All articles about sleep.
A step-by-step guide to crate training your puppy for nighttime sleep, covering crate setup, placement strategy, handling crying, overnight potty breaks, and the gradual transition to independent sleeping.
A complete guide to enforcing puppy nap schedules - covering the overtiredness cycle, the 1-hour-up/2-hours-down rule, crate training for naps, age-based schedules, and the link between sleep and behavior.
A comprehensive guide to optimizing your puppy's sleep environment - covering ideal temperature, lighting, noise strategies, crate bedding, crate covers, room selection, seasonal adjustments, and multi-dog household setups.
A complete guide to understanding why puppies cry at night - covering loneliness, potty needs, discomfort, and attention-seeking - with modern behaviorist strategies and week-by-week expectations.
A complete guide to puppy sleep regression, covering the 4-month, 6-month, and 8-10 month regression windows, the biological reasons behind each one, and proven strategies to restore healthy sleep.
How much sleep does your puppy need? A detailed breakdown of puppy sleep schedules by age covering nap frequency, nighttime sleep, signs of over-tiredness, and how sleep patterns evolve from 8 weeks through the first year.
A balanced, evidence-based look at co-sleeping with your puppy - behavioral arguments for and against, safety considerations, hygiene, and how to find the arrangement that works for both of you.