Be careful about them in your bed. Loki peed on the bed twice when he was a baby. Maybe put them in their bed ON your bed. We've now figured out Loki's problem (he has a drinking problem, LOVES water) He is a year old and we still are happy when he makes it to 6:30. No naps after 7pm. Pick up the water around that time too. I don't know that I'd give food at night either, it messes up their pooping schedule. Multiple trips outside before bedtime. Loki is one of those dogs that has to go out 1-2 times an hour, depending on how much he drinks. We had a lot of trouble intially potty training (uti's, water issues, communication issues) so we are still reinforcing it and send him outside anyway! I've heard of dogs that go outside like 3 times a day! Wow. We go to bed around 9 and sleep around 10, and at some point he will come join us on the bed and fall asleep. He wakes me up at least by 6:30 to potty, sometimes also again in the middle of the night. I'd rather get up once than have an accident to clean up, and he knows when he's gotta go! I'd say every other night I'm up around 1am. Then after that 6:30am potty he runs wild laps around the house for about 5 minutes then joins me back in bed on the weekends. During the week he is up and waits patiently for breakfast (and water, of course!) |