<human>: Can you provide a brief overview of the text?

So, my hound does really well with bedtime. Previously, I crated him at night, but because of some family medical issues, I've been keeping his crate at my parents' house for when I'm there every weekend. (It's too big for my car to carry the crate and dog back and forth every weekend.) Currently, I gate him in the kitchen at night and he goes to bed just fine. The problem is in the mornings. 

He wakes up every morning about 5:15 and whines/barks to get out of the kitchen and into the bed. There were a couple of times that I woke up that early and let him get in the bed while I read. Then a few more times on the weekend when I wanted to sleep in and got up and let him come snuggle in the bed until later in the morning. Most days, my alarm doesn't go off until 5:50, and I really don't want to get up earlier than that. 

I know that this is a problem of my own making by not being consistent, but I've tried waiting him out and not responding in any way when he whines/barks for 3 WEEKS NOW. Every morning, like clockwork, he starts begging. Pretty sure my neighbors hate me.

Any advice on getting him to stop this?
<bot>: I let my dog in the bed a few times early morning, now he wakes me up every morning whining/barking to get in the bed.