What time does your dog/cat wake up?
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One of our Bengals likes his breakfast served by 5:30 am at the latest, and will start pushing glasses and other items off any surface if we are being a bit slow. As he's now 11 we're fairly well trained and usually get him fed before either the yowling or the glass smashing begins..
The dog on the other hand will not move from her bed until she hears her food going into her bowl.
The dog on the other hand will not move from her bed until she hears her food going into her bowl.
bakerstreet said:
For a while Herbie (Greyhound) would happily sleep till 7am which was fine, but now he tends to wine from about 6.30 and sometimes earlier, which is tough going 
The only solution I've found on the net is let them wine till the time you want to come down and keep doing that. Its harder than it sounds
I think the problem is definitely the wine in this case. Try keeping them off it until later in the day. 6:30am is too early - not even I start drinking at that time of the day even when on holiday...The only solution I've found on the net is let them wine till the time you want to come down and keep doing that. Its harder than it sounds
Well the spaniel must have decided to have a bit of a sleep in this moring. I mananged to sleep till 5:50 AM before she howled, barked, rattled the door with her paws. I am grateful for the 20 mins extra sleep 
The lab on the other hand just looked at me from he comfort of the arm chair he has commandeered. He had that "I ain't moving mate" look on his face. The spaniel made sure he got with the program.
Both the lab and I hate that bloody spaniel!
The lab on the other hand just looked at me from he comfort of the arm chair he has commandeered. He had that "I ain't moving mate" look on his face. The spaniel made sure he got with the program.
Both the lab and I hate that bloody spaniel!
Sexual Chocolate said:
Well the spaniel must have decided to have a bit of a sleep in this moring. I mananged to sleep till 5:50 AM before she howled, barked, rattled the door with her paws. I am grateful for the 20 mins extra sleep
The lab on the other hand just looked at me from he comfort of the arm chair he has commandeered. He had that "I ain't moving mate" look on his face. The spaniel made sure he got with the program.
Both the lab and I hate that bloody spaniel!
We need a photo of the offending article! The lab on the other hand just looked at me from he comfort of the arm chair he has commandeered. He had that "I ain't moving mate" look on his face. The spaniel made sure he got with the program.
Both the lab and I hate that bloody spaniel!
Fact one... We train dogs by giving them something they like (food, praise, walks, etc) when they do something we want.
Fact two... Dogs don't understand why you want them to do something.
Fact three... Sometimes we get it wrong by (inadvertently) rewarding the dog when it does something we don't want.
Fact four... You take your dog for a walk, feed it and play with it when it gets up early....
Fortunately one thing I must have got right (and there's LOTS I didn't) was when to wake/get up. My Weim' gets up when he hears me unlock the back door whether thats 5am or lunchtime.
Fact two... Dogs don't understand why you want them to do something.
Fact three... Sometimes we get it wrong by (inadvertently) rewarding the dog when it does something we don't want.
Fact four... You take your dog for a walk, feed it and play with it when it gets up early....
Fortunately one thing I must have got right (and there's LOTS I didn't) was when to wake/get up. My Weim' gets up when he hears me unlock the back door whether thats 5am or lunchtime.
Our cat comes to bed with us in the evening and sleeps at the end of the bed (winter) or on the floor next to it (summer)
When we get up he stretches, turns over and carries on sleeping. When we leave for work he is still asleep, or sometimes he transfers to the living room (winter) to lie on top of the radiator if it's on.
It's weird as he's not active at night at all, and seems to enjoy his lazy mornings (lucky sod!)
Mind you, when he goes in the garden he often lies on his back right in the middle of the lawn, legs splayed, fast asleep...
When we get up he stretches, turns over and carries on sleeping. When we leave for work he is still asleep, or sometimes he transfers to the living room (winter) to lie on top of the radiator if it's on.
It's weird as he's not active at night at all, and seems to enjoy his lazy mornings (lucky sod!)
Mind you, when he goes in the garden he often lies on his back right in the middle of the lawn, legs splayed, fast asleep...
I'm usually up at 5:30am. My pooch Mable will get up when my alarm gos off, trot around the bed from her bed, shake and then ask to be let onto the bed. I let her on, she digs under the duvet and cuddles up between me and the Mrs. I then get up when my second alarm snooze goes off and go to work. She will then get up whenever the Mrs has got up, and got ready. When I don't set an alarm, Mable just knows it's 5:30 and does exactly the same thing!
If the Mrs isn't there, I can get up at say 9am, get dressed, go down make breakfast, eat, watch fraiser, come upstairs and she'll still be in my bed! She'll see me, stretch then ask for a cuddle. Lazy f
ker!
If the Mrs isn't there, I can get up at say 9am, get dressed, go down make breakfast, eat, watch fraiser, come upstairs and she'll still be in my bed! She'll see me, stretch then ask for a cuddle. Lazy f
ker!Mine (Airedale), looks at me at if to say "will you please be quiet" when I go downstairs in the morning, then he goes back to sleep.
However, when I put my bread in the toaster he's up like a spring (even with his hip dysplasia), has a bit of toast, then goes back to sleep again until it's time for his walk.
However, when I put my bread in the toaster he's up like a spring (even with his hip dysplasia), has a bit of toast, then goes back to sleep again until it's time for his walk.
58warren said:
I think the problem is definitely the wine in this case. Try keeping them off it until later in the day. 6:30am is too early - not even I start drinking at that time of the day even when on holiday...
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by 'keeping them off'. I get up at 6.50 to take him for his morning walk at 7am, so the 6.30 is annoying as its not enough time to go down and shut him up. Its not worth me waling downstairs, back up again and then into bed for a grand total of 10 minutes.
I can deal with the wining on a weekday, but weekends is a bit much. We tried letting him upstairs on Saturday and he wondered round and sniffed things and then settled on his bed outside our room. This maybe our weekend solution as it gives us another hour's sleep. Thankfully he didn't decide to jump on the bed as at 34Kg and nearly 6ft fully stretched out, there isn't really the room for him!
bakerstreet said:
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by 'keeping them off'.
I get up at 6.50 to take him for his morning walk at 7am, so the 6.30 is annoying as its not enough time to go down and shut him up. Its not worth me waling downstairs, back up again and then into bed for a grand total of 10 minutes.
I can deal with the wining on a weekday, but weekends is a bit much. We tried letting him upstairs on Saturday and he wondered round and sniffed things and then settled on his bed outside our room. This maybe our weekend solution as it gives us another hour's sleep. Thankfully he didn't decide to jump on the bed as at 34Kg and nearly 6ft fully stretched out, there isn't really the room for him!
He's taking the pee.I get up at 6.50 to take him for his morning walk at 7am, so the 6.30 is annoying as its not enough time to go down and shut him up. Its not worth me waling downstairs, back up again and then into bed for a grand total of 10 minutes.
I can deal with the wining on a weekday, but weekends is a bit much. We tried letting him upstairs on Saturday and he wondered round and sniffed things and then settled on his bed outside our room. This maybe our weekend solution as it gives us another hour's sleep. Thankfully he didn't decide to jump on the bed as at 34Kg and nearly 6ft fully stretched out, there isn't really the room for him!
Wine... an alcoholic drink
Whine... a noise, often made by an animal
Get the joke now?
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