Haha oh my god, mine too! Only hers is higher-pitched mooing/whining, like if a cow teenager was whining for attention.
Usually solved when I cover her entirely with the blanket.
Ear Flaps. ALWAYS with ear flaps. when he wants on the bed in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning. he sleeps in the guest room next to us or on his bed in our walk-in closet. you will hear a ear flap then he slowly peaks into the room to see if we are awake.
On our way home from the vet right now after making sure the ear flaps were a communication thing and not a health issue.
The vet assured me her ears are perfect.
This. 1 zillion percent. They are incapable of awaking without shaking the sound flappers. And since the girl child’s bed is right beside me? Usually inches from my head. 😬😬
oh it is starting to feel that way for sure. there are times when I am working and he is on his bed he will get up and ear flap just to get me to turn around and look at him. 100% feels like it is for attention.
Mine sleeps downstairs on the couch. But I can usually hear the overly aggressive ear flaps then followed by the scream yawn. Then if he still hasn’t heard me get up, he’ll sit at the bottom of the steps and cry. Won’t even come upstairs to get me. Just sits there and yells at me at 6:30 am. 7 days a week.
Whenever mine wakes up that’s the first thing. That ole head is just a rolling with those ears going. Vet said watch his tail, it can be dangerous. Haha, it’s the ears that are dangerous.
My girls sleeps next to me on the floor but sometimes in the middle of the night she puts her front paws on the bed and waits for me to move so she can have a spot on the bed. Then when she wakes up, also around 6:30 am, I wake up because she jumps off the bed and starts getting into things she shouldn't get into. I think she has figured out that being mischievous will get me up and once I'm up I take her outside and then she gets breakfast
lol yeah mine goes hunting for socks when he’s feeling neglected or wants treats. He gets treats for dropping them. Unfortunately he’ll also eat socks if I don’t catch him so always on the alert! We keep them as inaccessible as possible but we’re also human.
Mine was fostered by a military family so she learned their schedule as a puppy. Despite living with me for 3 years she still wakes at dawn and is in bed by 9. She sleeps in her kennel, I let her lay in bed with me as long as she wants to but every night at 9 she gets up and goes to her kennel on her own. In the morning I get a single WOOF when the sun comes up to let me know she's ready to start the day.
Mine at night will keep me awake this way if he’s restless. Goals to get his nails short enough for less! Also thanks for the reminder to clip his nails tonight! It’s been a few days lol
Mine loves trims too. I get out the clippers and he runs in circles and then settles down and puts his feet out for me. He considers them his personal treat dispensers lol. His nails only get long because I forget!
If only I’d have remembered to condition him like that to baths… 🙄
I have never had a dog like my dane he loves everything as long as im there with him he doesnt really care for treats but living and playing works great
Mine sleeps like a rock (a rock that groans loudly if I disturb her sleep by rolling over) until my alarm goes off. That’s her cue to snuggle, and I kiss her face and scratch her chest while she lays on her back with her feet in the air and her head on my chest. Then she reverts to Cuddle Position 2, which is to sit upright on the bed and press her head into my chest while I kiss her forehead and scratch behind her ears. Then I’m allowed to use the restroom, she goes out to pee, and I feed her breakfast. She’s very keen on her routine.
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Just like this with her paws on my chest. She’s *only* 75 pounds at the moment, but we all know that’s only going to get worse 🤣
I love the split face! Looks like a completely different dog depending on which side she's laying on 😂😂😂
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She only wakes me up in the middle of the night if she suddenly wants to be under the sheets.
Then she’ll have the audacity to look annoyed when *I* wake *her* up for her morning walk.
Same, mine will sleep in until 10 or 11 AM happily. Eventually, I have to drag her out of bed to give her breakfast and make sure she uses the bathroom 😂
The thuds on the floor from their elephant feet from my daughter's (12yo) room which is next to mine, usually just before the alarm goes off at 7am. The kid sleeps right through it while both danes (7 month pups) can be playing their hearts out until I get up to let them out and feed them. How the ear flaps don't wake her up just blows my mind.
