What time do young puppies go to bed?
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| I remember the 10:00pm sheepie 500 |
| Too funny. Cambridge does sprints in circles around our furniture at 9pm. I thought it was because that's usually when we put my son to bed. Guess maybe its a puppy thing?! |
| It's 8:42pm here and we just had a session of active playing, racing around, doing tugs, and playing around..... Today was the 1st day we were both at work. I left at 6:30am and had all dogs up, fed, pottied and in their "spots" when I left. Todd got home about 11:00 and fed Bond, pottied everyone and was up for about 2 hours with them, then went to bed (he goes to work at 2am). I think he got up about 5pm or so. I got home at 7:30pm, and re-fed all the dogs again. Todd laid down to sleep at about 8pm. So I was on "entertainment detail" this evening....Now he's laying on a pile of toys he collected...chilling....  I will stay up until about 10:30 - 11....AND ALL WILL GO TO BED....RIGHT??!  |
| The going to bed part is easy, it is the staying asleep part that I pray for! |
Mady wrote: The going to bed part is easy, it is the staying asleep part that I pray for! I agree. Frankly, I was AMAZED Todd got up this morning at 2am and I never heard a thing!!!  Amazed, but really happy!  |
| I remember 7:30pm was what we called "the puppy crazies time". We used to just sit tight on the couch & hope none of them ran over us on their way around the room (banking off the cornersection of the sectional)! 10PM was bed time. Still is. I remember getting Melody after our 11-1/2 year old Duchess passed away & Jim saying he never looked so forward to 10PM in his life! We had forgotten how much energy a puppy had!. |
| Not sure how old your puppy is but if you put them to bed too early, then they might not be able to "hold it" until morning. I used to let our puppies out for "last call" at 10 pm so they could last until 6am once they were about 6 months old. One thing that can combat the "zoomies" is separating dogs and giving each one of them some "one-on-one" time separately between 8pm and bedtime. At times I've taken them for a 5 minute leash walk around the neighborhood then and I've also spent 5 minutes or so working on learning obedience commands like sit and down before bedtime. It seems "spending" some mental energy is just as effective as tiring them out physically. IF they want to romp and play, though, I encourage it as long as it doesn't get too rowdy. Exercise is pretty much always a good thing in my mind. Just my 2 cents worth. Linda Zimmerman |
| I work evenings, so George goes to bed between 12-1am. I'm just now deciding on a specific time now that he settles down quicker. So maybe I'll say 12.30am. Then he gets up at 8am with my mum, has his breakfast and then chills around for a bit until I get up usually at 10.30am. (in fact he started whining at exactly 10.29 this morning. these guy's clocks are amazing!) He went to bed just after 1 last night because we were running around for a bit because he'd been crated for six hours  And only let out at 11pm. I thought we'd be in for a rough night because of that but he went down just fine then slept for SIX hours before waking up  just a shame he always wakes up at 7 for a pee, hopefully soon he'll learn to hold it until 8.I definitely went off on a tangent there  |
| Well, last night Bond did great. However, almost 14 year old Basset Harley decided HE knew it was morning at 1:45 when Todd went to work.  Bark, bark, bark....he barks this low, rhythmical bark and will keep it up forever! One of the less charming habits he had when he came into rescue... He's almost deaf, so I had to get up and get in his face and tell him to be quiet...so then Bond was awake and HE started barking. Luckily he settled pretty quickly and all of us slept until my alarm went off at 5:30am. At our house it's not just new puppy, it's all the dogs learning a new schedule with Todd's job.  I hope all the rest of you puppy parents got some sleep! |
| These new puppies stories are great. Gives the rest of us something to smile about. Our old dogs just sleep, itch, and fart now. |
Joahaeyo wrote: These new puppies stories are great. Gives the rest of us something to smile about. Our old dogs just sleep, itch, and fart now.  my boy is currently covered in mud and looking for people to jump all over, if there are any volunteers |
We could practically set our watches by Benson's 7:30 FRAP.* It was laps around the central set of doors (makes a nice racetrack for her), and sometimes figure 8s into the living room. Unless she saw the video camera in my hands - then she'd stop dead and just stare at me.  We have a lot less running around now, but that is still a very "awake" time for her.As for bedtime, we just brought her to bed when we bedded down for the night. Her potty breaks were (and still are) very predictable, but our schedule varies, so she's learned to be very flexible. *Frenetic Random Activity Period |
| I'll just add that Harley is almost three and STILL has the crazies before bedtime each night. So, there's that.  |
