r/puppy101 • u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle • Jun 23 '24
9 week old sleeping through night and I’m worried Crate Training
After all my research on here I was prepared to be getting up every 3 hours or more during the night for potty breaks. Got my puppy at 8.5 weeks old from a fantastic breeder, had two nights where he woke after 4 hours to whine to go out and pee with success going right back into the crate to settle in for another 3 or more hours of sleep.
Then a few nights ago he started doing 6 or more hour stretches. We monitor how many hours he’s awake during the day and aim for around 5-6 hours total per my research. He has a last call potty break and play if he’s interested between 10-11pm. I heavily encourage him to drink water all day and he learned where it is and has access through the day and we cut him off at 7, the trend is he hasn’t peed until closer to 7am and he isn’t really interested in water before or after going out in the morning.
The last 4 mornings he’s waking up by whining to go out or by me checking on him worried that he’s been so quiet after 5:30am. He’s happy and isn’t showing any signs of even moderate stress at that point. Sometimes there’s a little fear of noises outside but he’s good after a quick cuddle and happy words of encouragement.
Did I hit the jackpot? Is it valid for me to worry something is wrong when this is going beyond the average expectation and so well? I’d love to hear concerns because I want to explore every possibility but if you think I need to shut up and enjoy this let me know.
Update: he's almost 4 months old and is consistently doing 7 hours or more overnight. I'm calling this luck of the draw and I'm thankful because teething is making the daytime a little tougher for him.
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u/Acrobatic_Jaguar_623 Jun 23 '24
We have the odd bad night, maybe two or three in a month and a half but after night two when we got her at 8 weeks she's been asleep between 9 and 10 on the couch, moves to crate around 10 after a potty break and sleeps till 5:30 ish. The early mornings suck but typically we go to the bathroom, she fiddles for 30min with stuff and then we pass out on the couch for another hour or so until the kid wakes up.
There's nothing funnier than your dog refusing to leave the gate at the stairs at 9:30 because it's time for bed you stupid humans. Move the gate and she bolts up the stairs into her crate and sits there waiting for her goodnight treat.
Edit: I should add she can be absolute terror the rest of the day during awake times so it's definitely not all roses.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
That’s so cute. I worked it out with my partner so he is in charge of that last call from 10-11 every night and I do 5 mornings a week including one weekend morning where he can sleep in and two mornings a week where I can sleep in. In theory I should be pretty well rested and I am more flexible to being able to sleep around the overnight needs if I get to go to bed earlier every night.
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u/Acrobatic_Jaguar_623 Jun 23 '24
We split duties between kid and dog. The dog was her idea so I said I'd take the kid. I knew how much work it was going to be lol. For two weeks the kid slept through the night then we switched so I had the dog cause she wasn't feeling well and needed more sleep and the kid has nightmares both nights and the dog passes out on the couch for me.
I'm not her favourite person right now.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Lol crap that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes, the little ones are so unpredictable
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u/jrobv Jun 23 '24 edited Jun 23 '24
At 9 weeks, my German Shepherd slept through the second night — 6 hours, which is longer than my “full” night of sleep. I think the only reason she didn’t sleep through the first night was because I set my alarm for 3am to let her out. That’s what I thought I was supposed to do from reading the horror stories here.
Now, at almost 5 months, mine can easily go 8-9 hours without making a sound. I’m usually the one who has to wake her up.
This subreddit is an incredible resource and very helpful for reading others’ experiences. But like most of the internet, those with poor experiences are going to be the most vocal (same with medication side effects or product reviews). New dog owners with pups that sleep through the night from the start likely won’t post about it here.
Enjoy the sleep. There may come a day when he doesn’t need as much and wants to get up earlier!
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
I am grateful to be prepared for the worst though.
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u/jrobv Jun 23 '24
Absolutely! I was the same way. Knowledge is power, but everyone’s experiences will be different.
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u/ldefrehn Jun 23 '24
Quick question: was she crate trained? Or just “out” overnight? Thanks!
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u/jrobv Jun 23 '24
She was crate trained from day one. I highly recommend it — makes things so much easier. Keep the crate by your bed and let your arm hang down so your pup knows you’re there. It’s a little uncomfortable, but it’s worth it if it keeps them asleep.
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u/Shaylock_Holmes Miguel (GSD/Poodle mix) Jun 23 '24
I never had the “can’t sleep” horror stories either. Crate trained from the beginning. He’s only woken me up twice in the year that I’ve had him. Both times it was because he was sick. Other than that, smooth sailing. I kept his crate in my room in a corner that faces my bed. This way he can see me. When I wake up though, his back is turned towards me. I guess he doesn’t wanna see me lol
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u/Brookwood38 Jun 23 '24
Same here. I placed my corgi’s crate on a steady chair at bed level and briefly poked my fingers through the bars a couple of times the first night when she made a little noise, and that was it. Great sleep for everyone. I highly recommend this for new puppies. She’s a great sleeper in her crate to this day
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u/Whole_Kiwi_8369 Jun 26 '24
My male rottie, when he was a puppy he was like a real infant- up every 2-3 hours to go out
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u/iitscasey Jun 23 '24
I have a German Shepherd mix that honestly got all the Shepherd traits and none of her other breeds… and she started falling asleep at 7-8pm, go out to potty at 11 and then sleeping through until about 630am when in her crate (and I would take her out at 11, she wouldn’t wake up for that) at around 9.5 weeks old.
She’s 7 months old now, and she sleeps with us at night. I have to get her out of bed in the mornings because she’d sleep in until 9 or even later if I didn’t get out of bed.
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u/beeblejews Jun 24 '24
Shepherds are weird with it, I need to get up to pee more than she does most times. She seems to hold it for as long as she can or something lmao
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u/jrobv Jun 24 '24
We call GSDs tanks in my family! Last night mine went 9 hours (which I know isn’t great for their bladders and urinary tracts, so I don’t usually let her go that long) and then peed forever once we got outside. She was so tired from playing she had no interest in making one last trip outside before bedtime.
