@libra111 To be honest, this was with our GSD too. And if she needed to go out, afterwards, we just ignored her. She doesn’t sleep in the crate and sleeps freely, but keeping things really boring, she eventually just went back to sleep.
Granted it took patience but now she gets the idea that if mom and dad are not moving, then it’s time to chill.
I will say working hard on the calm settle may have helped us here - we did that from when she was about 10 weeks to now.
I wish I had a more eloquent answer. If you’re not comfortable with your pup free roaming, maybe a tether while you’re in bed. We had to do that with her when she was really tiny and being a land shark to keep things boring, and she’d eventually go to sleep. But again, this was from about 8 weeks to 4 months.
Essentially just keeping things really boring and having a lot of patience is what worked for us. The earliest she will wake up now is 7:45 and usually goes back to sleep until about 9:30-10.
For reference before, it was anywhere from 5:30-6AM.
Also want to add - she is VERY energetic as she is a working line GSD.
I hope this helps!