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Originally Posted by pinky71  my little guy is 9 months..he generally sleeps in his bed in the kitchen...He has never been a good sleeper..He constantly loves to tip toe into my bedroom to check in on me throughout the night..The other night at 3.00am he woke me up with a ball in his mouth wanting to play..Sometimes i pick him up because he puts his paws on the edge of my bed and travels all along the edge to wake me up..He can easily jump on and when he wants to he does..Its during the night and early morning is when he doesn't want to jump on but rather wants me to wake me up and pick him up..Last night was funny, i think he was cold because he whined for me to pick him up and wanted to snuggle with me by putting his little face on top of mine.. He generally is not a snuggler...I love him to death and i guess i do spoil him, but boy does he rule my sleep!!! I haven't been able to sleep in since I've had him at 11 weeks! Anybody have any theories why he doesn't sleep throughout the night? Does anybody else's doggie have a strange sleep pattern? |
You need to post pictures of your cutie! Whenever I take a nap on the couch, I often times wake up with several squeaky toys tucked into my armpit or by my legs, usually with Toki napping near me too (after many failed attempts to wake me up for playtime lol).
As far as theories go for his sleep pattern, I'd say it's because your pup seems to have free roam of a big open area. I know that Toki would probably be snooping around all night if we didn't put her in her crate or in bed with us. Toki's crate is tucked into a corner in the living room and most sides are covered with a blanket...she'll sleep in there from 11 or midnight until 7 in the morning (she actually goes into her crate earlier in the evening by herself when she's feeling sleepy). Sometimes I bring her to bed with me and she loves sleeping under my heating blanket with me until whenever I get up
I think the most important thing is deciding when and where you want your puppy to sleep and adhere to a strict schedule to get a natural rhythm going. At least while he's a puppy and still learning a routine, it would make your life a lot easier to put him in a closed crate for bedtime (perhaps you can even gate off the kitchen so he can sleep in his bed?) and remove the toys.
I definitely don't miss that part of puppyhood where I wasn't getting very much uninterrupted sleep