7am? I'll swap, mine get me up at 5:00-5:30 am, which is when I'm used to getting up for work during the week. Mine don't know the difference between a week day, and the weekend, so if they get me up and I don't have to go anywhere, I let them out to the loo and then go and snooze with them on the sofa. We don't all fit on, but it's definitely a cosy start to the weekend mornings

To be honest, I'm not sure there's much you can do, 9 hours is a good whack for a pup to sleep, could you not catch up and have a siesta or something during the day time?

 

Hudson used to sleep quite late when the mornings were darker but when the sun is up so is he. Last few mornings he has woken up at 4:30 am!

I do what sleeping lion suggested. I get up let him out for a wee play with him for abit and then go to sleep on the sofa and he will happily nap for hours by the front door as long as I am on the sofa.

 

As with SL I'm not really sure what you can do about it as 7am is quite late anyway - any chance you can go to bed earlier to get those extra hours if it affects your health - I have to get up at 5am these days and have to just go to bed earlier and earlier

 

Hmm, I'm not sure - ten and half hours from 10pm to 8.30am is an awfully long time in a crate, and I think she's done exceptionally well to manage so far - I would imagine, as she is getting older and requiring less sleep, that she is simply getting bored and wanting to get out earlier.

Is the kitchen safe and secure enough for her to be left unattended in? If so, letting her out in there first thing so she has more room to play whilst you go back to sleep might work? Or having a Kong in the freezer overnight to give her first thing in the morning? Or playing a good game of ball in the garden for ten minutes to wear her out and hopefully tempt her into some more rest? But otherwise, I'm not really sure what to suggest - sleep is a privilege that is often sacrificed with a young puppy and I can quite understand why Maggie is wanting to get up and about after a long night in a crate and 7am is a very reasonable time, but I do also understand that having health issues complicates matters - hope you manage to find a solution that keeps you both happy.

 

could you not let her out at 7am then let her snuggle up with you for another couple of hours? or let her out and then giver her a puppy kong in her crate for breakfast whilst you go back to bed? or you could let her out for the loo then have a little play to tire her out then go back to bed

 

The idea of a Kong at 0700 to occupy her is a good one - easy to grab it from the freezer then go back to bed if you need to.

Not sure I've been up past 0600 more than a few times since getting Kilo. Usual is 0500 - 0530 so I have no useful gems of knowledge I'm afraid.

 

I think you may struggle to get pup to sleep any longer. Mac is put in his crate around midnight by my hubby and used to be up barking at 5am. We started ignoring the barking a couple of weeks ago and after a few nights he was quiet until we got up. However,we are all up by 6.30am here anyway for work/school, even at weekends we don't do lie ins (young kids dictate this lol).

 

I agree with the others. Even my adult dogs would not tolerate that much down time sleeping so I would say she has done very well so far.

One of my dogs was a terrible sleeper and it took her months to be able to go from 12am to 6am without barking. It's difficult because pups are not designed to sleep for massive long stretches; they sleep for a couple of hours then get up, sleep, get up etc.

Have you tried letting her out for a wee and playing with her, then having her up in the bedroom with you? I would not let a pup out for a wee and then expect it to go straight back to sleep in the crate. I think to get the extra hours of sleep, you will have to entertain her for a while to drain some energy and then go back to bed.... preferably with her with you.

 

Another one who can't offer any advice...Lexi is a lazy dog and has always been happy to go back to bed so we would get 9 am lay in's...........then Nala happened!! Nala will go until about 7.30 on a weekend by we do go to bed between 11pm and midnight.....but she won't go past then.

I'd do as already suggested, either a frozen Kong or a quick walk or play in the garden or a snuggle with mum.

 

I would set your alarm for half an hour before she is getting up, wake her up, put her out to the loo, back in her crate and back to bed That way she isn't learning to cry and you come down stairs, and isn't having to hold it. I don't even turn the lights on when I come downstairs to let mine out, really quick straight in an out

 

I would give it a go taking her for a wee then back to bed to snuggle with you, zelda used to be crated but was getting so distressed at night that she now sleeps on our bed.. last night we went to bed at 10.30pm, got up for a pee break at 4am and back to bed til 10am so im pretty lucky mine will settle for a long time providing they are with us, i have no doubt otherwise it would be much earlier as hubby gets up for work at 5am in a weekday and i get up at 8.30am.

 

Flip me you lot are early risers! I rarely see before 10am! My solution has always been to have him in bed with me. Henri would sleep the day away the lazybones.

Sorry I can't advise OP but I do sympathise. I am a crap sleeper and if my nights sleep is ruined, it's a write off. I can never sleep in the day either. Unless drugged but not sure that's advisable!

 

I really wish I could help
Willow had me up at 5.30 every morning for the first year and a half of her life.

Even now she will try it on and I have to shout at her to go back to sleep, especially if she is hot. Gawd she will have you up and letting her in the garden and then have the cheek to just lay down at the top of the garden, while you try and get some more sleep on the settee.


When Willow was a baby and she wanted a 2am wee I used to take her for the wee and then she wanted to play but I used to spray her bed with DAP spray and it worked very well for her to settle back down at that time. But like I say she would be back up again at 5.30.


Best of luck


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