Comments on: Is Your Dog Sleeping Too Much? Labrador Sleep Secrets Revealed!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 22:58:36 +0000

My boy Tuck is 10 months old. He has is own space in the living room where he takes short naps if he isn’t out fishing with his dad. He has his bed in the bedroom beside dad’s side of the bed. After being in the lake all day he goes to bed at 8:30 and gets up at 7:30, never hear a sound from him except his snoring all night. Best guy ever!!

By: Nioma

Nioma — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:31:10 +0000

In reply to Holly. Yes! Crate training is awesome ! I did the same for my boy when we first brought him home. It’s their quiet safe and compfy space. I also cover his crate at night but just top and sides. He lives his crate that has a thick bed and blanket in there. I leave the door open now always bcuz he’s not puppy anymore. It’s awesome to keep them safe and also for potty training .

By: Nioma

Nioma — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:27:23 +0000

In reply to Rose. I crate trained my boy and swear by it. It helped with a lot of things. He loves his crate and sleeps in there in his thick bed and with a blanket. I keep the door open always and i cover it at around 8 pm at night and he goes in there when he’s ready to sleep. I just cover the top/sides. It’s his safe compfy quiet space. Even during the day he goes in there to sleep as well but is free to sleep anywhere. He lives to sleep by my feet on our carpet too. My boys 2 and he’s still energetic but he can also be calm and settled.

By: Marie Knight

Marie Knight — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:59:17 +0000

My 16 month old Fox Red Labrador called Koopa sleeps around 15 hours in a 24 hour period. I always feel guilty in the day time as I always thought he slept through boredom he has lots of exercise and playtime etc… but as we are a big family (7 of us in total) and we all have jobs or at school, we don’t always have the time to give him 100% attention. I have changed my working hours so I am at home with him all day and my partner is with him in the evenings so he always has someone home with him. But it is still hard to devote constant attention to him as I also have chores to do at home ie cleaning, washing and preparing dinner etc… plus I also like to have a rest during the day due to working nights. But after reading this article I feel more at ease knowing he isn’t sleeping just through boredom.

By: Suri

Suri — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:15:03 +0000

My family’s dog Tucker is 16 months, and he usually gets around 5 hours of exercise per day, but he tends to sleep for only 5-6 hours a night, and this is regular. Is it normal? It’s starting to get exhausting and he’s starting to get very antsy and even bark when we’re all trying to go to sleep at around 23:00. Is there any way to get him to sleep longer???

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:45:10 +0000

In reply to Bob McDonald. Nothing, you're doing fine Bob, it all seems to be going well.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 03:21:16 +0000

Hi my 6 month lab has started to become unsettled at night, she barks all night and has started to want to bite everything, even me. I try to ignore her but she still intends on jumping up and trying to bite. She gets half an hour of exercise running about park around 7pm. She tends to go to sleep around 9pm but will weaken within a few hours, between 11pm and 2am and that is her up. She sleeps in my sons room on his bed, she has never been crated. It’s as if she thinks it’s playtime. She has totally destroyed my sons bedside cabinet with chewing. Will she ever settle down?

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:16:59 +0000

Murphy is 12 weeks. He has 2 long naps in the day, sleeps from 930pm until 730am and plays and chews like crazy when he is awake. We crate him at night. Daytime, usually sleeps on his bed beside the fireplace while I work.

By: David Whitaker

David Whitaker — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:38:10 +0000

Our 3 month old red fox Lab Ted has 2 x 15min gentle walks per day and started weekly 45 min puppy training classes yesterday evening. Last night he slept 9.5 hrs (he sleeps in a crate downstairs) – we were beginning to think there was something wrong with him! Firing on all cylinders as normal today! He will sleep on and off for hours during the day too!

By: Zahroo Hasan

Zahroo Hasan — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:39:13 +0000

In reply to Manish Goplani. Manish Goplani no it is fine for your dog to sleep more then 20 hours a day since he is only a puppy. But when he’s awake always take the chance to play!