Normal Sleeping Habits?

[frankfurts]

How long should a 8 week old pup be sleeping? mine sleeps for the majority of the day (16 hours plus) and wont play. It usually has 2 stints a day for about 30 minutes where he will run around and play with his toys (unfortunately at 6 AM and 10:30 PM lol)

[W Sibs]

That's normal, puppy are like babies, they need to have a lot of sleep.

[nicolatu]

I think it depends on the breed though. My puppy sleep at around 11pm to 7am in the morning and some short naps of about 1 hour between each play. He is a border collie and 14 weeks. He spends the rest of time playing his toys and playing with us. My boy once play for 5 hours before he gets tired and sleep.

[W Sibs]

At 8 weeks they sleep a lot... as they grow older they will stay up more.

Emmy is a Japanese Spitz and she is one of the busiest pup ever. But, the first week I got her... she spend a lot of time sleeping. She and Charlie sleeps all day and are up and about playing for hours at night... (with quick naps in between).

[nicolatu]

Yeah I agree with you Charles. I think I got a weird dog but I love him. Haha. That's why every 3 hours, I put him into his crate to make him sleep for at least 1 hour before I let him out. He is tired(half eyes closed) and he won't sleep so I have to make him sleep.

[W Sibs]

Yeah I agree with you Charles. I think I got a weird dog but I love him. Haha. That's why every 3 hours, I put him into his crate to make him sleep for at least 1 hour before I let him out. He is tired(half eyes closed) and he won't sleep so I have to make him sleep.

Haha... they are likes toddlers, huh?

[frankfurts]

ok i was just wondering because alot of people that i invited over to meet him were like.........uhhhh i think you need to change the batteries but sure enough when i'm ready for bed he is ready to play.

[nicolatu]

Just like Charles say - they are babies so sleeping is normal. Maybe put your puppy to sleep before your friends come to your house. That's what I do. An hour before my friends come, I put him to sleep and when friends come, I let him out to play. My boy is crate trained and he knows that going into crate means to sleep.

Let him sleep if he wants to. Maybe you got a laid back pup. What breed is your pup anyway?

[frankfurts]

he's a tibetan spaniel. I'm trying to crate train him but he doesn't like to be locked in and he doesn't like it if i leave him. At the moment i got him in a playpen with his crate, water, toilet and toys and he seems pretty happy to sleep in there lol

[Bundyburger]

My 7mth old will still happily spend his day sleeping

[nicolatu]

My boy hates the crate when he came to me because he never encountered A crate before. I put his meals and treats that he likes into the crate. Start at the entrance of the crate lowness over time, slowly put the treats all the way into the crate. They will then like the crate. Stay with him at first and reward whenever he is calm and quiet. After awhile, he will happily sleep in there. =D

Now, my boy is trained to go into his crate using the command "in". I point him to the place I want him to go to and say "in". He will sit in there and wait for his treats happily (not 100% of the time, maybe 80% or so). I think crate training him will come in handy when you travel long distances or in the car.