did you know that an average dog spends about 50 percent of their 24 hours
sleeping 30 percent of the time they are lunging that's what we're going to talk
about all that and more coming up.
hello dog lover my name is Saro, I am a dog trainer and also coach dog owners. welcome
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as well so as you know or you may not know most dogs sleep all the time so 50%
of their time is spent sleeping the 30 percent of their time is spent lounging
around and the 20 percent of the time they're being active sleep is one of the
most important and effective medicines for both humans and dogs beside the food
that we eat or the food that they eat sleep support your dogs or puppy's brain
development learning capacity memory and immune system dogs or animals they do a
lot of sleeping because they know the benefits of sleep and most prey animals
if you'd notice they are sleeping around prey animals just like your dog they
tend to sleep around rather than being active now we're going to talk about
being active but sleeping is one of those natural activities that most dogs
and most animals do most prey animals just like your dog they only get active
when they are hungry when they are hungry they start moving and planning
they get to start the hunt itself and if they are successful in the hunt they
kill the prey and eat it and if they're not they lie down again press and try
some other time so most animals prey animals
eat once in a while every few days they don't eat all the time by the way and if
they're not hunting they are sleeping or they're lounging around take a watch any
animal documentary or program paid more attention to prey animals and see their
lifestyle and what they do now I'm not saying that you have to let your dog or
your puppy to be lazy and just hang around but understand that dogs and
animals they don't only need exercise or just sleeping they need a formula that I
have shared in my channel which I call it a dogs five essential needs they need
proper amount of exercise training socialization care and also affection
also this means that you need to provide enough amount of physical and mental
stimulation and activity for your dog and your puppy which is based on their
age physical activity breed size and few other aspects for instance puppies need
to sleep 18 to 20 hours a day the four to six hours that they're away
they're either eating playing or lounging around or being stimulated
mentally socializing and learning about their environment working breeds like
for the Cawley's they are designed to work and be active more than other
breeds so you have to consider that as well and provide decent amount of
exercise for your border collie or working breed so the lifestyle of yours
also can affect your dog's activity level so if you are a person who's
working from home and it's not very active and is spending most of the time
indoors you want to consider having a dog that can tolerate that lifestyle and
also you have to consider that you can have a working dog while you are working
although I do suggest to provide enough amount of exercise for your dog but you
also have to consider provide enough sleep time for your dog as well so your
environment has to be controlled for your dog to be calm
and relaxed so it can sleep or a longer arm so by providing enough amount of
exercise training and socialization which are all physical and mental
stimulation your dog is going to have an easier time to relax and lounge around
and sleep for instance for your puppy try to provide short amounts of exercise
during the day 3 4 5 times a day rather than one big one this system
applies to your adult dogs as well instead of providing one long exercise
session try to provide two or three short exercise sessions try to provide
also mental stimulation for your dog these include puzzles training sessions
or just simply allowing your dog or puppy to participate in activities that
you're doing throughout the day try to provide daily training sessions for your
dog not only to provide mental stimulation but also provide physical
stimulation using play and praise reward system that I show you and teach you in
my channel which is going to be more effective to help your dog to relax and
calm down and lounge around and relax and sleep also provide
species-appropriate diet for your dog rather than commercial low-quality food
if you have a puppy for instance make sure that the puppy sleeps in the crate
and the crate is by your bed or your workstation so your puppy can see and
feel you so you can relax and sleep longer hours and have a longer relaxing
time try to darken the room that your dog sleeps especially if your dog is
sleeping in the same room that you're sleeping and remove small bright LED
lights that tend to be very bright in the darkness by taking all the right
steps you can provide in relaxing and calming environment for your puppy or
your dog so they can relax and sleep more
so they can feel healthier and better and maybe we can learn from animals and
our dogs as well that we need to sleep more you used to think that sleeping was
a bad thing the saying of you can sleep whenever you're dead is a wrong message
and it's the wrong form of thinking the more we sleep the better we feel and the
better our dogs are going to feel and believe longer and healthier as well if
you have any questions leave those questions in the comments area I'm going
to leave some articles in the description area as well which you can
read learn more about this topic and until next time have fun with your dog