- Location
- Cornwall , UK
Reuben used to happily sleep until 7 or even 7.30 a.m. but now the lighter mornings are here, he thinks its time to be up, am now seriously considering some black out curtains ! do the lighter mornings get yours up earlier ?
Light mornings
- Thread starter kateincornwall
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Boogie
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- Location
- Manchester UK
Spencer has always barked as soon as he’s awake so we’ve had lots of early mornings - but the light doesn’t seem to wake him, just the fact that he’s had enough sleep. I asked my supervisor about it, because I want to sleep to 7am, not 6am. She said ignore his barks, he’ll soon learn that they are ineffective.
It worked! I can get up, shower and come down at 7:30am and he doesn’t bark. I think being given permission to ignore his barks is what helped me do it!
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
I'm loving the darker mornings because Nathan (and therefore the rest of us) are sleeping in!
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
Not now they're adults. They like their snoozing and bed cuddles. Maybe it did when they were pups, but along with lots of the other stuff, I appear to have blocked that part out
- Location
- Essex, U.K.
No, in a word.
I can dress, wash, put on coat, boots, get keys etc. then when she hears me get the lead out of the cupboard she comes down.
She stretches and slowly trots downstairs and waits by the front door.
Talk about leaving it last minute! (she's a bit like her owner - just get up and go!)
- Location
- Herefordshire, UK
Cassie did when she was very small, it was June when she landed in my kitchen , so light very early. But I don't remember her waking early the following summer at 12 months plus, and she certainly doesn't now she's almost 3.
, so light very early. But I don't remember her waking early the following summer at 12 months plus, and she certainly doesn't now she's almost 3.
No, I don't think so. Quinn's morning routine is quite set - she sleeps until around 7:15, as we leave for our walk at 7:30 on week days. Some mornings I even have to call her down because she's still sleeping! On weekends, she sleeps in as long as we do and has done so since a young puppy (thank you to the puppy gods). No matter the season or sunny weather! She also puts herself to bed at night at 9pm sharp too...doesn't matter what we are doing!
That’s what Stanley would do. He would get up at like 5am, being an absolute shit bag for about an hour and a half then just collapse in tiredness for 3 hours and I’d have to go to work.
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- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Maxx used to get us up at 5.00am and it has slowly increased to about 6.30-6:45am. He is like Stanley: gets us up and causes chaos for a short while then goes back to sleep until it's time for his walk. I get up at 5.30 on work (in the city) days and he is very unwilling to get up! OH has to coax him upstairs while I get ready so I don't have to keep watch on him stealing my shoes etc
- Location
- The Hague, The Netherlands
Hunter still wakes early at 5 am. I can feel his eyes burning through my bedroom door wishing me to wake up. He then has a grump and goes back to his bed. I get up around 615 for work and he is there again at the bedroom door sitting and waiting for me. Food and walk please mummy! Just as I leave for work he settles for a snooze.