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How many hours does your Havanese typically sleep during the daytime?

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How many hours does your Havanese typically sleep during the daytime?

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#1 ·
Post your experience in this poll.
 
#2 ·
Pretty much whenever we aren't doing something "interesting". ;) They have a "wild play time" for about an hour in the morning, and again in early evening. Otherwise, they hang out and sleep if we aren't doing something with them. then they have PLENTY of energy!
 
#3 ·
I checked 2-4 on the pole, but I'm only guessing. She gets up with my husband and goes outside for potty, then goes back to sleep. Then she gets up again when I get up and we go for a walk. She'll be up for a bit after that and then naps again. Gets up around late morning for another walk. She'll usually stay alert until late afternoon than she naps. Up again for dinner and another walk and more play. Then naps a little more then gets up for more play before her last potty. Maybe she sleeps more than 4 hours!
 
#8 ·
Ollie sleeps whenever play or training stops. He will follow me from room to room as I work, but he cat naps while I am cleaning in each room. He has a dedicated nap time when I crate him in the afternoon. I do this so that when I have things to do outside of the home I can crate him when I am gone and he just goes down for a nap which feels normal to him. He gets up at eight and goes to bed at eleven. He naps for two hours and sleeps a lot during the rest of the day and evening. I would guess he sleeps six plus hours.
 
#10 ·
I think that that "quiet time" counts as "rest". They don't have to be knocked out, sleeping. It's also not a bad thing to have a busy day here and there. I think it's just important to keep in mind how much "down time" they need, in general, to keep stress levels down.
 
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It’s really REALLY important to respond to a puppy’s request to potty. It is all about establishing good habits. They are more than capable of “holding it” when they get older. That’s not something that needs to be explicitly “taught”. Right now, she absolutely does not have the sphincter control needed to “hold it”. All you will teach her is that it’s OK to potty in the crate, something you REALLY don’t want!

With a litter box trained puppy, another option rather than just trying to figure out whether they really need to go or whether they just want attention is to set them up with their crate in an ex-pen, with a litter box. Then they can go when they need to without you having to be involved.
 
#15 ·
With a litter box trained puppy, another option rather than just trying to figure out whether they really need to go or whether they just want attention is to set them up with their crate in an ex-pen, with a litter box. Then they can go when they need to without you having to be involved.
OK - - so that is acceptable to do! I thought I had to close them in the crate for some reason. Thank you!
 
#16 ·
My husband takes Scout and Truffles for a walk at 5AM before going to work. They sleep pretty much all day. I find it amazing that they will jump up if there are deer in the yard or someone is walking their dog across the street. Around 4-5 PM they are awake lying next to the door to the garage sniffing. When the garage door opens they both go wild. Truffles starts howling and barking. Scout runs to get a toy and starts throwing it around. My DH is their favorite. :rolleyes:
 
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When the garage door opens they both go wild. Truffles starts howling and barking. Scout runs to get a toy and starts throwing it around. My DH is their favorite. :rolleyes:
Ha, ha, ha! Ricky does that too. I usually take him everywhere I go in the car. Sometimes I can't take him, like yesterday to a business meeting. Ricky is attuned to the garage door opening and when I drive in, the first thing I hear is Ricky barking loudly at the back door. It is his "scolding Popi, you were supposed to take me with you bark." Inside the house, he goes nuts - pick me up, put me down, pick me up, put me down. He runs to get his favorite toy (usually a nylabone) and wants me to throw it for him to fetch.

Hey, SOMEBODY in the family has to be their favorite! :laugh2:

Ricky's Popi
 
#18 ·
Around 4-5 PM they are awake lying next to the door to the garage sniffing.

I don't remember if I posted this before. I recently watched a tv program on dogs. They talked about how most people note that their dogs seem to anticipate when they will be coming home from work or school, assuming they have a regular routine. My childhood dog used to go out right before my schoolbus was due and sit and wait for it.

The researchers studying dogs said their anticipation is based on scent. When we leave the house our scent is the strongest and it continues to decline during the day. Once the dogs get used to our routine, they learn that when our scent has declined to a certain level, we will be coming home. I found that pretty amazing.
 
#19 ·
It is so cute how our Hav will zoom off to the back door when he hears the garage door! He loves to lay on an air vent right by the door when he’s waiting or when I’m doing DD’s hair in the downstairs bathroom. When we’re getting ready to walk out the door he scoots over and lays in front of the door and just looks at us - it’s hard to tell if he wants us to stay or take him with us, but he definitely wants our attention!

Our dog sleeps a lot, definitely more sleep time than awake. He NEVER sleeps at daycare, though. He’s still much better at daycare than home alone, because without the distraction of other dogs he gets worked up in a different way. I can tell a huge difference when he has to go two days in a row, even though he loves it. He gets back to that overstimulated place more quickly. They give him quiet time but as far as I know he never sleeps.
 
#20 ·
I love this thread! Have folks found that their adult dogs are sleeping more than their pups? Coco spent much of the rainy day napping and resting. Will that affect her ability to sleep all night or is it like babies - the more you sleep, the more you sleep?
 
