Hi Everyone,
My 20 week old GSD puppy has a pretty set sleep schedule from 10pm-6am. I really need to change this, but don't know how to go about it.
I live with my mom, and we have very different schedules. She's up at 5:30 every morning, and Leo is used to this and it has become his wakeup time. I don't start work until later in the day, so I am usually up around 9.
How can I get Leo to sleep in later so that he can also wake up at 9 like I do? My mom says that she lets him out because she is afraid of him having a potty accident in the morning (we have been doing well with housebreaking and don't want to go backwards) but then she is stuck up with him from 6-8.
I didn't crate-train Leo. Instead he is "ex-pen trained" if that is a thing. He sleeps in his ex-pen at night.
Any advice would be much appreciated!
My 20 week old GSD puppy has a pretty set sleep schedule from 10pm-6am. I really need to change this, but don't know how to go about it.
I live with my mom, and we have very different schedules. She's up at 5:30 every morning, and Leo is used to this and it has become his wakeup time. I don't start work until later in the day, so I am usually up around 9.
How can I get Leo to sleep in later so that he can also wake up at 9 like I do? My mom says that she lets him out because she is afraid of him having a potty accident in the morning (we have been doing well with housebreaking and don't want to go backwards) but then she is stuck up with him from 6-8.
I didn't crate-train Leo. Instead he is "ex-pen trained" if that is a thing. He sleeps in his ex-pen at night.
Any advice would be much appreciated!