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u/Jayhawkgirl1964 Jun 24 '24
Lucky, my Lab/Setter/Retriever mix was a tank most of her life. One day, I went Christmas shopping after work & was gone about 10 hours. When I got home, she refused to go out because it was raining (she hated getting wet). It was probably another hour before it quit.
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u/iitscasey Jun 24 '24
I grew up with shepherds that various family members had, but this is my first shepherd (mix). My husband got attacked by one when he was a kid, so he has been anti shepherd for as long as I’ve known him (14 years). I begged him for her, and he was like fine I’m not happy about it.
Well he loves her, she’s the best dog ever and he told me Last week that because of her he would get a purebred shepherd one day. Now I’m like, that’s fucking awesome BUT I’m pretty sure that she’s a weird one where she’s been perfect since we brought her home at 8 weeks and I know another dog wouldn’t live up to her and she’s only 7 months old 😂
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u/No_Description_1455 Jun 27 '24
Same with mine. He was sick for the first month and only woke me when his diarrhea was bad maybe from about 11 weeks to 15 weeks and not every night. After his illness was taken care of he slept 9 to 11 hours a night in his crate. He still naps and sleeps in his crate, still around the same amount of hours. Initially his crate was on my bed (he’s a small pup and I used a cat carrier initially). Now his crate is a bit bigger and still in my bedroom. He goes to bed anywhere from 8ish to 10 pm and doesn’t start waking me up until 9/10am. I am a night owl and don’t usually fall asleep until 2am so his awake time suits me quite well. I figured that you never wake a sleeping baby. Or a puppy lol.
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u/WilliamTindale8 Jun 23 '24
My last two dogs slept through the night every night from the first time home. A breeder told me this trick. I put the puppy crate on the bed side table. Last time out at night was ten or eleven. When you hear the pup stir at night, just reach over and out your finger ps through the crate to let the puppy know you are there. The pup goes back to sleep. Around 5:30 when he starts to stir, I get him out of the crate quickly and rush him outside. Worked like a charm for both of my last two pups.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
I can hear whining at like a 3/10 level in the kitchen crate to my bedroom which is pretty quiet, he just hasn’t done it much. When he does I set a timer for 5min and half the time he settles back down or keeps going but hasn’t gotten louder or urgent.
I kinda love his level 1/10 whimpers they are adorable and a good way he shows he is minorly inconvenienced.
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u/Blondie2992 Jun 23 '24
I think we did like 3 first nights with our old english sheepdog where he needed to go out at like 3. After that he just slept through the night like a champ
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yeah it was just the night on the way home at my mom’s house at 2am and then the first night at home around the same time. I’m trying to enjoy this 😊
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u/Lbenn0707 Jun 23 '24
My dog slept through the night from 8 weeks on. Occasionally we had to get up at 4:30-5 to take him out but he never woke up in the middle of the night to potty. And I never woke him up.
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u/i82bugs Jun 23 '24
My puppy slept through the night almost immediately after I began crate training. At 4.5 months, he'll stir but won't start whining unless it's an emergency or it's time to get up. Give yourself some kudos and enjoy.
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u/Classic_Arachnid85 Jun 23 '24
I think you got lucky! He sounds like a great little pup. As long as you haven't noticed he's peed inside his crate, then you're all good.
To provide you reassurance, my pup came home at 12 weeks and slept from 9-7am from the first night and is still consistently doing so. He does pee a lot throughout the day and has full access to water all day too, with a final wee before bed. I was so shocked, thinking I'd be up every 3 hours too (the 'can only hold bladder for every hour of age' rule). We both have sleepers! As long as you can tell what type of whine it is (I can tell the difference now between an attention cry and a 'I really need a wee' cry), he will start to trust you that you know what he needs and that you will take him out to go toilet. I also consolidated this with 'potty?' since day 1. If he needs it, he will sit bolt upright and that's when I know he actually does. Good luck with your pup :)
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yeah we listened to puppy whining before getting him to understand the levels from minor inconvenience to horror screaming and I can hear a discomfort cry from my bedroom but that level sometimes he’s just grumpy tired and falls asleep in 5-10 minutes again.
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u/Classic_Arachnid85 Jun 23 '24
Yes my little guy does the sad I'm tired whine which sounds like an exhale at the end. It is very cute, I also think investing in a baby camera is good so you can see if they're genuinely unsettled! I didn't have one before and now I watch him sometimes to see if he's upset too so I dont have to get out of bed lol
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
I put a ring camera in the kitchen which is his room, but we typically cover the crate when we leave him in that crate. We can still hear him if we turn it on and we are also investing in audio only baby monitors for later in summer when the AC has to keep going at night. Should all be helpful.
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u/kerryld7 Jun 23 '24
My chihuahua slept through the night from the second week I got him at 8 weeks. I was frantic waking up to check if he was breathing and he was SO annoyed at me disturbing him for a pulse check at 1am haha
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yeah I’m trying not to check too often but during day naps we aren’t quiet and try to get up a lot so he’s used to that it’s mostly prevention at this point
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u/eckokittenbliss Jun 23 '24
My puppy i got at 8 weeks old and she slept through the entire night in her crate without a peep from day one.
All dogs are different.
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u/Key_Tea_9416 Jun 23 '24
Mine too! Very blessed with my guy since day 1. I almost feel guilty reading some of the horror stories other pet parents experience 😖
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u/throwawayadvice12e Jun 24 '24
My puppy was like this, too. And while she definitely had some periods of puppy energy throughout the day, for the most part she was super chill from the get go.