#21 ·
I’ve had the same experience with Jessie. She is 4 months old and goes from active to napping through out the day. If she gets too rambunctious during any stretch of the day, we will put her in her ex-pen....and she’s asleep in 5 minutes. If it’s just normal play, and she gets tired....she will take a nap. But if I move for any reason, she is up by my side following me around. At those times, I feel she is napping with one eye open. She is in her crate for the night by 10 pm. She sleeps all night til I let her out at 7:30-8 am. Off hand it’s hard to determine just how long she sleeps during the day, but a guesstimate would be 2-3 hours a day. Since her energy level can be high, I think the naps are about right!
 
#24 ·
I've had the same experience with Jessie. She is 4 months old and goes from active to napping through out the day. If she gets too rambunctious during any stretch of the day, we will put her in her ex-pen....and she's asleep in 5 minutes. If it's just normal play, and she gets tired....she will take a nap. But if I move for any reason, she is up by my side following me around. At those times, I feel she is napping with one eye open. She is in her crate for the night by 10 pm. She sleeps all night til I let her out at 7:30-8 am. Off hand it's hard to determine just how long she sleeps during the day, but a guesstimate would be 2-3 hours a day. Since her energy level can be high, I think the naps are about right!
Oh my goodness, this sounds exactly like my KC - Same schedule!

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#22 ·
I took Zumba to my daughter’s house yesterday where Zumba and my daughter’s boxer played hard for a couple of hours. And then she played with the kids. During the hour to get home, I would quietly check on Zumba who looked fast asleep, but each time her eyes were wide open. She was subdued at home during the evening, too. That was the easiest grooming I have done on her! But,again, if I checked up on her when she’d lay down, looking fast asleep, she had her eyes wide open every time. I have to wonder if she truly sleeps at all during the day.
 
#23 ·
I took Zumba to my daughter's house yesterday where Zumba and my daughter's boxer played hard for a couple of hours. And then she played with the kids. During the hour to get home, I would quietly check on Zumba who looked fast asleep, but each time her eyes were wide open. She was subdued at home during the evening, too. That was the easiest grooming I have done on her! But,again, if I checked up on her when she'd lay down, looking fast asleep, she had her eyes wide open every time. I have to wonder if she truly sleeps at all during the day.
She can't take the chance she might miss something! Sleeping with eyes open is the best of both worlds, right?
 
#26 ·
Perhaps "sleep" is a confusing word to use in the poll. I was really thinking of "inactive" or quiet with eyes closed. I don't know for sure if Ricky is really "asleep" at any one time, because if he hears a strange noise, I leave the room, Momi opens a bag in the kitchen, etc.....................Ricky is immediately wide awake "all hands on deck" and ready for action. I wish I could wake up that fast! :sleep:

Ricky's Popi
 
#28 ·
I was thinking about this poll the other day. My routine was different one day so our dog spent 4-5 hours following me around and didn’t take his usual morning nap. Later DD took him out with her friends and she said he was unbelievably calm. He’s so social, usually he’s overexcited and takes a few minutes to calm down, and he wants to play pretty continuously. In the past we’ve managed this by exercising him hard before a social situation, but it’s only been marginally effective. I’m thinking of trying to change his normal schedule. Usually I work on the computer in the morning when the house is quiet and he takes a nap, but I’m going to switch it up and move that to the afternoon, which is the time of day he tends to encounter more social situations. It means I’ll have to manage my time better, but he’ll be tired most of the time when he encounters people instead of refreshed and energetic!

I do wonder how much of it was the change, and if he’ll just get used to it.
 
#30 ·
How much my dogs sleep during the day is directly related to how much mole activity there is in our yard. :smile2: Fortunately, most Havanese owners are not "blessed" with mole hunters.
That is funny!

Patti is also a mole-hunter. I hope Daddy has gotten rid of them because she's very aggressive about finding them, tears up the backyard and is a mess to clean up when the ground is wet.

Those darn moles are hard to get rid of. They're after Grump Worms. Those worms must be Yummy, between the moles, armadillos and a mole-hunter a yard can look like a bomb hit it. We're on a mission to kill the food source.

I know you don't use chemicals .... but there comes a point enough is enough. We have plenty of land they need to go some place else and stay out of the yard. :laugh2:
 
#40 ·
When he is not on a walk, following me around, eating or playing, he DOES lay down in one of his dog beds. But I have yet to observe him sleeping. I don't think he sleeps! If I am awake, he is awake. If I move to another room, he is usually close behind. When I go outside without him, he is sitting at the door waiting for me.
He never appears to be tired. I wish I could say the same for me!
 
#44 ·
My husband and I were laughing about this today. Oliver is NOT a morning dog. His fur is growing back since being shaved and he has a jacket but it’s still cold in the morning. DH will try and take him out around 6:30 am to go potty and he will NOT have it! He gives this grumpy growl and if DH pushes the issue he’ll jump off the bed, jump around and play bark at him, and jump directly back in the bed and cuddle up to me.

I have to take him out at 7:30ish. It’s inevitable. He sleeps at random intervals during the day, but even at night, if I get up for any reason he instantly wakes up and follows me.
 
#49 ·
Switch to a grated system, whether you continue to use pads in it or something more eco-friendly, like pine pellets. (They smell much better too!!!)

Was tour puppy trained to an indoor system before you brought him or her home? That is knowledge that will help people here help you.

In any case, you must give her EYES ON supervision, in a small area, any time she is not confined to her pen with her potty.
 
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