Bedtime and wake up times?

[Heather Martinez]

I was wondering what time do other puppies go to bed and wake up? Teddy is almost 9 months old and he falls asleep between 8 and 9 pm. Usually closer to 8 if he's played a lot or had a busy day, and later if he hasn't been as active. He sleeps until we are ready to go to bed at 10 or 11, has a potty break and goes back to sleep for the night. Teddy sleeps until 6 or 6:30 am. He wakes up briefly when my husband leaves for work at 5:45 but goes back to sleep. 

 

I would love it if Teddy slept a bit later! 6:30 am is great on weekdays, because I'm up by then and I play with him and take him on his walk. But on weekends I would love to sleep in a tiny bit later, even until 7:30. Do puppies start sleeping later as they age? Or should we try to keep him up later in the evening? I would appreciate any advice :) Thanks!!

[Adina P]

Is Teddy crate trained?  If so you could let him out for potty at 6:30 then crate him he would be fine until you were ready to wake up.  We started letting Boca (then 6 months) sleep freely in our room but after her morning potty she was crated while I tended to my 10 month old.  She was fine in her crate for most of the early morning and allowed me to be mommy to my baby without worrying about puppy supervision.

[Becka]

Sadie (6 months) is asleep by 10:00 and wakes up between 6:00 and 6:30. She sleeps in the bedroom with me but only gets on the bed if I don't respond to her with the appropriate promptness in the morning. (I haven't found her snooze button yet--any ideas where it is?)

[Jess and Pippin]

Pippin is always asleep by 9 pm.  I wake him up at 10 for one last trip to the yard for business.  He is awake and ready to go by 6:30.  I have taken him out for his morning trip outside and then back to his ex pen, but he doesn't go back to sleep.  I think at he gets older he may be willing to go back to sleep

[Helen & Kirby]

Kirby is 17 months old.  I think I'm lucky --if I sleep in, she sleeps in.  If I get up early, she gets up early.  She's very mellow in the morning.  Actually, she's mellow all the time.  For bedtime, it's the same --whenever I go to the bedroom is good for her--after all she can always curl up on the sofa and catch a nap while she is waiting.  She just likes being in the same room.

 

When she was younger, of course I had to take her out early in the morning to pee.  I guess it all changed about the one year mark.   Someone told me to remember "Let sleeping dogs lie"   If you wake your puppy up a lot, you will end up with a hyper-active dog. 

[Heather Martinez]

Thanks for the replies! Teddy sleeps in a pen in the kitchen. The problem is when he wakes up he starts barking (if it's after 6 am). I'm going to try taking him outside once after waking up and see if he'll go back to sleep this weekend. If not, I'll just wait until he gets a bit older to try it. It sounds like he is pretty normal in his schedule, which is good.

[Angie, Hudson and Lily]

Lily is almost 18 weeks. She goes to sleep around 9:00ish (not crated at that time), and then I take her out around 12:00 for potty. She sleeps in her crate until about 8-8:30 a.m. I was worried that with the crate being in the living room she would wake up and start crying when my husband goes to work around 4:30 a.m., but she hasn't had any problems sleeping through that. 

[Jennifer and Jack]

When Jack was a puppy I crated him at night, he would get up in the morning when I went to work and he would go to daycare... Weekends I would get up with him, let him potty and then put him back in his crate to sleep. I love my dog to death but I need my sleep....

 

Molly who is now 10 weeks old is on a good schedule that will work for my mom, not so great for me, but since she is my mom's dog ( my mom is staying with me till her house is done being built) it works for her. Molly goes to bed at 9 30 and sleeps till 6 30 usually without a peep, sometimes one potty break. Then my mom gets up with her and gives her breakfast and she is up for the day.

 

Right now my mom is away so I have both dogs. Jack has been out of a crate since  about nine months, He is so in tune with me he hates the mornings, When I get up to go potty he doesn't budge, and in the end when I needed him to be ready for daycare, he would be hiding under the covers sleeping.. He now does whatever I do, They do adjust to your schedule.

 

Today I screwed up Molly's schedule.. I went out, she didn't get her 5 pm dinner until 9 30 and it is almost midnight here and I just put her to bed. I let her and Jack run wild and play... Tomorrow, I will get up with her to potty only and she will go back in the crate till at least 8 or so, then I will give her breakfast, let her potty and I will go back to bed and she will go in play pen..... It is safe in there, lots to do, lots to play with.

 

When I get up she will have several hours of free play inside and out....

 

To me, my sleep will always come first and I think the dogs will adjust to whatever we do with them..

 

I say on the weekends put him back in the crate and go back to sleep, if he won't go back in, put him in a play pen in another area of the house where he can play and entertain himself.....

 

sleep well

[Jodi Riseberg]

Question- pup is almost 5 months but have only had him for 3 weeks now- he goes in crate at 10PM every night (after going to bathroom) but is waking up at 5.  I am pretty confident he can go until 6 or even 6:30 because he has done that a few times, but now he is barking like crazy at 5.  I have tried to ignore him for 10 or 15 minutes hoping he goes back to bed but maybe I should wait it out longer to see if he will go back to bed.  Once he is up though, he is up and playful so taking him out to pee and returning to crate will not work.  Thoughts?

Also, on a different topic, puppy is perfect in crate at night, not a peep, but barks, scratches, and cries when we put them in there during the day to go to work...only for a few hours...He eventually calms down, but wonder why he hates it during day but fine at night?  I put toys and treats in there..hopefully he will get used to it. I feel like he is safer in crate for now while we are away.

[Gail & Bogey]

Wow, I feel lucky. My 6 month old sleeps in our room in a crate but we don't close the door any more. He will go in and go to bed by himself if we don't go to bed by 10:00. He sleeps until approx. 6:30 and then will come out of his crate and lay down on the floor next to my bed until I get up no barking, wining or any noise. I've never pressed it past 7:00. What I am especially grateful for is that if either my husband or I get up during the night Bogey never stirs. He's been a wonderful puppy.

[Joyce (Casey & Cody's mom)]

Cody and Casey - 5 months old today -- typically crash around 8:30 or 9 pm. I wake them up for a potty walk about 10 pm then crate them for the night. They wake up and want to go outside about 5:30 or 6. At that time, they are ready to run, romp and play for about an hour, then when I am finally fully awake - they are ready for a nap.

[Sarah Bennett]

Salvador is WONDERFUL when it comes to sleeping at night/waking up in the morning!  He usually falls asleep outside of the crate around 10 pm, but will be up and down until I take him out for his last potty time (anywhere between 11 pm and 1 am) and then he goes into the crate.  During the weekdays, he sleeps until 8/8:30... on Saturdays, he sleeps later... like today I woke him up around 10 am...  I do cover his crate at night and it keeps him sleeping longer, I think.  He is 6 months old.

[KLN]

It's so funny...these doodles must all (for the most part) have the same internal clocks...it seems like 6:30 is pretty universal for them wanting to start the day. Finn is on the same schedule. He's five months and today was the first weekend day I've been successful in getting him to "sleep in". We went for a potty break at 6:30 (our usual time) but then I successfully talked him into going back to bed until 8:30! ;0)