Does Your Dog wake you up?

I don't have a dog but I have a cat and he wakes me up.

Haha! My boyfriend and I love to sleep in! He has to be at work at 9 am, so he wakes up as close to 9 am as he possibly can. I work from home, so I usually sleep in till 10 am.

Several months ago we adopted a dog from a rescue organization. She was living in a foster home before we adopted her. Her foster dad would run with her at 6 am every morning. So when we first got her, she was used to getting up bright and early, so she would wake us up really early wanting to go out in the mornings. But now that she's been with us for awhile, she's adjusted and is running on our schedules now! So she sleeps in with us now and gets up whenever we do!

Not only the dog wakes me up but the cat does also, all he wants is to go in the other room where I sit and have my coffee. They really are a pain, you know where. I don't know how to break them of this habit.

HI. Yes I have 2 dogs, and it never fails 5 in the morning there they are looking at me wanting to go out. The one actually would scratch my head, or pull my hair to get me up, the other one will sit and look at me. But they have to go out and do there jobs, then they come in and go back to sleep. I cannot once I am up its hard for me to go back to sleep.

haha I have 2 years old lab mix who we rescued a couple of years ago. When she was puppy she used to wake me up all the time. Now a days she don't wake me anymore hehe thats too cute though

Oh yeah, they have no problem waking me up. I have two Shih-Tzus Patches and Ringo. Patches will cuddle up and nudge me with his nose when he needs to go out. He is gentle and silent, but persistent. He will keep nudging me until I get up. Ringo is not as patient. He will get right up in my face and sneeze! It's probably more like a snort but its gross. However, he knows it gets me up. I might scold him for it, but he knows that no matter what I will open the door to let him out. Sigh, when did they get so smart?

i have a one-year old shih tzu who wakes me up around 6 am everyday....she must have an internal clock or something....she scratches my bed to wake me up....and she doesn't stop until get off from my bed...so what i do is i transfer to my sofa and sleep again and she doesn't bother me anymore:)

My dog would only wake me up if he had to go outside. And really, I wanted my dog to wake me up in that case. He was pretty considerate most of the time. Even when he had to go, he would sit near the foot of my bed just watching me. When things started to get more urgent he would cry a little. If he saw that I was waking up he would come over to me and "encourage" me to get moving.

That is Rambo's specialty. Every morning, no matter how hard I try to sleep in, Rambo constantly barks and jumps on me, but I have a nail grinder now, so no more clawing me when he jumps... LOL! I can never sleep in... because once I'm awake, I cannot get back to sleep at all. And of course, he acts like he hasn't seen me in like five thousand years. He's just the strangest dog I've met, none of my other dogs had done it. I guess they're an inside version of a rooster, dawn sets in, time for you to wake up... haha.

My dog is always kind in not waking me up in the morning. She only ever wakes me if she has to be let out into her dog pen to do her 'thing.' I think it's funny how she wakes me up...she doesn't bark, or jerk at the covers, she just gets her face really close to mine and breathes. When I finally wake up, I'm staring right into her eyes lol.