Mine usually wakes up at 5 a.m. also (he's a year old). He has his own doggy door so he doesn't have to "hold it", but he likes going out to the big backyard every morning. I have a pool so I don't let him go unsupervised, but I make him wake until 6:00 a.m. and he just sits and stares at me while I sleep and he knows when the alarm goes off I will take him out and not before that. My little girl who passed away never woke up until around 9 or 9:30 so I guess there are "morning dogs" just like there are "morning people"! |