Yep, little pups sleep A LOT. I remember Jackson would get so tired after a half hour or so of playing and running around.
I used to try to keep him up until 8 or 9pm. We would have a little playtime from 7-8pm ish and then I'd let him go potty outside and put him in his crate. He usually would sleep until 2:30amish and I'd let him out again and we'd go back to sleep. I'm already forgetting those tiny puppy days and Jackson is still only 6 months old. The first 3 weeks were the hardest, it was a lot of lack of sleep. I felt like a new mother to a real child, lol.
Crate training didn't work out so hot for us. And I ended up letting him sleep on my bed with me after being so tired of sleepless nights .. and surprisingly, he ended up sleeping from 11pm-7am for me, LOL. So... there goes the crate. He hasn't had one accident in the middle of the night yet *knock on wood* |