It's not a big deal, but for some reason, Cookie has been waking up about an hour earlier than usual. This has been happening for about a month now. Before that, she didn't wake up until 6, now she wakes up at 5 and barks and barks and barks. Jason won't go to her until 6:00 no matter how persistent she is (We know it's not a potty issue). And he always waits until she is quiet for a few seconds before going to her.
Is there any way to break her of this habit other than going to bed later? We can't go to bed any later than we already are, and nothing about her schedule has changed so I don't know why the sudden change. Occasionaly she will go back to sleep, but for the most part she just barks and digs at the door of the crate for that hour before Jason gets up. The only thing I can think of is daylight saving's time, but that would have made her sleep an hour later if anything.
Like I said it's not a huge deal, my downstairs neighbors say they can't hear her so I am not worried about a noise issue, but I would like my last hour of sleep please!
Thanks for any advise!