| Those zoomies must have tired her out, because we actually got a 3 hour stretch of sleep last night before the first potty break. Have I mentioned how much I wish we had a bungalow? Or that we got a puppy when it wasn't a bazillion degrees below zero? I keep reminding myself that winter puppies are great because by spring time they are big enough and have had all their shots and can go more places. I will keep reminding myself of that. One thing that I find interesting, having Virginia the mother here too, is that when I think that Gracie's cries indicate that surely she must be in acute pain judging by the yelping in her crate, Virginia doesn't even bat an eye. But if they are playing and Gracie lets out a yelp, Virginia (and Mady too for that matter) stops dead to make sure Gracie is ok. Dogs' ears must have much finer tuning than human ears, because I can't differentiate between the yelps. Having 3 dogs is SOOOOOOO much better than having one, even if the one is Mady, the most perfect dog in the world. I am learning so much and giggling so much and discovering that it really is ok that it is 11 a.m. and I haven't gotten around to showering yet... |
| Kenny used to do sprints a lot too hahaha. He kinda stopped that recently...i feel like he's matured so much in the last month and is almost like an adult now. Kinda sad But anytime he started getting bad...chewing alot, getting into stuff he shouldn't, we at least put him in the crate for a nap. Usually didn't go to bed until 10:30-11 and that's pretty much same now. |
| I remember this topic coming up before and there is such a thing called F.R.A.P.S...forget exactly what it stands for but in normal human terms, its a very common occurrence in you g puppies to run frantically around the room, jumping excitedly, playing, etc at a certain time in the evening each night - usually followed by a need to go pee and exhaustion! |
| Once or twice a day, most puppies kick up their heels and go a little gleefully wild. One label for this extra energy burst is a FRAP, Frenetic Random Activity Period. This is especially true of older puppies who will soon be leaving puppyhood behind. With puppies, FRAPs most often happen in the early morning and early evening. Racing around the house, rolling on the rugs and careening off of furniture are all normal parts of the canine FRAP. When you can, sit back and enjoy the show. FRAPs will be gone soon enough and when this happens you'll know that the end of puppyhood is nearing. You may be able to see a FRAP coming. You may see a glint in your puppy's eye or maybe he'll play bow with his chest on the floor and his tail in the air. Maybe he'll bark or bounce but then...he's off! Spinning in circles, racing up and down the hall, around or over the furniture, barking at you, pouncing at toys before he suddenly changes his mind and races off again. He's a veritable whirlwind of life and few things in life are as full of pure happiness as a good puppy FRAP. How to deal with FRAP Sometimes a good FRAP is just plain fun, but other times you need to tone them down a bit for the sake of your house or puppy's safety. A simple solution is letting your puppy run around inside a fenced yard. Opening the door is usually all that is required to get him outside but you can attract his attention with a favorite toy and toss it outside if he needs to be coaxed. If you don't have a fenced backyard, close off the rooms inside your home you want your puppy to stay out of and let him rip. It's a good idea to keep large breed pups off of slippery surfaces as sliding around can hurt your puppy. Be especially aware of anything that could topple if bumped hard. The good news is that FRAPs rarely last more than a few minutes. If the timing is just plain wrong for you, there is nothing wrong with taking a good chew toy and quietly crating your puppy for a few minutes. Or, if he'll focus, you can get out some treats and harness this energy into some obedience practice. What you want to avoid is supporting this behavior. Chasing him around or laughing at his antics (pups understand laughter well) encourages more of this behavior. Trying to calm him down with stroking usually leads to squirming and mouthing because of his high excitement level, so skip that as well. Remember, most puppies experience FRAPs at some point or other. Try to sit back and enjoy your puppy's show during this time—it won't last forever and when FRAPs end it's likely puppyhood is ending too. |
| Lol...that is so true...you can definitely feel or see when it's coming. We would just look at Kenny and BOOM, he's off. He would in a big circle and when he got near us he'd bark and fly into our legs sideways...don't know how he managed to spin in the air but he would. It was hilarious most of the time and when we wanted him to stop i just yelled "SIT KENNY" and he'd stop. Anyway, enjoy it because I kinda miss it now |
| During tonights zoomies, David decided that it would be fun to get down on the floor and have the zoomies too. After a few minutes of complete chaos, I had to be the fun police and make them all calm down. Silly puppies. |
| Millie gets a little crazy and wild around 7.30 - 7.45 and this usually last an hour and fifteen minutes after that she comes over to us for some cuddles and then she happily goes to bed. i have to wake her most mornings at 5.30 so i can go to work. She is dream puppy we are soo lucky! |
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