Old dog, strange behaviour.

sheramber

Have you tried swopping the beds. He may prefer the kitchen bed for some reason. He may feel more secure on it.

Check the position of the sitting room bed- could he be getting a draft? Is it noisy? If he is blind his hearing may be more acute.

Get down to his level in the bed and see if you can feel or hear anything that might be upsetting him.

One of my dogs uses the upstairs bed when my husband is up there working on the computer, at present in stretched out in the bed in the lounge, but ever night at 8.30pm he takes himself off to the bed in the kitchen.

teddysmum

My old boys are both deaf, one has no sight in one eye and the others site is fading, according to the vet (this is supported by the fact that he now barks at passing cars and wheelie bins, when it's dark).

Flibertigibit

This is an excellent article on "Old Dog Syndrome", otherwise known as dementia https://www.seniortailwaggers.com/old-dog-syndrome.html The whole site is full of excellent advice re caaring for older dogs.

Katieowl

My oldest girl (12) is now deaf, has cataracts and dementia. She's lost all her manners (especially around food) and spends a lot of time barking for no reason we can fathom, and is very restless at night. I'm on a natural health forum for dogs on FB and this has come up a couple of times, the first suggestion I tried was a suppliment called Melatonin, which did nothing, but you might want to investigate CBD oil I've now had several half decent nights sleep She's still waking up but if I put the lights on and point to her bed she goes in it again and usually drops off.

sheramber

I found one of my elderly dogs, who was unsettled at night, settled when I left a night light on.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

It might be more comfortable/a nicer bed/warmer/cooler/smells nicer in the bed in the kitchen, it might be that it's quieter so he can hear what's going on better (the TV could be making it difficult for him to differentiate between sounds) - or that he's in pain from something else - a lot of animals follow an instinct to be alone when they're ill/in pain, rather than be clingy.

It's worth getting him checked out at the vet's in case there's arthritis or something else making him less sociable.