I would really appreciate any tips. In the past I have always gotten my babies at different times when I had older dogs. One puppy at a time.
I now have 2 babies - both born within a week of the other - currently 4 months old.
THEY DON'T SLEEP! This means I don't sleep. It's 5:04 am now but I've been up since 3:00 am. They will sleep for 3-4 hours and then wake to go to the bathroom and then sleep again for a couple of hours then they are UP!
They eat their last meal at 4:00 pm. I cut off water after their 7:00 pm walk (and we WALK ON HILLS as that is all that is in SW Iowa!). They go outside again, to pee and poop, around 8:30-9:00 pm and then they start to wind down for bedtime.
They have separate crates but I have been putting them in the same one at night.
They are alone from 7:30 am until 11:00 and then from 12:00-3:30 pm Mon-Fri due to our working schedules.
Any suggestions?
Do i just need to have some patience still or is there something else I can do to work them into a routine? My older dog is VERY old but his routine is very set in stone. I know I can't expect them to be there with their little bladders but I feel I need them to learn to "hold it" longer to strengthen those muscles.
Thank you all, in advance, for your suggestions and encouragement.
