I have a 9 month old Jack Russell X called Sam.
She is very well behaved and generally doesnt cause us any problems whatsoever.
There is one problem we need some help with though. She is crate trained and sleeps in her crate every night. In the morning my husband and I always get up around 6.10am for work. She has started helping us out by barking if we are not downstairs by around that time, that includes Saturdays, Sundays and even those morning when you have the worse hangover possible (Saturday morning for me this week)
Dont get me wrong, i am a devoted pet owner and wouldnt mind getting up at anytime if she is barking because she is desperate to go pee, but the majority of the time she is just desperate to see us. I've tried leaving her to bark, but I'm sure the neighbours will start to complain It seems I need some training
My brothers both own rotties and trained them religiously through the pack leader method. Their rotties are beautifully trained. They often tell me all the rules I break and how I shouldnt do this or that. Do I need to adopt their policy for this one problem? or is there another way??

Any help would be appreciated

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