posted 02-13-2004 05:39 AM         

Alright, i said in my last post that i had another question.

Does anyone know how long it takes for a pup to sleep through the night?

Milo kind of has a night life. Since me and my boyfriend are at work all day, milo stays home in the appartment alone. I figured out that he sleeps all day. Which is fine i guess, but ofcourse if you sleep all day you are up all night. I don't think there is anything really i can do about this. The only thing is that my boyfriend is getting pretty upset about the matter. Milo makes alot of noise at night and to make matters worse, he will get his food dishes, empty them out (water and food) and start banging his dishes on the floor. I will give him a firm NO, and take the dishes away.

Does anyone have any thoughts on what i could do?

The situation won't stay like this. At the end of june, we are moving out of our apartment into a basement apartment. There are alot of kids in this new house, with another dog (16 year old uptight pikanees (spelled it wrong)). So once we move he will be up throught the day and sleep at night, therefore our problem will be solved. But does anyone have any ideas on how i can get that thing called sleep again?

posted 02-15-2004 11:52 AM         

Here are some of my ideas:

~Doggy day care (make sure you FULLY investigate the place to be sure your puppy will not be put in a cage)!

~Can someone come to your home during the day to feed, play with, walk, etc. your dog. Or is there someone willing to let you drop your pup off at their home?

The services I mentioned above are becoming QUITE popular, and are usually very well priced! Plus, since you will not be in your current situation for much longer, you would only need the services for the time being.

~When you get home, try to get rid of some of that bottled up energy in your pup through lots of play, walking, etc.

Hope things get better for you,
Kristi

posted 02-16-2004 05:11 AM         

Milo is a good pup, by the way he is going to the groomers now, which reminds me i gotta call the vet. Anyways, Milo is a good pup. I can't really blame him for staying up all night.

When we first got him, we were quite surprised that the first couple of nights he was pretty good. He didn't cry or whine or anything, he was probably scared. But the third night he let it loose. He started whining because he wanted to play with us and he didn't want to be alone in his room. He kept us up pretty much the whole night. My boyfriend kept going in there and telling him to be quiet and to go to sleep. Well that worked the first few nights untill sleep deprivation got the best of us. We let him sleep in the bed which was great the first week or so. Milo would sleep pretty much the whole night. And if he wanted to get down he would lick my face and go to the edge of the bed. I would let him down and when he was done "investigating" i would put him back on the bed. Now, he dosn't care for the bed. I pretty much now put him on the bed if he is making to much noise. He likes to tear the newspaper appart.

Anyways, basically what i think i am going to have to do is either deal with it, June isn't that much further away, or get him into a doggy day care. Doggy day care is probably better because then he will be good with other dogs. He will be around them at a young age, and i won't have to worry about when he is older.

Once again everyone, thanks for all of your responses.

Christina,

posted 02-16-2004 10:00 AM         

Glad our thoughts were helpful!

About doggy day care, in my post above I put "puppy day" care (I just changed it though), and I didn't want you to get the idea that it is only for puppies. It is for dogs of any age. Just wanted to make myself clear about that.

Doggy day care is a GREAT idea!!! Like I mentioned above, just be sure that the day care you send your pup to is reputable. Check it out THOROUGHLY!

I am sure he will LOVE it! A friend of mine brings her lab to doggy day care and she said he LOVES it!!! She mentioned that when she comes to pick him up, it is a challenge getting him out of there (he is too busy playing with the other dogs and doesn't want to stop)!

Hope it all turns out well,
Kristi