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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.
How much should a puppy sleep. I adopted a Eskimo Spitz/Collie mix who is now 3m old. I am wondering what the average amount a puppy sleeps in a 24 hour time period. We get up about 7am and I walk her she plays for a few hours then sleeps about 2 or 3 hours in the early afternoon she is up from approx 5p until we got to bed between 10 and 11. I also take her out every 4 hours during the night to potty (she sleeps in a crate by our bed during the night.