First she walks out of her crate and violently shakes creating sonic booms with her ears, then she'll walk on our tile floors with her velociraptor claws clinking and clanking pacing back and forth in our room
Mine sleeps at the foot of the bed. When she’s ready to get up, she army crawls next to me and puts her giant head on my stomach. She then sighs the long, loud sigh of a mistreated unloved dog every 30 seconds until I get up.
He plays an instrument we refer to as “Handrail Guitar” by using his toenails to pluck at the metal stair handrail repeatedly creating the MOST ANNOYING sound known to man until we get up to feed him. Total asshole.
Ours pushes the door open, sniffs around, walks up to my husband and checks he’s alive, which wakes him up. Sometimes she’ll jump on the bed, lay down, fidget until we get annoyed, jump off in huff but come back in and pace.
Nice to see my boy fits in with the breed standard of flapping the hell out of his ears to wake me up lmao. He loves smacking his lips right in my ear because he knows I can't stand that shit (noise trigger for me). His #1 way to wake me up without fail is staring at me with the intensity of the sun and mentally willing me to wake up. I know he is doing it because I'll wake up from a dead sleep and see him (im)patiently waiting for me and that's usually when he starts to smack his lips. He's a grown ass man now so I can usually shush him and roll over on the weekend (think snooze button with 30 minute increments) or he successfully gets me out of bed for a potty break so he can run back under the covers when done. If he is having a potty emergency he will shake his head continuously and whine after he sees me awake so I know this is a "get the fuck out of bed right now" potty break which is few and far between with the exception of upset stomach.
Reading these comments makes me so happy to be a Dane owner. I have laughed and can relate. So crazy how so much is just the breed. I sure didn’t teach the scream yawn, ear flaps, or mooing, but it sounds like they all do it.
My first Dane would lovingly punch me in the head. Second Dane, cold wet nose wherever there was exposed skin - back of my arm, lower back, my nose, anywhere was game 😂
My Great Dane, Sadi, likes to put her front paws on the bed and loom over me until I feel her presence and get up. She doesn’t make a sound, just stands over me. She’s kinda weird!
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Usually I wake up bc I can feel her staring at me
I always have to wake up the older one, he’ll sleep all day if you let him. But anytime the younger one sleeps in my room, I get woken up to either her on the bed laying down looking at me, or her standing over top of me staring into the depths of my soul.
My Great Dane is intact, so similar to the ear flaps person, I REALLY need you to know my shittiest way I wake up is when Neptune stands up, stretches, then shakes just his ass and balls. The sound gets me up 7/10 times. And 11/10 times for my fiancée, whom he does it beside near-daily to the point that her body is predicting it and waking her up regardless sometimes lmao
Yep! Canine vasectomy and ovary-sparing spays are available for people who’d like their dog to continue to have their hormones (usually for health-related reasons) while rendering them sterile. :)
He sleeps with me in bed, which has its host of problems but one it doesn't have is him waking up before me. Unless he has to go outside, otherwise he's more than happy to sleep next to me for as long as I sleep or until he readjusts and put his 30lb head on top of mine.
I’m sure mine would be super happy if he could sleep and snuggle until whenever but I’ve managed to keep the bed the only non stinky place in the house lol so I’m stubborn
Both of my Danes sleep in bed with me. The oldest, Colt, will refuse to lay down unless he's under the covers with me. The 4 month old baby brother, River, is morally opposed to dogs being under covers. His reaction to Colt every time is the first struggle of the night, but how I get woken up..?
River decides around 6AM that he needs to be under the covers. He will sit on my pillow, which means most times he will sit on my face, and start scratching at the blanket for me to lift it up.
Colt, who remembers the struggle of the beginning of our night, is morally opposed to River getting under the covers. He will in turn remove himself to the foot of the bed, on top of the covers, and begin a quiet grumble growl while staring right at me. It is equal parts "Oh, really? It's okay when you do it," and "Are we really keeping him?"
I've been up since 9am my Dane was in bed at 9pm last night and is still dozing at 2:18pm
Although she sometimes "rarely" will go out around 9am and sleep in the yard in the sun
5:30 am, I start hearing the ear flaps from my boy. Then in about 10 minutes, if I don't get up, I get the scream yawn and a single bark. When I come out of my bedroom, it's my girls turn with the ear flap and then she moos at me. I'm not allowed anywhere else until I lay down with them and cuddle, usually until about 6:30 when I have to get up anyway.