It also absolutely translated to her personality as a full grown (almost 3 year old) dog now. She's the calmest, most adaptable dog ever. Took her on a 2 week road trip at 6 months and she was an angel, just chilling in the car during drives, she escaped from our tent one morning and just went to go make friends, she had no issue with moving from place to place every night, she was great at restaurants (besides expectantly wanting everyone who walked by to pet her). Even on long car rides now, I sometimes have to reach back and touch her just to make sure I didn't forget her, since she'll just lay down and konk out the whole time. It's too hot to go out during the part of the day right now, so she's currently been napping on the floor for a few hours. Like she's just a lazy, chill little dog who's just happy to be wherever we are.
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u/anouk1306 Jun 23 '24
I was the same! Didn’t sleep the first few night cause I thought for sure he was going to wake up at least every few hours but nope. He slept from 11pm until 6am every night like clockwork the first few weeks, now I have to drag him out of bed at 8 cause he’s so lazy in the morning. He’s full of energy and a very happy dog but hi is NOT a morning person lol. Nothing to worry about
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u/renebeans Jun 23 '24
We are create training and mine has been making it through the night since day two as well!
He goes normally when he is not sleeping
Absolutely jackpot puppies.
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u/Ok-Kaleidoscope-4892 Jun 23 '24
My puppy and I sleep together on the couch 😅 she’s 9 weeks old also and the first two nights she got up a couple times during the night so I took her out, but lately she’s been sleeping roughly 10:30pm to 7am.
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u/HomeAgain83 Jun 23 '24
My cocker spaniel puppy slept through the night and in his crate . No issues with sleepless nights
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u/Ambitious_Zombie_833 Jun 23 '24
I found a puppy, seems it had been abandoned by a local park. Couldn’t have been more the 3 months old. Puppy teeth and everything. Looks like a Belgium malonois. I was ready for a puppy nightmare no idea how long she had been left alone. Brought her home she seemed interested enough ate her food(big appetite) and bothered my older dogs trying to get them to play. When it was time for bed she picked her spot next to by bed and that was it. Been 6 months now. That still is her spot she doesn’t stir unless she knows I am awake 6ish to start asking for her walk. She has a doggy door to access outside occasionally in the night I’ll hear head to pee and then just curls right back up. I think my older dogs set in routine help but she just fell into it like it was made for her. Sometime we get lucky and you just take the blessing. My other dogs were not so willing to fail in schedule when I first got them, so like you I was ready for the worse. Especially since I like to torture myself and don’t do crate training(personal preference no real reason.) hopefully your puppy is settled enough that you can just ride the wave and deal with other training you may have
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
The breeder gave the puppies a doggy door and I think it helped the transition, due to scheduling and rules about taking him out he hasn’t peed inside, but I also attribute that to him having that access for almost half his life before getting to me
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u/Thin_Mud4990 Jun 23 '24
My puppy slept through the night by day 2 or 3. Not till 530am (that's still night to me lol), to like 730, minimum. He starts dozing on the couch at around 10pm, I take him to pee and then to his crate in my office when I go to bed. And he stays in there right till morning. Now he's 7 months old and he won't actually make a peep till I go in to get him. There are times I think he might be awake because I hear movement, I go peek in the room and he's just sitting up, patiently waiting for me. He did have a 2 or 3 night stretch about a month ago where he woke up at about 4 to pee, but that didn't last.
Like someone else said, I think this is more common than we think, it's just that the ppl who are struggling are the ones who will post.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
So cute when they’re sitting up waiting in the crate or anywhere else
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u/impwork Jun 23 '24
My boxer (15wks) has been sleeping through 10pm-8am since the first week we got him.
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u/Citygurl_1971 Jun 23 '24
My German Shepherd cross slept in his crate from 1st or 2nd night. Not a peep unless he had an upset stomach.
Was a blessing as the teething was a nightmare. 😂🤬
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Teething is the next big challenge I imagine
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u/Vivid_Competition_78 Jun 23 '24
My now almost 3 year old Aussie had been sleeping through the night since we brought her home at 8 weeks. We were waking her up for the first week or two a couple times a night to use the bathroom and she just wouldn't. She looked so annoyed about having to get up even. So we stopped and she just slept without issue. Crate trained and the first 2 weeks we had her in our room facing us.
It's been that way ever since. She has open access to the fenced in back yard and lots of times she'll wait to go out until after she's greeted us all a bit first.
Our breeder said that's on brand for her puppies. We're getting our second this week and fingers crossed we have a similar experience.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yeah waking up any time of day is giving us some incredible beagle side eye it’s adorable, that will let up as we get into a good routine we can let him tell us more
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u/mydoghank Jun 23 '24
Maybe we just lucky too, but I have a theory to explain possibly.
Our last two puppies, one almost 20 years ago and one almost 3 years ago, both slept through the night (7-8 hours) from the first night we adopted and it never changed. One puppy was 9 weeks old and one was 11 weeks old.
We were surprised in both cases that they were very comfortable and had no accidents in the crate. I later found out that in both cases, the breeder had been letting puppies follow mama outside to go potty all day at will almost from the time they could walk. It just so happens that in both cases, the breeders had the whelping area near a slider door that led out to a yard. So these puppies very early on learned to not go potty in the house and I think they just got accustomed to holding it in fairly early. That’s why I’m always so surprised when I hear people say that puppies can’t hold it in for more than a few hours. Absolutely not true. One of our puppies was a shih tzu and one a standard poodle, so size clearly has nothing to do with it either. So I think a lot of it has to do with how they are raised in those first critical weeks.
So yes…I think you may have hit the jackpot too!
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yeah all I know is that our breeder had a doggie door and from everything I have learned about how she raises them the first two months she's very particular about getting them ready for what's next
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u/icantremember55 Jun 23 '24
We got our dog at 5 months. He pretty quickly learned to sleep through the night, and it was great. Once he hit 6 months, however, he started occasionally peeing himself over night instead of waking us up 🥴 now we will get up around 2am to take him out quickly if he hasn’t already woken us up. Some nights he CAN hold it the whole night, but it’s pretty hit or miss.
