My baby is 4 1/2 months old. My husband wakes up for work at 4:30 am and takes him to do his business and puts him back in his crate. I let him out at 7:30 am and give water and takehim out to pee. He will eat around 8:30 or 9 am . Play around for about 2 hours and then when he gets to my work he will take about a 1 hr nap.He will chew on his toys,run around me for a while.Eat lunch around 2 pm. He might take another nap about 3:30 for at least another hour or hour and a half. He's awake until I get home around 6:30pm. After his dinner he will stay up until around 9:30 or 10Pm and then go to sleep again until 4 or 5 am. So he takes about 3 sometimes 4 long naps a day. At least 1 hour or 1 1/2 hr naps each time. Is that a lot? He is playful and very loving. But when I see him in such a deep sleep for an hour or more during the day I worry about all these stories with illnesses that sleep for so many hours after they eat... Dont get me wrong I dont want him awake all day long running around like a tornado either lol. If this is normal behavior for an 18 week old pup then I am happy cause he is not super hyper. Or do they get that way later on! lol
I've had dogs before but not any small breeds. So this is totally new to me. he is much calmer than my other dogs. I had a lab/cocker mix(male) and later had a purebred cocker spaniel who got up to 35 lbs! But both those dogs were more hyper and seemed to get into more trouble than my baby Cookie now.
I swear today we both got into a shouting match! He started playing with the newspaper that he pees on. I forgot to bring him any toys! So I tell himNO! Well his ears stand straight up and he barks back at me saying " Wo!"
Not woof but " Wo!" I would say No! and he would reply " Wo!" after a minute or so I was freaking out cause he sounded just like Scooby doo trying to speak lol. Finally I found him a toy in my store that he could play with and he was quiet again
Genie