as far as the puppy being wide awake at 2am what we had to do with both our puppies (we got them at different times) is keep them awake 2 hours before we went to bed. What I had noticed was when I got home around 6 they wanted to play and then would fall asleep around 8 or 9 and then when I put them in their xpen they would stay asleep but get up in the middle of the night wanting to play. What we did was let them play when we got home, if they fell asleep early we let them sleep for a little while but would get them up at 8.30 or 9 and keep them up until we went to bed. sometimes it was hard because they really wanted to sleep but we just played with them on the floor and this helped them to sleep a little longer at night and we avoided the 2am playtime.
__________________ Cris --Mom to Samson  and Harley and Josie the pitbull |