Hopefully my post wont go overlooked amongst all the bickering. But I had a very similar situation to you. Tink and Porter somehow got into a habit of waking up at 7:00 every morning. My boyfriend and I are in college so as you can imagine our schedule is anything but routine. They would both wake up and whimper at the side of the bed, not because they had to go to the bathroom but because they were bored. Best advice I can give you is ignore her, it will take time but she will get the point eventually.  Now they either lay on the floor and play with one another or just sleep in with us. Remember you are in control and call the shots, not the dog.

Hope that helps.

The dog has been trained to follow a routine.  Now that routine isn't always convenient so she wants to find a way to avoid taking care of the dog, yet not listen to the dog whine.

The likely result is the dog will start pottying in the house, and very likely will also start chewing on stuff to show her discomfort and displeasure.

Suddenly the dog gets the blame for these relapses in training and "going nuts" and off the dog goes to rescue.

Again, how many of us would think this was acceptible if we were discussing ways to ignore a two year old child's needs for diaper changes and breakfast???

Dog or child both are captives of the adult in charge and neglect is going to cause long term issues for either.

Now see that makes pretty good sense to me.  You aren't suggesting neglect.  You have a little different situation though.  You have two dogs, and they are in the same room with you.  Unless they have a real "need" to go potty they can either keep each other entertained, or are allowed to jump up and share the bed to cuddle, snuggle, or play with you.
 

You aren't creating problems, you are including your dogs in your routine, even when it changes.

I echo this sentiment.Also, photos are a REQUIREMENT of membership  (just kidding, but we do love seeing the little munchkins).

Welcome !!Welcome A whiner is better than a GSP who has a piercing barky, barky when he is demanding attention . Guess all our GSPs can vocalize in different ways. When I do want Rocky to sleep in and be lazy in the morning, I simply run the pants off of him the evening before for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. And if I can, will run the pants off of him the next day in the evening too. Yesterday after going to the Milwaukee Brewer game all day, I invited my three chuck-it neighborhood kids to chuck balls to Rocky in the field behind our house for 2 hours.( Did buy last year extra chuck-it for each child so they know their color.) Rocky gets exercise, the kids have fun , parents get a little rest from their kids, while playing chuck-it ball toss with Rocky Best wishes and do want to see pics of your GSP. !!

I sure hope we didn't scare her off but if this had been my first post I'd probably wouldn't have bothered to come back either.

If the original poster is still with us - this thread is not typical for this forum. This is a very nice place to be. Even for a newbie.

I highly doubt anyone meant to scare the whiner's owner off, just food for thought.  GSPs are whiners, almost every single one I've had thru my house!  They are talking!  Bottom line is, if you do not like that behavior, change something, take responsibility!  If the dog is merely saying it has to go out, then get outta bed and be responsible.  If the dog is whining for attention, maybe it's lacking?  I dunno, I lost my whiner to cancer back in 2005, and I still MISS that whine.  Sometimes I think I can hear it in the air at home still.  But Kate was  not excessive.  She was just talking.  What's wrong with that?  It is the breed in my opinion.   

Welcome ehershey!

We have a one year old GSP, Maebyn, and she used to have similar behavior to yours... through crate training we have been able to curb most of the whining for attention in the mornings... once she started sleeping through the night with no noise in her kennel we bought her a dog bed and she now sleeps there all night and then at 6a - when she wakes up and thinks it's time to play (we don't get up until about 6:30a), we let her climb in the bed with us, which to her is the best thing in the world, as she's not allowed to sleep in the bed at night... after a few kisses in the face, she snuggles right in and sleeps until the alarm goes off... it's worked really well for us and she's a surprisingly good snuggler, as long as you can hold onto the covers!