I have the most loving 3 year old beagle. I have always allowed him to sleep in my bed. I've now realized how inconvienent this is and I am trying to teach him to sleep in his own bed.
To do this, I've moved his bed into the kitchen and keep him confined in there during the day while I'm at work and at night. I leave him my old comforter that he is used to, his toys and a bone with some peanut butter on it. I take him out right before too.
This has been going on only 2 nights. Both nights, he's howled quite a bit which I know is suppose to be normal (even though it breaks my heart). But I don't give in. I just leave him. The other thing, he has multiple accidents. I'm talking peeing 3x and going number 2 twice. I pick his water up so he doesn't have any. I just feel like this is excessive. I know he can make it through the night. When he was with me, he'd sleep from 11 to 7:30 in the morning, no problem.
If dogs don't do things out of spite, why is this happening? I've put out wee wee pads in case he can't hold it, which he uses, but due to how many times he goes, he's also been going on the floor.
I know your not suppose to scold after the fact so that really leaves me no options. Do I just wait it out? Eventually will he get it? My end goal is to have him happy on his bed and eventually move the bed back in my room. I fear that if I try to train him to use the bed while he is in my room, he'll just keep trying to get on the bed and once I fall asleep, just come back on.
I'm not sure what to do here. I know he hates being alone but I've given him way too much freedom and I need to start strengthening the reins. It is just so hard when you see that little mug! He melts my heart but I know this has to be for the best, right?