I could use some help/advice on how to handle my puppy wanting food earlier than we get up on the weekends!
My wife, our puppy, and I wake up at 6:00 am on weekdays for work, and we feed our 16-week old lab at 6:15 am. We feed her lunch at 12:30, and then dinner around 6:00-6:30, just depends on how our evening is going. Fortunately, she has had absolutely no problem with this 30 minute variability in the evening.
Where she does have a problem is our schedule on the weekends. Our alarms are set for 8:00 am Saturday and Sunday, which is over an hour and a half past the general 6:15 am breakfast time. The past couple of weekends in the morning, she’s woken up to whine and cry at 6:30-6:45. I know it’s not a need to go to the bathroom, as she woke up earlier in the night/morning to go outside, which we’re excited to get past.
SO with all of that said, is it okay to just wake up at 6:15 am on Saturday and Sunday to just feed her quickly and then go back to sleep? I know she has no problem with going back to sleep after eating, as she’s conked out on my lap while I write this and watch the news at 7:20ish hahah! I’ve had dogs before and know they can eventually fall into a more relaxed schedule, but would this be a problematic precedent to set early on?
TIA!!
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