04/05/2026
In the previous reel we covered the detriments of poor sleep hygiene in your dogs. And boy do we know how a bad night of sleep affects us! 😾
So how exactly do we as owners improve sleep quality for our dogs?
Let’s detail the 4 biggest things I recommend on nearly a daily basis.
#1. Giving a suitable space to rest
Putting their bed in a low traffic area, a quiet, dark space, gives them the option to rest in low stimulatory space.
Avoid hallways, high activity areas of the house, bright lights that’s going to keep that stimulation high.
#2. Intentionally giving them downtime
This may even come down to purposefully ignoring or not engaging with your dog for periods of the day, during work, watching TV, so they have that option to take their own space and rest.
#3. Physical comfort determines sleep quality
How well do you sleep when you’ve got that constant ni**le, knot or pain point that keeps you tossing and turning, readjusting to find a comfortable position, and no matter what you do, you just can’t stop focusing on it? It’s the exact same for our dogs. Those ni**les can keep them restless, getting up, readjusting, and keeps them away from that deep sleep that allows healing to take place.
#4. Form a consistent routine
If they know the points of the day where your sat down for work for those 2 hours, when they go for their walk, have their meals, they learn the routine of when to be up and ready to go, and when they can take their rest. If the routine continuously changes, they feel they can’t settle.
Improving their long term health doesn’t always mean doing more, sometimes it’s doing less but productively.
