OK this one is easy, ya got to know dogs. As long as a humans eyes are open the dog does what you want, most of the time. If human eyes are closed it doesn what it wants. Night is aways tough with a dog. Dogs are on patrol doing human protection at night, even if the humans don't think so. My dad said they are sleeping with one eye opened. NIght suff is pure nomal with all dogs I have had with exceotetion of one and there was a bang in teh house and dog dived out of bed and I know I would not have wanted to be someone in the house that was a stranger. Trained guard, nothing close to the way this one left the bed.

From what I rember, most dogs sleep in two or three hour intervals. They perfer to feed in the dusk or in dark.

I would gues the people are not alphas. Dog should periodically check the house for noises at night. If it hears a noise that is real bothersome, then it gets vocal, and the vocal of hair back and real dog getting viscious is not all that vocal. Ya don't warn an opponent.

If any person is alpha, ya figure out house rules with all in the famlity, for me the wife, and then the dog abided by them. Waking you up at night is not one of ours. Dogs close to us can bark, dogs don't care, they no the other dogs cause they have socilaized with them and most are biggger than them so they got the situation all controlled.

Overall, there is not any human who can't teach a dog. Many lead the blind and disabled, many shows on how they dog that. They can be drug dogs, many shows on that. For my first dog, parents taught it more than it sould have been tought, kinda like a circus dog, and it thought too much. ie, if one news paper was good, then all the ones on the block had to be better. Ladder climbing was fun once, for doing roof work, but then dog knew up and nothing up was off limits so easy to get out of yard to get all them news papers.

For this instance, I would say got to a trainer, cause they are not alpha. Listen to either Cesar on the show, not for intertainment if dog trainer is not an alternative. I always try to do cheep with advice, so Petsmart or PetsCo would be good for a trainer. We did ours at a local JC and it was real cheep at night. BTW, that was just for heeling and I had already pretty much tought that to two dogs. First night of 6 dogs knew heel perfectly.

I have a 6 month old pug puppy. when i first brought her home, she would get up to go potty in the middle of the night, but as so as she reached 4 months, she began to sleep all night. that is from 10 pm until 6 am during the week. on our days off i just return her to her bed and she falls asleep for another couple of hours. I do try to exercise her daily. outside walks when the weather allows ( oregon coast can be brutal at times) or indoors with fetch and a laser. She loves to play hide and seek. good excersize. as for clothing on a dog? If the animal is not the proper breed for the area that you live in, then you need to modify. my pug does not hold her heat in very well, she is not insulated with layers of fur. She is also young and not over weight. so, a sweatshirt helps her if she is out on the cold beach.
sometimes i just use a life vest and that adds a touch of warmth. but, my husband refuses to let me dress her in pink camo!!!!!!!! i agreed , but it's so cute!!!!!!!!!!!
every one has ideas and i hope we can be open enough to learn from each other.