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Does your puppy spend more time in bed than you do? Or is he so drowsy he'd rather sleep than go chase squirrels? At this age, puppies should be sleeping about the same amount of time as adult dogs which is approximately 14 hours a day. The correct amount of sleep for dogs is as important as it is for humans. In the wild, with too much sleep, a dog becomes lethargic, his senses dull, and he can't hunt well. In our society, an oversleeper is more likely to get ill. If you're home all day, it's easy for you to see how much your puppy is sleeping.
As shown in the accompanying infographic, the average dog will sleep 12-14 hours per day. If your dogs have adjusted to your sleep patterns, which most do eventually, theyâre sleeping around eight hours at night. So the other four to six hours required will occur during the day in the form of naps. Determining just how long those naps should last for each dog will vary by the type of dog. Many reasons exist to cause a dog to sleep more or less than the average. Active working dogs. Dogs like police dogs or service dogs will tend to sleep less because theyâre active much of the day alongside the humans with which theyâre working.