, writes (12 April 2014):
 I agree with Maureen1979. I recently saw a documentary where they discussed the topic of when a dog senses when something is wrong or different with us, before we even know it ourselves. One lady discovered she had breast cancer, because her dog suddenly changed his behaviour and started smelling her breast then running away. It took several tests, to determine that she had the early stages of breast cancer. A dog can even sense if his owner's blood sugar is running too low, and alerts him/her about it.
Your dog is definitely trying to tell you something. I think you should go get a medical check up, just to be on the safe side.
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reader, anonymous, writes (12 April 2014): Is she by any chance coming into heat? Sounds like that me.
It sounds like she's treating you like a puppy, cleaning your face while you sleep. Dogs don't really lick faces to wake people up if it's not something they learned, they'll use their paw or yelp and you know she's not looking for anything off you so she's just being motherly.
It sounds like her mothering instinct is kicking in and she's trying to take care of you so she could be coming into heat.
I have no experience of dogs and pregnancy but I do know with illness or particularly bad times they will become very affectionate and clingy, they can sense things like that and will try and take care of you.
OP don't get up and offer her food, treats or anything like that. You don't want this to become a learned behaviour that she equates with good things. Just tell her no, and gently move her away from your face.
My wife's favourite bitch, can act similar with my wife. What she does is just grab her and puts her in a position where she can cuddle the dog and go back to sleep and that usually does the trick.
As long as she eating fine, her stools aren't watery or bad looking, she isn't biting her paws, or scratching her ears incessantly then I don't think you need to take her to vet. If it continues then by all means bring her and rule it out, it may just be that's she's coming into heat or that pregnancy has kicked in her motherly instinct. I mean she can hear that second heartbeat grow stronger by the day, it must be a strange experience for her.
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reader, Aunty BimBim  +, writes (12 April 2014):
 Check with a vet, and if there is nothing wrong with the dog, put her bed somewhere else at night, for the time being.
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reader, anonymous, writes (12 April 2014): my dog isn't allowed in the bedroom, she has her own bed downstairs next to the bathroom and she loves it in there I have to make her get up
try putting the dog in another room and not letting it enter your bedroom, it should be treated like a dog and not have the freedom to wander around the house, the dog should only be allowed in your bedroom when you want her in there
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