Sleeping
Any hints or similar experiences would be helpful on how to get him to sleep longer at night. All in all, that's our only complaint so we are counting ourselves as lucky. Thanks, Josh and Lynette (and Chaucer) |
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| At 4 months Chaucer is probably good to to hold his bladder for 5 hours. My guess is he just needs to go outside to relieve himself and that's why he's restless at that early hour.
As the weeks go by I think you will see he will sleep later and can spend longer periods in his crate. My guy needed to go out at night about every three hours when he was between 8 and 12 weeks. Then slowly but surely the time was longer and longer and before I knew it we were sleeping through the night and even sleeping in on the weekends without a peep. Good luck. |
| My pup Dancer used to be up at 5-6 am as well, but I restrict her water intake in the evenings now, none after 8 pm unless she seems hot, as I don't want her to be uncomfortable or become dehydrated. She'll hold it till 8 or 9 am now. Each dog is different though. |
And welcome to the forum!  Please stay and tell us about your pup.... this is the best online community I've found, I always know where to turn to ask questions, and we enjoy sharing funny stories about our sheepies too. And, we'd love to see pictures of your pup!  |
| My darling Pirate is almost 7 mos. He still gets us up 6am on Sunday. The rest of the week, we get "him" up at 4:30am!!! I guess he feels turnabout is fairplay! |
| Sleeping habits are often dependent on the dog themselves! Like people, some are early risers and some are late sleepers!
You can see if you can "instill" the habit you would prefer (I like the late sleepers too!). You can try and see if taking him out later at night (before bed) will help him sleep longer. You could also try putting a sheet or something over the crate - to block out sunlight and/or block him from seeing anyone that may have gotten up already. Other than that, you may just have a early bird on your hands! 
It's also what you allow them to get away with! If he cries in his crate (and you know he can physically wait to go to the bathroom) - wait a little while before you get up with him - see if he'll settle back down. Now, this is NOT fair to do to a very young pup that you're trying to housebreak and they can't hold it for so long. (Of course!). Kristen |
| >>he can physically wait to go to the bathroom)<< Kristen... Wow! You taught your sheepie to go to the bathroom????? You go girl!!!! |
debcram wrote: >>he can physically wait to go to the bathroom)<<
Kristen... Wow! You taught your sheepie to go to the bathroom????? You go girl!!!! Yes, they go the bathroom - but that's only when I have to pee! |
| i guess i should thank my lucky stars that walter was always a late sleeper. and my dad wakes up for work at 5 so walter goes out and then goes right back to sleep until i wake his lazy butt up.
i would try keeping him up a little later, im not sure how late you guys are awake, but when i first got walter id keep him up til about 1130 and hed be fine until about 9. also if you wear him out with play youll be amazed at how much he sleeps! |
| Thanks for the info. He actually slept until the alarm clock today, but that's because he was playing with his uncle (Bearded Collie named Joey) who wore him out. I added a picture from a few weeks ago. He's about 40 lbs now.
I will definitely remain active on the forum. |
| One other thing...that P&G ad posted in the pictures site of www.oes.org is one of my breeder's dogs (named Molly). We met Molly many times during our visits of Chaucer before he came home. Just random information/bragging that I know a famous sheepdog. |
| from my experiences with jack, as soon as you start letting him out for barking, he will assume that to bark means he will get what he wants. try putting him in the crate at random times, ignoring the bark as long as you know he won't mess the crate, and then getting him out at random times, some 5 minutes, some 30. then he will learn that he will get out of the crate when he gets out, regardless of his barking. |
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