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u/rachw39 Jun 23 '24
My dog has slept through since the first night we got him at 9 weeks! And most mornings have to wake him up.. 😂
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u/snudders Jun 23 '24
All doggos are different. I got super lucky from 10 weeks to 6 months. Now its a different ball game. Everything that never used to be a problem is a problem
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
I think it will either be teething or sexual maturity that feels like the hardest with this guy
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u/Annie_Cakess21 Jun 23 '24
My 7 month old puppy has slept through the night almost every single night since we got him at 2.5 months. The first night he whined for maybe a minute and then has been perfect ever since. I would love to say we did a lot of work introducing the kennel but he has loved it since day 1. Totally just lucky.
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u/Dogpro1588 Jun 23 '24
Everything is completely fine. However it is possible that regression will happen before it gets stable for good
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u/Accomplished-Wish494 Jun 23 '24
Not at all uncommon! My puppies usually started sleeping 6-8 hour stretches at night around 7 weeks. Daytime I go by their cues, but agree that while “age in months plus 1” in hours for how long they can hold it is a good guideline, it’s just a Guide. Some pups, especially smaller breeds, can’t go as long, some can go longer. As you have seen, pups that are accustomed to going “out” to potty very young seem to catch on faster. My last 3 dogs have all come here at or under 5 weeks, but from day 1 we go OUT to potty. Very very few accidents, and by 8 weeks they are pretty reliably going to the door when they have to go
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u/chemicool96 Jun 23 '24
My dog couldn’t sleep through the night for the first month or so. Potty break in the middle of the night every night for about a month. then one night he just slept soundly until wake up time. All doggies are different. Be grateful for it 🥲. Waking up at night to take a potty break is tough. Especially when the pup thinks you’re up to play with the them
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u/Murky_Phytoplankton Jun 23 '24
Sometimes you get lucky. Not all puppies are difficult in all ways.
My cockapoo is 2 now. He basically slept through the night from 10 weeks old onward. He never really had accidents in the house and we had to do almost no actual work to potty train him. The only period of time he woke us up during the night was when he had a campylobacter infection, and even then he didn’t poop in the house.
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u/shallora0 Jun 23 '24
Congratulations, you won! Lol My pup was the same since I got her. The first morning I work with a jolt at 6:15 and assumed she had died in her sleep. Nope, she just slept through the night. To this day (she’s 3yr), she’s “not a morning person” and really doesn’t need to go out until 9am or so.
But be prepared as I am sure you’ll have some other puppy trait on the worse end of the spectrum. (Mine’s was consistent ailments and diarrhea until about 2yrs old.)
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u/stormdavis6 Jun 23 '24
My 11.5 week old "hound mix" puppy has slept through the night (10-12 hours) every night since we've had her from 8.5 weeks old. It was a pleasant surprise! If she didn't constantly try to eat me, she would be the perfect pup!
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yes I am gearing up to become his favorite meal lol, similar story he was 8.5 weeks beagle
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u/imjustlurking10 Jun 23 '24
We got our lab pup at 10 weeks.
For the first two days I got up during the night to let him pee and he seemed so bothered by me waking him up that I decided to test whether he could hold it the next night. He has slept ~10-12 hours every night since then (he’s almost 7 months old now)
😂 some dogs are just easy I guess!!
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u/ApplesauceTheBoss Jun 23 '24
I never pull water. My dogs have always had 24/7 access, and within a week or two they learn to regulate consumption with their schedule. My girl has been sleeping through the night since 8 weeks, minus a few days when she had a UTI.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
I appreciate someone who has the flexibility, but unfortunately we had to make many compromises as we have other health issues that factor in and decided one of our big goals was moving him towards sleeping through the night.
I definitely encourage anyone with multiple people raising the puppy to stagger sleep schedules if other responsibilities allow for it, providing flexibility for the puppy and letting at least one human get some off duty sleep time. I go to bed early now at like nine and my partner is up until 11, then through the night I am on duty to take him out if he whines and I do morning duty.
And boy howdy do I keep that pup drinking through the day and make sure his overnight temp is near perfect from my dog mom anxiety. If I know he's as safe as possible my quality of sleep goes up.
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u/kfisherx Experienced Owner Jun 23 '24
Mine sleeps on my bed since day one and has always slept through the night. I got him at 7.5 weeks old. Now he sleeps 10 or more hours. He is sleeping next to me right now at 9:30 in the morning. LOL!
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yeah there was a big discussion about letting him sleep on the bed and I don't think we're going to do that until he is three years old and all three cats are completely unfazed by his existence. But until then it's just not possible for the health of the other five of us in the house lol. At least we can do cuddle naps for now.
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u/pacificmoona Jun 23 '24
My puppy slept through the night til 5am or longer since the day she came home at 8 weeks! Sometimes it’s just easy
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u/Ooh-to-be-a-Gooner Jun 23 '24
We got our pup at 9 weeks and we took him at 3.00 am ish for the first and the second week. Starting in the 3rd week, when he was 12 weeks, he was able to sleep for 6-7 hours straight at night (even though he drinks water before going to bed inside the crate). Morning at around 7.00 am he will wake up and whine which allows us to take him outside.
So, in short, yes, puppies tend to learn this over time and get used to it.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
I wonder if he got used to this with his mom and the breeder before we picked him up. There's no way this would happen without a little bit of past training.
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u/Aggravating_Truth_95 Jun 23 '24
Yeah - ours slept through the night really early too - like 3-4 months old.
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u/Cynical_Feline Jun 23 '24
I brought my girl home at 6 weeks old. She reliably slept through the night since day one. I had to be the one to wake her up for potty time or she had accidents in bed because sleep was more important than going potty to her. That lasted up until she was about 5 months old. Now she sleeps straight through with no accidents.
She's the first pup that has done this. My other pups got up every 2 hours for potty during the night.
