What time do your furry alarm clocks go off...
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Ada is set for 5:30. Blegh. Finally got Mia past her pounce on mom's head at 5 am phase and now Ada won't let me sleep. I spent Mia's first two years waking up early and running her down via a mad game of fetch then going back to sleep. She'll go back to sleep after that. Nowadays she's a bit more calm and will just sit there and watch me sleep till I wake up. But if I barely open an eye, that's it for her. Time to get up and go! She is not a dog for lazy people. lol
Summer I have to drag out of bed till about noon.
Summer I have to drag out of bed till about noon.
Whenever he realizes I'm awake. If it's on a day when there's no school, Caleb will stick his head up on the bed, snuggle for awhile, then bring me something- usually the socks I wear for slippers. If he can't reach them, anything will do. On school days, he glances over his shoulder when I get up, but he's waiting outside the bathroom door when I get out of the shower.
Bamm would sleep all day if I let him. He loves to sleep.
Cricket on the other hand... her alarm clock is usually set for about 7am... when I want to sleep till about 9. So I've learned to get up, potty her and Bamm and then feed them breakfast. After breakfast I bring them both up to my room, give them something to chew on and then I crash for another hour or two if I can fall back asleep.
Cricket on the other hand... her alarm clock is usually set for about 7am... when I want to sleep till about 9. So I've learned to get up, potty her and Bamm and then feed them breakfast. After breakfast I bring them both up to my room, give them something to chew on and then I crash for another hour or two if I can fall back asleep.
Rose normally goes out to pee around 7:00 and that's fine because someone in the house is bound to be up by that time.
Since Chloe sleeps in my room, she gets up whenever I get up. She starts getting antsy around 9:00, but I taught her as a pup to NOT wake me up unless she was dying. So she just lays by my bed until she sees me move, then she gets up and starts dancing around.
Since Chloe sleeps in my room, she gets up whenever I get up. She starts getting antsy around 9:00, but I taught her as a pup to NOT wake me up unless she was dying. So she just lays by my bed until she sees me move, then she gets up and starts dancing around.
Sawyer's pretty good at staying on whatever schedule I'm on. If I'm up super early, so is he. If I stay in bed until mid-morning, so does he.
He was a 6am dog when I first got him though. And I had just graduated from college and 6am was more of a "go to bed" then "get out of bed" time. We'd go for a 3 mile walk and then take a nap when we got back.
He was a 6am dog when I first got him though. And I had just graduated from college and 6am was more of a "go to bed" then "get out of bed" time. We'd go for a 3 mile walk and then take a nap when we got back.
Haha lucky for me they don't! Poor boys... I've never let them dictate when I wake up. Starting at around 7:30- everytime I wake up and like roll over they whine a little hoping I'll get up- but if I want to sleep until 2 (very rare of course) they will. They don't usually got to bed until Midnight though since we're night owls here and my job works around my schedule
They don't have an alarm, but I also won't force them to "hold it" more than 9-10 hours overnight, so they never get into dire straights there.
I'm very lucky - DH gets up waaay earlier than me (6:30a to my 8:30a) and the dogs that sleep with us have learned that his alarm is just the signal for them to get up on the bed and snuggle with me.
Aeri does not sleep in our room because she's loud when I first put her to bed in the crate. She will whine a bit when DH walks out to the the kitchen (her crate is in the room next to the kitchen) around 7a, but has learned that I don't get up and let her out until later so she's quiet after that.
I'm very lucky - DH gets up waaay earlier than me (6:30a to my 8:30a) and the dogs that sleep with us have learned that his alarm is just the signal for them to get up on the bed and snuggle with me.
Aeri does not sleep in our room because she's loud when I first put her to bed in the crate. She will whine a bit when DH walks out to the the kitchen (her crate is in the room next to the kitchen) around 7a, but has learned that I don't get up and let her out until later so she's quiet after that.
I get up at 5.30 during the week, and as soon as one foot is on the step to go downstairs, T bolts down to wait for me at her food bowl.
It seems that she wakes me by 6-6.30 latest on weekends, and I'll go feed her, chase her around the yard for a bit, and then she comes into bed with me and we'll fall asleep for another hour or two. She's so cute.
It seems that she wakes me by 6-6.30 latest on weekends, and I'll go feed her, chase her around the yard for a bit, and then she comes into bed with me and we'll fall asleep for another hour or two. She's so cute.
Tika used to be set for 5:30am But she quickly discovered that it got her no where. She would be taken out to potty on a leash, given 2 mins to potty, brought back in and crated again. Now she sleeps until I get up. She gets a little restless if I wake up and don't get up straight away but she usually settles quickly once she realises I'm not getting up.
The others just sleep until I let them out lol. They're ready to go at 6am or 12pm . I feel horrible some weekends when I've really slept in and they've had to hold it 12+ hours but now Tika's here I make an effort to not make them hold it more than 10-12 hours.
The reason they have to hold it so long is that if I let them out after 10pm they won't go potty and they'll just play and once they come in they'll be very wound up and excited- not good for trying to get any sleep!!
But she quickly discovered that it got her no where. She would be taken out to potty on a leash, given 2 mins to potty, brought back in and crated again. Now she sleeps until I get up. She gets a little restless if I wake up and don't get up straight away but she usually settles quickly once she realises I'm not getting up. The others just sleep until I let them out lol. They're ready to go at 6am or 12pm . I feel horrible some weekends when I've really slept in and they've had to hold it 12+ hours but now Tika's here I make an effort to not make them hold it more than 10-12 hours.
The reason they have to hold it so long is that if I let them out after 10pm they won't go potty and they'll just play and once they come in they'll be very wound up and excited- not good for trying to get any sleep!!