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Bedtime Rituals? I wa thinking about this when I got up this morning. I wake up every morning to Hallie licking my face or pawing at my head to rub her belly and every morning I sit up in bed, rub her belly, help Simon stretch, rub his belly too and 10-15 min. later we all get out of bed, stagger to the coffee pot, they walk to the window to see what's new outside since the night before as I get ready for work. That's the morning........ At bedtime it is always the same. Usually they fall asleep on the couch while I'm watching tv or chatting on YT or both! I get up turn the tv off, brush my teeth and by the time I'm out of the bathroom they are both in bed waiting for me. I get into bed, Simon rolls over for me to rub his belly and Hallie scoots her way under my pillow to play peek-a-boo. THis lasts for 10-15 min/ too and then we all fall asleep. Every night the same snuggly routine. Do you all do this with your dogs too? |
Hefner usually settles down early with my youngest daughter around 9:30 or ten. He loves his sleep. He doesn't really wake up until 9 am or so and he eats about 10. Chai sleeps less and has to play really hard at night to "wind down" She and Hefner usually race around the bedroom and under the bed. I am always paranoid one of them is going to bonk their head on the bed frame. It is solid wood. Chai stays with me at the computer or wherever I am doing chores until I go to bed or she goes to bed with her mommy, my 17 year old, Amy. I always have Hefner in bed at night and sometimes Chai and sometimes my westie and, if my oldest daughter is home with Buddha, he may be there too! I love it! |
I am definitely a creature of habit! Everynight I fall asleep on the couch watching TV. Biddy falls asleep on my belly, Tucker falls asleep somewhere near my feet. My boyfriend goes into our back spare bedroom to "write" (I know he really goes back there to smoke cigarettes - he's not fooling anyone!). He comes out ans wakes us up. Biddy barks at him because she thinks he's a stranger. She realizes it's him and starts to wag her tail (her entire butt actually). Meanwhile Tucker is oblivious. I go to the bathroom, brush my teeth, etc. Scott carries Tucker to bed because he's too tired to walk. Scott gets into bed, Biddy curls up on top of him, then I climb in. Then I say, "Goodnight, Scott. Goodnight, Biddy. Goodnight, Tucker. Goodnight, Charlie. Goodnight, Augustus. Goodnight, Violet. Goodnight, Veruca. Goodnigh, Mike TV" (those are our fish). Scott, Biddy, and Tucker are all snoring by the time I'm done. Then I spend the next 1/2 hour trying to fall asleep while their syncranized snoring keeps me up... Wow - now I'm tired! |
I'm exhausted from reading about your nightly routine ;) BTW your avatar is Fantastic!!! |
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Thank you! Passionfruition did it for me. Didn't she do a great job?! |
In the morning, Coco patiently waits for me to wake up. She then likes to lay all the way around my neck, all stretched out so I can rub her belly. We get up and go potty, brush teeth, I shower, she plays. At night she gets really tired, so we cuddle in bed for 15-20 minutes and watch tv, but then she suddenly gets this big burst of energy out of nowhere. That's when mom pulls the plug and Coco goes in her own bed and momma can sprawl out on hers...hehe...except when Coco and momma both fall asleep on the bed. |
Yup...here's mine. Syd eats dinner at 8:00 pm. That is followed by a HUGE burst of energy that entails at least an hour of fetch-playing and then maybe some laps around the coffee table to wear off. After that I comb and brush her and brush her teeth. Then she goes potty. By that time it is usually around 10:00. We settle down to watch TV or a movie and she plays by herself on the floor until she gets too exhausted. She then climbs up on the couch and falls asleep in my fiance's crossed arms (this has always been her favorite place and God forbid she ever gets too big to fit there). We usually let her sleep for about 15 min or so and then we make her bed...aka put her pillow under her usual bedding in her crate. I pick her up out of my fiance's arms and ask her if she is ready for bed (she usually gives a half-hearted wimper accompied with a yawn as an answer). She then kisses us both goodnight. As I carry her into her room she lays her head across my sholder half around my neck (this is my good-night hug). And once I put her to bed she falls instantly asleep. :) |
This is interesting... Ok at Baileys house,, between 10:30-11 pm we go for a walk around a couple blocks,, to get our final pee and poop,,, handled.. so we come in and I turn off the lights and tv, and he runs in the bedroom, jumps on the bed and fights with the pillows for about 2-4 min's.. Then he is on pursuit to find out if the cat is IN or OUT,,, ( thats very important to him) So by about 11:30, I turn the lights out, and he is usually already asleep beside me with his head on the pillow. In the am -alarm goes off at 7, I get up... ( he doesnt) I get all ready, so about 20 till 8 I get him up,,( cause he would stay in bed if he could) I take him out and he does his business, then off to work we go! ( If only he got a paycheck,,,,Note to self: work on that!) :D |
Yep! They are creatures of habit. That's for sure! :D We worked out in the yard late last night, because it's been so hot during the day. Kacee got mad at me, because she wanted to go to bed -- in our bed! I was sitting at the table having a snack before my bath and she got up from where she was napping under the table and gave me a dirty look and went to get in her daytime bed and went to sleep! :p |
Lucy is easy to get to sleep, you just scratch her head till she lies down, then rub her belly till she goes to sleep. When it is time to wake up LST (Lucy Standard Time) usually around 5 am, you get a face full of kisses, then another face and belly rub usually buys you another hour before she wants to get up and play! |
Is anyone's pup wayy tooo energetic before bed. I literally have to hold Coco down and even then she is constantly kissing and licking something. Notice I didn't say chewiing???!!! YES SHE HAS BROKEN THAT HABIT!!!...Anyway, I can't get her to calm down while it's cuddle time so I just end up putting her in her bed after 15 minutes of struggling to cuddle..haha..anyone else have this problem?? I totally tire her out too. |
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hahahahhaha LST! that's hilarious, I have HST-Hallie Standard Time at my house ;) Simon would sleep till noon if Hallie would let him! |
Poor Simon! (I know how you feel!) I dont know about you, but LST runs on 4 time periods, time to play, time to eat time for kisses and time to sleep. Our day seems to be evenly split between these four activities, and although the time changes from day to day, LST is ALWAYS right! |
Chewy and I do the same thing pretty much every night. At around 10 ish I brush him out and then he snuggles on my lap to watch tv and get his belly rub. Then at 11 or so he goes potty and then into his bed. He goes right to sleep. |
Our girls are defintely creatures of habits.... They have a snack/meal around 8pm, which is followed by a small walk and some nightly play time...then they crash, hard, usually somewhere in the living room...when we finally hit the sack around 10pm they are already alseep and we tell them to go to bed and they will get up and head back to the bedrooms...Magic sleeps with my mom and Sailor with me...they know where their beds on and will immediately go lay down on them...rarely do we have to tell them... They both usually wake up sometime around 5:30 for potty and breakfast and then on weekends it is back to sleep for a while!!! |
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