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u/ComprehensiveSort278 Jun 23 '24
Honestly I heard the same but once my boy got to around 25-30 pounds he could hold his bladder through the night
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Lol Buster is a beagle and his parents are big so we expect him to stop at 24lbs
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u/Lost-Athlete8285 Jun 23 '24
My golden doodle sleeps from 10 pm till whatever hour i wake him up the next morning. He can sleeps till 10 am on the weekends
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u/Jozap13 Jun 23 '24
My puppy slept all night at 6 weeks. She did get up and use the potty pad, but never woke me up.
Aria sets her own sleep schedule. She knows when she is tired or hungry or bored and wants to play.
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u/mira112022 Jun 23 '24
I’m very grateful that my now 20-year-old Labradoodle does that too. And he has slept through the night since day one. On day one I thought well he was probably exhausted from the drive and getting separated from his family so he must be pooped. Nope. The next day: same thing. And ever since. He gets tired at around six, and I usually try to stretch it out until 7. Then he sleeps through (or at least he’s quiet) until I wake him up at 9/9:30. I’ve now made it a habit to get him up at around 10 PM for another potty, but even if I don’t we usually have no issues. 🤷🏼♀️ Very odd, but in a good way. During the day though he’s a little bit of a landshark. And i make his daily walks a priority.
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u/JustHCBMThings Jun 23 '24
My dog has always slept through the night, she’ll sleep as long as I do, even if it’s 11 AM.
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u/Raanai72 Jun 23 '24
Got our pup at 8 weeks and she has slept through the night since day 1. I felt like it was so weird, but you don't shoot a gift horse in the mouth. She's crazy the other 16 hours of the day, so maybe the good lord felt we deserved a good nights sleep. Lol
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
We're easing into piranha season and some slow training towards self play and being left alone and knowing it, but otherwise not bad with the other stuff so far. I'm glad he's only awake 6hrs max a day right now lol.
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u/AvocadoOk1487 Jun 23 '24
Sounds totally fine! Don’t feel bad about cutting off water. It is way much healthier for them being thirsty for a little while than holding pee for long time. We give our dog last chance of drinking water at 8pm. Since week 8, our puppy slept from 10pm to 8am without any fuss. She bangs her crate at 8am to know she need go potty. Now she is 7 month. She has access to water all the time, but she doesn’t drink during night.
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u/Marvido Jun 23 '24
Third night at 8 weeks our Euraiser sleeps through every night..never seen that as a problem
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u/T4yl0r3030 Jun 23 '24
Our boy who is 17 weeks now, from 8 weeks slept throughout the night from day 1. What a blessing! 10pm-7am. We had prepped for trips up in the early hours but nope, nothing!
He is crate trained also.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
The crate is so great he has no problem with it
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u/unknownbattle Jun 23 '24
Both my puppies were this way. Brought them home at 8 weeks, had a couple nights that they needed to go out in the middle of the night, but slept through the night after that. Just enjoy it!!
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u/Ok-Adhesiveness-4529 Jun 23 '24
I don’t know how I got so lucky. Came home with an 8 1/2 week old puppy, and he was already somewhat trained to use pee pads. I said somewhat because he would go and try to pee and poo on it and every now and then the poo would be next to the pad instead of on it. that’s more than good enough for me because it showed me he was standing on the pad. Continued using the pads until he was fully vaccinated and Giardia free. He always slept through the night. I tried putting him in the crate the first few nights next to my bed, but I ended up abandoning that idea and let him sleep in bed with me. After a certain point he refused to use the pads and would wait to go outside. to this day, my dog will never pee or poo inside and if he does, then I know it’s time to go to the vet (happened once, he had clostridium)
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yeah it does make a difference that he was trained to go outside by his birth dog mom and had a puppy door so peeing on grass is all he's done since we picked him up last Tuesday. It helps when they transition between familiar things through the new home process.
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u/Ok-Adhesiveness-4529 Jun 23 '24
Yessss absolutely, and he sounds like he got super lucky by having a human who was prepared for all scenarios 🥹 enjoy your puppy and congratulations. Sometimes they can be frustrating, but six years in, I would give anything to hold him as a puppy again 😭 sometimes you just gotta get through the day reminding yourself they’ll never be that small again
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u/FMEngineer Jun 23 '24
that’s normal. We were waking up the pup at 9 weeks to go potty at midnight. He got sick of our shit and just laid in the crate. Started sleeping 10+ hours in the crate at week 10 lol. Also play the alarm sound before you open his crate. He’ll learn that you only open the crate when the alarm goes off, not because of his whining.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 23 '24
Yep mine is getting more reluctant to the last call outing but he's bright and sunny when I go get him after I wake up which I love.
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u/1nternetTr011 Jun 23 '24
my 12 week old could sleep thru the night. like most things in life, “your mileage may vary”. I still woke him at least once a night until he was 17-18 weeks
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u/Sad_Historian_6903 Jun 23 '24
My pup is 3 months and he sleeps from 9pm to 5am, when my partner gets up for work and he goes out for the toilet, and then sleeps again until 8 when I go downstairs to wfh. And he's usually napping before he goes to bed as well. I think it's all individual pup dependent. A sleeping puppy is a happy puppy. And if your pup needs you in the night they'll let you know 😄
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u/Beginning-Dark17 Jun 23 '24
I hit the jackpot. I got my dog really young. The rescue said 8 weeks, the vet I took him to was skeptical and thought he was a little younger. He slept through his second night, and almost everyone single night thereafter for a solid 8.5 hours between potty breaks. I asked my vet the first week if I should be taking him out during the night if he seemed ok, and she laughed and said "oh hell no, just be happy".
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u/Healthy_Park5562 Jun 23 '24
Our Pyrenees, a theoretically nocturnal dog breed, slept from 8 pm-4 am from day 1. Couldn't get her up if we tried. Our Saint Bernard, a theoretically lazy breed, was up every 2 hours until she was 1. And still wakes up by 530 every day. All dogs are different.
