How can I get my puppy to sleep later in the morning?

Question

My puppy is about 3 months old and has been crated at night since she was 7 weeks. She goes into the crate at night on her own and does not whine or cry. She is finally sleeping through the night without a potty break, but I have one problem. She has been gradually waking up earlier and earlier. She first slept until about 6:30 which is early but acceptable, but now she has worked her way to getting up at 5:15. I will let her out like a potty break (no talking, walking or playing, straight outside and back) and then try putting her to bed again and ignoring her, but she just barks constantly until I get her up at 6. I've even started to set an alarm for 6 to associate the sound with getting out of the crate, but that's not working either.

Answer 1

I do not know either. When you find out will you tell me? I have a 5 month old foster that decided 6:30 was good today.

Answer 2

What kind of puppy?? Different breeds need a bit different approach. Nothing crazy mind you, but a terrier is definately different than a spaniel. See what I am saying??

I would take the puppy out for a really long walk later than usual, and cut the water intake a bit earlier as well.

The barking should be ignored, and I know it sucks. put the crate farther away from where you are sleeping.

The problem with many dogs when you take them out when they bark, thinking that they have to go potty, the little weasels figure out that they can bark, and you come and get them. For many dogs, this is enough to encourage them to bark all the time, and not just for potty.

One of the things this "could" say, is that the puppy is not getting enough exersize, so try that one first. Sometimes if they have a long long playsession at night, that will wear them out enough. Sometimes, they are just smart buttheads and then life is interesting. LOL

Answer 3

I have a 6 month old puppy and i had the same problem with him also when he was younger. he'd always wake up like at 4:30-5:30 which is great for school so i never overslept =]
but in the summer it gets annoying. so my mom suggested that we feed him a little earlier than usual so he can get that out of his system before bed but also let him run around and put him into his crate a little later than his usual bedtime (9pm) so he'll sleep in later. now he wakes up around 6:30-7:30

Answer 4

Ok she may have to go potty.she sleep though out the night but can only hold it for so long. this is quite normal i have a 3 month puppy also every morning at 6:30-7:00. leave her out the cage give her toys to play with she already went potty. If that doesnt work put her outside on a runner.

Answer 5

Try playing or exercising her before bed,or more during the day.Or letting her in the crate later,so she'll sleep longer. Just be consistent with her,let her out like for a potty break you've been doing,ang get up at 6 to let her out.I've raised 3 litters of puppies, and if i was consistent with tem,eventually they learned to be quiet.Hope this helps!!Good luck!!:)

Answer 6

Don't ever take the sleeping pills route!!

1. They will damage your liver big time and you can get into serious health problems.

2. You will get hooked up on them and you won't be able to have a normal life any more if you don't take your pills everyday.

The sleeping pills industry is damaging our health by capitalizing on our ignorance, and by distracting people from effective and natural ways to deal with this problem. I had been taking prescription sleep medications [Ambien] for over 5 years. It stopped working and I simply took more. Still did not work. Nights were very difficult - medication put me to sleep but I would wake up after 2–3 hours with a strong sympathetic response (fast pulse, pounding heartbeat, wide awake alert). It was a very difficult cycle to break. I was really in bad shape due to lack of sleep.

After years of struggling I was able to cure my insomnia naturally and pretty fast. I followed the Sleep Tracks sleep optimization program, here is their official web -site if you want to take a look: http://www.insomniacure.net

Ohhh..and Good Luck!

Answer 7

Your dog is doing a heck of alot better than mine did! When mine was three months old, I was still taking him out in the middle of the night!!! He didn't make it through the whole night until he was at least16 wks!!! Puppies can't control there bladders until 16 wks. You are gonna have to keep taking him out when he whines till he's about 16 wks. and then hopefully he will start sleeping in a little more. But my dog is now 7 mo. and he still wakes me up 1/2 to and hr. before I have to. But he roams free so when he does that I put him in his crate for a little while till I wake up. But he can hold his pee unlike your little guy. Just be patient and if in 16 wks, it's still happening ask again what to do.

Answer 8

My Border collie is 15 years old and she has been the best alarm clock I've ever owned - too bad she gets me up at 5:15 almost to the minute - every day - 365 - without fail.

Regardless of how tired she was or how late she was up the night before. And it's let her out or clean up the mess.

Answer 9

itll be crappy for you, but dont let her out and if she starts crying or whining, youll have to put in some ear plugs. if you let her out she knows to expect it and will continue doing it earlier and earlier. let her cry and eventaully she'll learn that she cannot go out before a certain time (but make it the same time every morning so she gets used to it)

Answer 10

i have this problem on weekends too.... b/c my dog is used to waking up when i go to work...

theres nothign really u can do about it except maybe crating her in the other room and giving her a bone to nibble on for a few hours while u get some extra sleep...