Getting your b out of bed in the morning

[eeeefarm]

Debra, if it makes you feel any better, my neighbour's Rottweiler gets her up at 4:30 a.m. on weekends, the only chance she has to sleep in. (she has to rise that early weekdays to do chores before work).

Maybe you can get a CD of rainfall to play in the mornings?

[Kananga]

Heh, I had to deal with the early mornings when Kananga was still a puppy. It wasn't until he was around 1.5-2yrs where he calmed down and started sleeping in. Now he gives me a displeased look when it's time to get up. I know he wants to sleep as late as possible.

I honestly think the only motivation for him in the mornings is his food and an opportunity to follow me around before I leave for the day. Otherwise he will sleep.

[MampM]

@DebraDownSouth:

I officially HATE the first five posters and a few of the rest. WTH? SLEEP IN? You all just got together and made this crap up right? SLEEP IN? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

My life since my first B has been dogs with some freakish internal clock and if I am not up at that time they will
run up and down my body
dump the trash or knock things over
run to the door and hit it
POKE POKE POKE me with their feet

SLEEP IN?

Yeah, if the window is open (like today) and it is bloody raining, they don't wake me up. And I don't care if I take them out at 2 am, they are up by 8 and that's it.

You all are just mean. Should have held this thread off til April first so I could REALLY believe it is made up. Did I mention I hate all of you?

I can totally relate to you, our B's don't know the meaning of sleep, they are up all through the night just to go for a stroll around the house or bounce of the couch when chasing each other. Sleeping in never, I mean NEVER, happens in our house, mind you they are only 1 and 2 years old so loads and loads of energy still…...but still sleeping in would be wonderful, just once a week would be nice........and yes they have no problem trampling us in the night as they do the B 500 around the house..lol

[TMartin]

We were spoiled with just Loki. After about 6 months or so he loved to sleep in. Kaia though, she's up bright an early and then pesters him until he gets up to play with her. He is not amused

[tanza]

LOL…. exactly what the last pup still with me is doing to Franie... and she is really NOT amused. But she leaves Saturday. I have not told her (or C-Me) that Karly will be coming for a sleep over the following Friday!

[agilebasenji]

@tanza:

Seriously… there are. I always made sure my babies first learned to sleep in their crates, then as they got older would start sleeping in bed. Franie and C-Me seem to prefer their crates. If they are in bed they get up and just go in their crates.... When my elders were with me, I thought that maybe I should try the crate for some more room!

well, that was my plan when I got Zest! but you know the saying about the best laid plans of mice and men . . .
I picked her up in late March or early April and we were doing great with her sleeping in her crate (er, okay, we were doing okay, but she'd wake up early). Until we had a late blizzard and it wiped out power for about a day and a half. So when we went to bed that night, I covered the boyz, but knew Z would freeze in her crate (hadn't had power since early morning sometime) and there was no way she would stay covered up all night. So she had to sleep in the bed and after that she was NOT NOT NOT going back to that crate. <sigh>She slept late and woke up with a very self-satisfied smile on her face. Had the same look that Scarlett O'Hara had after Rhett Bulter carried her up the staircase.

Actually she did okay in the crate when she was in season, thankfully.</sigh>

[agilebasenji]

Debra-
in my experience, nothing trains a basenji to sleep late in the morning like cold weather.

[DebraDownSouth]

@eeeefarm:

Debra, if it makes you feel any better, my neighbour's Rottweiler gets her up at 4:30 a.m. on weekends, the only chance she has to sleep in. (she has to rise that early weekdays to do chores before work).

Maybe you can get a CD of rainfall to play in the mornings?

ROFLMAO, they are not fooled. I actually sleep to my thunderstorm sound machine, lol.

[wizard]

Gossy the wonder dog is definitely not a morning person, sorry morning dog. I can rip the covers off her and she'll stay there perfectly still with her eyes closed - I suppose she thinks if she ignores me she'll get left alone to sleep some more.
Teddy the tornado gets up at 3:30 or 4:00am (my alarm goes off at 5:30 so I'm not always happy) - he just has to check and see if the rabbits are still out in the yard. On the other hand he likes to go to bed at 9:00pm.
It would be nice if mine would coordinate their sleeping times !

[krunzer]

@wizard:

On the other hand he likes to go to bed at 9:00pm.