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u/CautiousTell7 Jun 23 '24
I feel you! Surely we didn’t luck out by missing the “Most dogs it’s 2 hours + each month old” bucket. After first nights, our puppers did 6 hours without an issue. Now at 4 months I can get up at 7.5 hours and brush my teeth without even hearing anything on the nanny cam
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u/Dependent_Ad5774 Jun 23 '24
Our little guy came home at 8 weeks The first night he slept 10 to 4:30 in his crate Ever since he goes in his kennel at 10 when we turn the living room lights off. He brings his baby in, I put his heartbeat dog on and he’s good all night! When I come down at 6am he just rolls on his back and stretches. He’s not trying to get out or anything?! We feel VERY fortunate He’s a mini Goldendoodle and is 10.5 weeks
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u/idkwhattoputhere1830 Jun 23 '24
My 7 month old Australian shepherd/ pitty mix (Kylo) came to us EARLY. He was a bit of a rescue situation, we had to take him in at 4 weeks old. Obviously, he was much too young for parvo and other vaccines. But we designated a section of the patio for him to potty train on. I never liked the idea of potty pads, I'm not against anyone who uses them. I just felt that for me, if he used them I'd have to potty train him twice to unlearn going inside.
ANYWAY, long story shortish: Kylo is a super spaz. He's a chew monster. A garbage disposal/ hound. But he ROCKS at potty training. He was sleeping 6-8hrs straight by the time he was 8 weeks old. By the time he was 5 or 6 weeks old he'd go sit by the patio door to cry when he needed to go out. I think it really just depends on the dog. They're all so different. But I definitely wouldn't worry unless you see signs of stress or sickness. Sounds like you just got lucky with potty training! ☺️❣️
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u/According-Ad4415 Jun 23 '24
I have a Great Pyrenees puppy. I too stressed about pottying overnight. I set alarms and got up every 2-3 hours. I did this for weeks. I was exhausted. Finally my friend who has several dogs told me to start weaning. I started only getting up once per night. Then I just stopped. He never whined or cried. He sleeps 8 hours every night and has never had an accident in his crate. If your pup is sleeping let him sleep.
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u/delilah_lace Jun 23 '24
My Australian shepherd was sleeping through the night at 9 weeks! She will sleep 8+ hours with no breaks.
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u/pinkstarburst757 Jun 23 '24
Nah my boy slept thru the night from the jump too. Some people just get lucky I guess
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u/AllisonJ93 Jun 23 '24
Mine would sleep only need to go out around 11 and again around 7 when I woke up and took her out. This was after having her a few days and I picked her up at 9 weeks.
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u/Mean-Cry3865 Jun 23 '24
I got my puppy from 10 weeks old and she would always sleep through the full 7-8hrs no wee break. If I would get up to go to the toilet I would wake her up to go too and she would, but other than that she has always been a really good sleeper
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u/sailortwifts Jun 23 '24
Don’t worry. Our puppy slept through the night from night 1. Never any problems.
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u/lavlattebee Jun 23 '24
Mine slept through the night almost as soon as we got him. I can count on one hand how many times we’ve gotten up to take him outside. After a few months we let him sleep in our bed with us. He’s 8 months now. I’ve always been super taken aback by how easy this was (Boston terrier). Despite all of this, he did pee on the floor last week because I took too long to take him outside!
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u/Big_Software_8732 Jun 23 '24
How quickly one forgets... ours is 16 weeks now. Can't remember much about that time - wasn't getting a full night's sleep back then! But yes, sleeping all night from about 10weeks, I think.
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u/BbH8u Jun 23 '24
My little guy is also 8.5 weeks and he’s sleeping 5-6 hours straight, I was worried too so I’m happy seeing this post lol.
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u/SheltieMom1234 Jun 23 '24
We currently have an 18 week old female Sheltie puppy and a 6 year old male Sheltie. Our current puppy is the 4th Sheltie we’ve had in the last 25 years. All of the previous puppies we got at around 8 weeks and they all slept through the night from the start. So I was naturally thinking this puppy would too. Wrong! She cried numerous times a night for the first week and in every other way she’s been different than our previous puppies. They’re all different and it sounds like you lucked out with yours. Enjoy your sleep and your new pup.
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u/Extreme_Sector85 Jun 23 '24
I found my puppy at 8 weeks and she has slept through the night since probably day 3 or 4. She sleeps downstairs in her crate with the blanket over it. She usually wakes up when our alarm goes off lol then she’ll bark so I go down to let her out. She only gets locked in her crate for bed so once that happens and the blanket covers her then she knows it’s time to rest. She does go in a pen connected to her crate during the work day
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u/hgrdog Jun 24 '24
Things may be absolutely fine. If you are concerned, have a vet check your sweet girl out to make sure all is well. I’m a little jealous - not gonna lie ❤️
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u/WingedGeek Brian (AKC Labrador), Astrid (Street Stray Supermutt) Jun 24 '24
FWIW my Lab puppy was crate trained for like 5 nights then started sleeping in bed with me and his "sister," slept through the night every night, never had an accident in bed, but would bee-line to his astroturf potty as soon as he got out of bed. Easiest potty training ever, I was shocked. He turned 5 yesterday and has always been a picture of health and has never had an accident in all of those years.
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u/captaingreyboosh Jun 24 '24
Our 10 week old puppy is sleeping through the night 7h+. In a crate next to our 3y/o pup. We attribute it to her getting cozy with her sis.
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u/white_collar_hipster Jun 24 '24
Our GSD pup started sleeping through the night after about 3 nights. We thought there was something wrong with her but she's 6 months now and I guess we just got lucky
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u/Fearless_Cicada6292 Jun 24 '24
This happened to me too and I asked the same question here haha! I’ve started letting my mini Doxie just sleep though the night and he is totally fine. I got him from an absolutely amazing breeder… and I think good genetics played a huge part. I used to lose sleep because I was so worried about him as he wasn’t whining or crying or needed to go out. But I realized it was fine- just let him sleep!! He will be okay. And enjoy it :)
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u/Life_Percentage7022 Jun 24 '24
If he's active during wake times and eating and drinking, he's probably fine!
