How To Get A Puppy To Sleep

The main reasons a puppy or dog will wake you up in the middle of the night.

How to get a puppy to sleep. Crate training is essential. Create a soothing sleep environment. If you keep them awake during the day theyre more likely to sleep at night Kathy Diamond Davis author and dog handler in Oklahoma City Oklahoma.

Part 2 Training Your Dog to Stay In Her Bed 1. Start by putting your puppy in the crate for a bit before its time to go to sleep. How you could be contributing to being woken by your dog.

Adjust feeding time stick with that time for a few days and then move his dinner back another 15 and so on until hes eating an hour later each morning. Try having your puppy sleep in a crate with good ventilation and light bedding or if they are house broken allow them to sleep on the floor. You can also try playing the radio softly or use a white noise machine to help the puppy sleep.

Ensure a calm and cozy environment for your puppy to sleep in. Your puppys bed and sleeping space should be appealing to them and have positive associations in the mind of your dog. Plan his day so that active time is followed by quiet time for sleep.

If youve bought a large one because your pup is a large breed but is currently still tiny you can either buy a crate divider - or simply fill the extra space with cardboard boxes to make a smaller sleeping area. Keep your bedroom lights off at night and turn down the volume as low as you can if you like to watch television in bed. Gradually over the course of 2 hours give in to this method.

Once your puppy is comfortable with the crate place its bed in there and have it sleep in there at night. Place the crate near your bed in an area close to you. If your pup has turned into an alarm clock dog reset his timing by training him to sleep later.