Hello pup lovers! I have a gorgeous golden retriever puppy who is nailing many things in his 13 week old life but sleeping in is not one of them and I’d love some advice.
Routine is:
Evening playtime and then wind down. Bed anywhere between 9.30-10:30pm
Sleeps like a dream in the crate
We get him up around 3-3.30am for a pee as we thought this would help with the sleep-ins
Has his pee and straight back in the crate and back to sleep he goes.
5.12am – a little whining and very eager to get out of the crate.
Things to know: – room is blacked out so he doesn’t see light coming in – during the week, when he gets out of the crate, he gets cuddles with mum (maybe this is the problem?) – it feels impossible to get him back in the crate at 5am because it’s daylight already where we are and he sees that going outside – doesn’t get breakfast till 6/6.30am
Do we just embrace this? I am almost in my third trimester in pregnancy (brave I know) so a little more rest in the mornings would be nice but I also know we’re dealing with a puppy here.
Would love any tips or advice! Thanks so much
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