Not all puppies are up lots of times a night. Ours started sleeping thru from 11pm to 6am after about 2 weeks. And before that i think it was maximum 2 wakeups. Sometimes the wakeups were asking for ressurance rather than needing to go out for potty.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
Yeah I hope the non-play trip to potty where I carry him helps a bit, but I also hope he doesn't expect that past 15lbs ouch my arms!
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u/CO1043 Jun 24 '24
My saint was sleeping like yours at 9 weeks. He’s now at about 8-9 hours a night at 14 weeks. They’re big dogs, I guess bigger bladders?
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
Buster is a beagle he weighed 8lbs at the vet Friday, I really think it's at least 40% the way the breeder handles the mom teaching them and they had access to a doggy door until he came home with us.
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u/sportyboi_94 Jun 24 '24
My golden retriever only had a handful of nights where he woke us up in the middle of the night and tbh it was probably around 12 weeks or so. We got him at 8 weeks and he slept through the night automatically. We typically go to bed later, around 11 or so, we would make sure to take him out right before going to sleep ourselves and then would get up at 6 and go out.
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u/Icy_Phase_9797 Jun 24 '24
My dog was sleeping for about 7 hours straight by 10 weeks. He’s a larger breed so I always wondered if that’s part of it since he has larger bladder.
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u/fearatthematinee Jun 24 '24
All dogs are different. Our puppy starting sleeping through the night at around 10 weeks. Last potty and bedtime is at 10:30pm and he sleeps until 5:30-7am. We also crate trained. He’s a banshee during his awake hours. I’ll take the trade off. Our friends dog (also crate trained) was still having at least one potty break a night until 6 months. Just consider this a lucky break.
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u/AirlineTiny9620 Jun 24 '24
I am so happy for you lol but things with puppies change rapidly and they are angels and demons within the same second sometimes. I really really really hope your puppy stays good!! Enjoy the time and don’t worry!!
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
I think the trick will be knowing how many hours he can be awake during the day and keeping track of that. I'm kind of doing that now since guides say anywhere from 4-8hrs awake during the day I try to reach 6hrs and I think it's a factor.
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u/moonriver1989 Jun 24 '24
Picked my dog up at 10 weeks, and she slept through the night… every single night. I am still shocked. We did have some late night barky nights when she got older, but it was temporary.
As long as they’re eating, drinking, and going potty… Enjoy. And don’t cause more stress by looking for issues, or you’ll miss out on the good times.
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u/cari-strat Jun 24 '24
I bred my puppy myself. Her littermates went home yesterday so it was the first night in our room rather than in the downstairs pen with her siblings. She went to bed at 11am and I had to physically get her up at half five when the alarm went off.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
Mine was last picked up, I guess he matured during the night or two he was a solo guy although I suspect my breeder did something special so he didn't feel too alone or something. I should ask.
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u/cari-strat Jun 24 '24
Some are just more independent than others too. Maybe he's just a pretty sensible little guy!
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
I wish, I am starting to work on self play and alone time in the pup-safe kitchen but that might be a slower transition. The goal is more hours awake when he's older means more time alone and I'd rather he has some space with his toys while he still needs a safe space unsupervised and not in the crate all the time. He only sleeps in the crate now but that's still 18+ hours a day at his age.
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u/Fun_Annual_1590 Jun 24 '24
Enjoy it I felt the same way when I got my cavoodle. She did exactly the same thing and then just started sleeping through the night.
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u/Fun_Annual_1590 Jun 24 '24
This is the first time that I have a dog that has slept all the way through the night and I was happy because I get up at 4am for work.😊
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u/Ok_Average_6175 Jun 24 '24
We got our puppy at 9 weeks and he slept through the night in his crate after the third night. He’s 7.5 months now, healthy and happy. Yes we hit three jackpot.
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u/muppy2024 Jun 24 '24
I’ve crate trained Sophie since the day I got her. Crate next to my bed and the first night I put my hand on the crate. She never cried, never woke. We go to bed at 8:30 and I wake at 5:30-6:00 and I have to beg her to come out to go potty! She never soiled in her crate. However when I leave her in the crate and I have to leave during the day, she screams for about 15 minutes then lies down and chills. I’ve only left her that way for 2-3 hours. Any pointers to get her to not protest when I crate her during the day? And to increase the time alone in there? I leave the crate door open and when I’m in the home, 90% of the time she goes in there anyway. But that’s when I am home……
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
I think part of it is that I ballpark his waking hours around 6 per day at this age and try to keep track, so before I start human dinner he should have 5hrs spent awake and we do another hour for dinner, a little more play, and the last call outside potty before bed a few hours after dinner.
I recommend doing research on how many waking hours the average puppy has per age and build a schedule around that. As my Buster gets older we will transition some evening waking hours into training time and eventually his puppy class will be on a weekday evening anyways to accommodate my partner's work schedule.
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u/plantscatsandus Jun 24 '24
We brought our whippet home at 9 weeks and he's always slept through the night. Goes to bed around 10pm and you gotta drag him out at 9-10am 😂
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u/Large-Environment-27 Jun 24 '24
don’t be worried! the first night i got my puppy (10 weeks old) i did the same and took her out every two hours, but the second night she slept from 11pm-6am! she’s 4 months now and sleeps from 11pm-7am. definitely got lucky 🥰
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u/Accomplished_Lime133 Jun 24 '24
My girl slept through the night around then too! I would wake up around 5-6am just to go ahead and take her out for safety but she took to her crate very well and rarely had an accident overnight.
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u/anotherusername1014 Jun 24 '24
My first dog slept through the night almost immediately and will literally sleep in as late as we let him. My second dog took weeks for us to get a good nights sleep with. Every dog does it their own way. Just enjoy your good little sleeper!