Ok so this is going to make DDS even hate me more!!! LOL….but yes at 9:00pm Tucker will go to the bedroom door upstairs and start scratching so that we can go to bed! Then he sleeps until we get up. This morning (I have the day off) I got up at 7am but hubby didn't get up until 8:00, when I finally started banging pots and pans around to make breakfast then they decided to come down to see what I was doing.....oh that and to make them a fire!

[DebraDownSouth]

I think y'all are drugging your dogs. And I am going to go on believing it so I can feel less of a victim. I went to get at 2 am.. dogs up at 8 am. I tried to ignore, but Arwen sat on the other pillow and kept poking me on the forehead. I figure I could kill them, but I'd already be awake to do it, so I just get up.

[Chealsie508]

Oakley will poke me, incessantly disturb the covers….run from room to room, scratch his food bin...anything he can to make sure that if I'm not UP, that I'm miserable enough to get up...weekends I feel he will do this less...and if I feed and go back to bed then he will just come to bed after he's done..

[YodelMa]

Mine don't get up until they hear me getting their breakfast–then the puppy runs into the bedroom and harrasses Ben until he gets up. The snoring isn't uncommon, but I've noticed it's often caused by bulky collars and tags.partially blocking the dog's airway, especially with puppies.

[BART]

My B never tells me it's time to get up, but we have a routine. He sleeps on the bed under his very own blankie, the alarm goes off, I get up, shower, clothe, then go to the bathroom to brush my teeth. That is his clue, when I brush my teeth, he knows its time to get up. If he doesn't, I go find him. It is kinda like waking a teenager for school. Fortunately, that is an infrequent occurrance, but I have to pull 'his' blankie away and kindof prompt him to get his butt up. As earlier noted, it is the cold. All this goes out the window when it is warm, sometimes.

It is all part of my pleasure of owning a dog that is not in any way typical. I love that he "purrs", tell that to your friends!

[eeeefarm]

@YodelMa:

The snoring isn't uncommon, but I've noticed it's often caused by bulky collars and tags.partially blocking the dog's airway, especially with puppies.

I don't think snoring is unusual. All of mine have done it at one time or another, although it isn't a constant feature. With a snoring husband as well, it's like stereo! Now, yipping, crying, and howling are another thing! I've had all that on occasion too, when they dream. (legs usually go at the same time, and if you have enough light you can see the rapid eye movement under their lids)

None of mine wear collars to bed. (they don't wear them inside, either. Only to go out.)

[dcmclcm4]

Debra, had an older rescue, Pixie, who got up at 5:30 a.m. every morning. It did not matter if it was summer or winter! She was the only B I have had that got up at the same time every day! We would have to get up to take her out and the other dogs would still be sleeping away.

Jennifer

[amsheppard]

Samantha, and the other dogs, sleep in the dining room where the dog door is. We have it gated off so they can't roam the house. They each have a crate and there is one large dog bed they can choose from. I don't know exact times they wake but usually when I come downstairs (around 9am) they are outside sun bathing. On weekends when my husband gets up before me and lets them roam the house she will come upstairs and let me know that I have had enough sleep by pawing me in the face. During cold weather or rain all the dogs like to stay asleep inside. Oh and Samantha snores when she is in a deep sleep.

Angelica

[stash]

Hi YodelMa, Come to think of it Kaiser mainly snores in deep sleep and he doesn't wear a collar as it just didn't seem to look comfortable on him and damaged his fur.

[DebraDownSouth]

My daughter says I should put them in the other end of the house in a crate, but they sleep in my bed, Angelica, so there you go… they get up, I get up.

[Kananga]

@DebraDownSouth:

I think y'all are drugging your dogs. And I am going to go on believing it so I can feel less of a victim. I went to get at 2 am.. dogs up at 8 am. I tried to ignore, but Arwen sat on the other pillow and kept poking me on the forehead. I figure I could kill them, but I'd already be awake to do it, so I just get up.

Hah, I can relate. Kananga was known (when he was younger) to wake up earlier when I would goto bed late. Same as what you describe, bed at 2am and he's wide awake at 8am with his musical yawns to disturb my sleep. The worst part, as soon as we'd come back inside that morning, he'd go right to sleep after his breakfast. I think to remind me that he's always in control and he has the advantage of sleeping whenever he wants.