Why Does My French Bulldog Cry at Night? How To Help Your Frenchie

French bulldogs are friendly and make one of the best companions one would ever have for a pet. They are playful, friendly, and you can carry them around all day. But why you may wonder, why does my French bulldog cry at night?

Well, the endless whining from your Frenchie at night can be unsettling. We are going to help you understand why your Frenchie cries a lot at night. Read on to discover why your French bulldog cries at night, and what you can do about it. 

Why Does My French Bulldog Cry at Night?

Young Frenchies 

Young puppies are prone to crying at night. Primarily, they suffer from separation anxiety – being detached from her mom, litter-mates, and breeder. 

Secondly, being a Frenchie, company means the world to them. And while night loneliness cuts across all age groups for French bulldogs, the early years are particularly lonely.

This loneliness becomes even more apparent during the night, especially if you are training them to sleep in a crate or a separate bed.

Old Frenchies

For Frenchies, old age kicks in when they are about six years old. And when that happens, health conditions such as dementia may affect them. One of the first signs of dementia is disturbances in their sleep, which make them restless and leads to crying at night.

When Communicating Needs

Aside from the obvious need to eat, drink, and do potty that Frenchies are known to communicate by crying, other issues such as extreme silence may bother them.

The night crying may also be to communicate pain, the need for attention, or any uncomfortable feeling they get from the night-time environment.

How to Help Your French Bulldog Stop Crying At Night

Regarding age, there is nothing much that you can do to young frenchies, suffering from separation anxiety. They are adapting to a new environment, and the crying may persist up to the fourth week before they can adjust. 

However, for the loneliness across all age groups, Sleeping in a crate means they are spending long hours away from you, and Frenchies don’t like it that way.

You can supply them with chew toys in their crates to keep them busy and distracted. Soft music can also help them cope with loneliness.

If you suspect they are crying to communicate a need for food, warmth, or water, then you must provide for their obvious needs before you retire to bed.

Conclusion – What To Do When French Bulldogs Cries at Night

Night crying is a common thing with French bulldogs. Often, the crying at night is just their way of crying for attention, or saying they want to join you in bed.

However, you want to be careful when making that decision for two reasons. One, the habit of sharing a bed with your frenchie, can be difficult to untrain once they get used to it.

Two, French bulldogs snore, toss restlessly in their sleep, and fart a lot when asleep. If you are okay with such animal behavior, then let them enjoy your bed.

What is your experience of sharing your bed with your frenchie at night? Please let us know in the comments section below.