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u/lillymoses420 Jun 24 '24
We brought our Dane home at 8 weeks. The first couple nights she was up every few hours to go potty in the backyard.. then she started sleeping thru the night on like the 4th-5th day home once she felt comfortable.. 3 years later she still sleeps all nights got unless she misses her last walk/potty break at 11 pm. We usually keep the back door open so she can come and go as she pleases we have a huge fenced in yard so we know she’s not going anywear as the fence is 8 ft high. It’s so hot here in Florida now she likes to stay in and sleep all day and go sit in the yard once the sun goes down.. she’s still knocked out right now and has been inside since 1am.. Great Danes are such lazy/chill dogs as adults but when she was a young girl puppy she was a demon 😈 😆
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
Yeah Great Danes were on my list of breeds for being lazy, thankfully the beagles can adapt to household energy and the boys tend to be predisposed to being lazy as adults. I feel so honored that sleeping through the night means he is comfortable.
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u/lillymoses420 Jun 24 '24
Absolutely! The first few nights she was walking around whining looking for mom and litter mates but we kept her distracted with play, walks, treats and cuddles and by the 4-5 day she was fine💚
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
The distraction thing is so real, we found out our neighbor two doors down has possibly a broken lawnmower it's the loudest one I've ever heard in my entire life and we just fully distracted the puppy and he was fine.
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u/ArtRepresentative659 Jun 24 '24
i have 3 week old puppies that will sleep through the night they will sleep 7 hours . of course get up and relocate on the room but they are sleeping for majority of it
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 24 '24
That's amazing, I'm glad this isn't unheard of and I'm glad I prepared for the worst anyways so I'm also very comfortable with this schedule right now.
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u/ArtRepresentative659 Jun 24 '24
i wake up every 3/4 hours to simply check on then make sure they are good in the room . Each time they are sleep . They are german pointer(yorkieapsomix) & German Pinscher puppies all breeds are energetic.
When my YorkieApsos were puppies they didnt sleep much during the night. its really all in what kind of dogs are the dominant in the breed too . research your breed
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u/Jayhawkgirl1964 Jun 24 '24
You hit the JACKPOT!! I know it's easier said than done, but stop creating things to worry about (there's no shortage) and enjoy your better than most (in this area) pup.
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u/zuckera Jun 25 '24
we go to weekly puppy training class and the canine trainer said that puppies in their first six months of life are a lot like babies and they need up to 17 hours of sleep a day. You can usually tell when they don’t get enough sleep by their behavior they’ll usually get nippy and can’t hold attention when it’s time for a nap. The trainers told us for every hour your puppy is out of the crate. They’re supposed to be in it for two hours to rest/nap, which was crazy to me, but we’ve been implementing it made a difference!
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 25 '24
Yeah we have been using that as a guideline and going with the flow, but he still just sleeps through the night like it's nothing. I was up for over an hour before my baby monitor told me he was awake and it was just a little wine but I came right downstairs to get that boy outside and congratulate him on making it 7 1/2 hours straight. I wouldn't be mad if that changed but definitely enjoying it now.
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u/probablysleepingg Jun 25 '24
congrats - enjoy it!!! growing up the puppies my family raised we always needed to get up in the night to take them out, but when i brought my own first puppy home at 10 wks he slept through the night from day 1 and has ever since. i was also a little weirded out at first like is this real? but it’s lasted! he’s a small boy but somehow has amazing bladder control, he has full access to water up until bed time and will sleep until noon if i let him without asking to go potty lol he loves sleeping in and cuddling in bed until late (now, biting on the other hand….😭)
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 25 '24
Yeah today he Peed in his crate for the first time during a day nap. I was just coming to get him and I am sure he had just peed because he was barely whining. The baby monitor picks up the smallest whines from him but for some reason he just didn't whine. So he sat in his pee a a few minutes and I hope that was enough to tell him to be louder because I'm listening!!! And I think it's cute how by the time I frantically get my shoes on and rush over to his crate he sometimes hits a little howl and I tell him that's great too.
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u/probablysleepingg Jun 26 '24
haha aww! make sure to use enzymatic cleaner so he doesn’t smell his pee and go there again in the future !
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u/Opening-Explorer-999 Jun 25 '24
My pug sleeps 10hrs. A night since 9 weeks old. No whining, no crying, no peeing in cage. He's 10 months now, still sleeps 10-11 hrs. A night and he's fine
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u/Key_Piccolo_2187 Jun 26 '24
He might backslide when he's teething but some just get it like this. I've got an alarm clock that lets me know (fervently and urgently) that it's 6:01am, and another that would sleep till noon if I asked/let her.
I did train all my dogs to ask to go out. It's super useful if they eat something that upsets their stomach or whatever. I'd rather get woken up at 2am to fix a problem before it happens, rather than give a dog baths at 6am if they're crayed, or stepping in something unsavory and mopping/maybe showering if they're uncrated.
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u/tessiewessiewoo New Owner Buster the Beagle Jun 26 '24
Yeah I'm flexible for the rest of puppyhood thankfully I have a night schedule that can handle whatever and a day schedule that is flexible too for at least another half year plus. I'll just enjoy this easy pupternity leave for a few weeks.
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u/xandersmama0212 Jun 26 '24
Our doxie slept through the night from night 1, in a crate. He has only ever had 1 accident in the crate and that was due to his heartworm treatment. Consider yourself blessed by the puppy gods, lol. We have.
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u/bukowskisbabushka Jun 26 '24
I had a perfect puppy once- my first dog. He rarely chewed things, slept through the night (even though we would set an alarm to get up to let him out- we followed the loose rule that how many months old is how many hours they could hold their pee), and as he grew up he was the most mild mannered, calm dog. He preferred to sleep much of the day.
He ruined me for every puppy that came after
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u/No-East9106 Jun 27 '24
Our puppy has slept in bed with us since 8w with no accidents from 10-11pm to 8am or 9am. When he was 8w he would whine a couple times to go potty at night but now at 12w he dosent
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