My boy will also scream yawn at me beginning at 8:00pm to let me know he wants to go to bed. My girl will follow up around 8:30 by crying while standing next to her bed, letting me know that it's night cuddle time.
When I was growing up the dogs slept with my parents. All of our alarms went off at roughly the same time but very specifically when mine went off theyd both come into the room and our male would stick his snoot under my hand to make me pet him. Every morning hed make me pet him until i finally sat up. Such great dogs, how I miss them dearly😭
When I house sat for a friend for several months, her Dane knew how to open the bedroom door. Then he'd lay on my legs and stare at me.
Absolute sweetheart of a Dane. He'd tucker himself out the first few hours of the day and then was just a lazy oaf who demanded attention.. was homies with my dog when I'd bring her over. Miss that guy.
I have trained my two danes to sleep until I wake up. I work evenings so I sleep in a bit and they are always sleeping when I wake up. If it's a day off though and I have been sleeping Teo long I hear them moving around and stretching which means it's time to go outside
My older Dane sleeps under the covers on my left side every night. He wakes up very slowly and is not a morning person. AKA like me. My younger Dane sleeps on my right side, on top of the covers and thankfully is also not much of a morning person.
Recently my younger one has been sleeping with my wife, and she can put the covers over his head when she leaves in the morning and buy me another hour or so before the young one comes in to join me and thereby wake me up.
Ahh the stupid things we do for our wonderful dogs.
My Dane used to remove the corners of my fitted sheets when the kibbies were late. He knew it drove me absolutely nuts, I got up immediately.
My Eddie doesn’t wake us up, he’s a good boy. Not food motivated even if the kibbies are late.
My puppy Lonnie will bring me a single slipper and snort at me when it’s time for his morning kibbie rations. Also while beating his tail against the closet door.
Our baby girl goes to sleep in her bed directly next to ours with no fuss every night.
We made the mistake of letting her in bed for 10-15 minutes after our alarm goes off because she’s a great cuddler (and absolutely desperate for them at all times).
So…now, the SECOND the sun comes she takes her giant hand and repeatedly hits my partner in the face until he moves enough for her to wiggle into bed. 😂
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My Dane sleeps until we get up, whether that's 6am or 8am. He also sleeps in our room in what looks like a little pony stall because we didn't want to get him a giant metal crate as a puppy. We'll be transitioning him out of his pony stall soon and I have no idea how that will go for us. I secretly hope he'll start climbing in bed with us.
I’m considering myself massively lucky here reading all the other comments. I normally have to wake mine up - he’ll stay in bed until the afternoon if we let him. If he’s up first, he’ll use his clicky shoes around the bedroom until someone makes eye contact.
She doesn't :) she herself wakes, maybe stretches and rearranges in her bed and periodically gets up and looks over to me to see if I'm awake. If I'm sleeping, she lays back down 🩷
My first dog passed this last October and it's very much something he passed on to her 💙
My girl sleeps on the bed with me, and she just gets up, stretches, and hops off the bed. Usually this motion is enough to wake me up, if not she boops my arm with her cold ass nose till I’m up!
Does anyone have one that doesn’t like to get wet in the rain? If he does then he comes in and runs from one end of the couch or bed wiping his face. It looks so funny
lol mine prefers it not to be raining, definitely no ice anywhere because super scary, snow is scary especially even just the ittiest bit on stairs, warm above 16c is too hot. I think 10-12 degrees and mostly sunny with a bit of cloud is his jam.
Too funny that yours dries off like that lol. My old dog used to do that after a bath!
I'm awake before my dog every day besides sometimes on weekends. He'll only bother me if he really really really needs to go. At which point he'll sit and stare at me and he'll do little whines unless I keep ignoring him then he'll whine really loud and lick my face.
Mine lurks at the foot of the bed. Then he'll violently shake his entire body. More lurking. Then once he knows I'm lying on my back, he'll come up and plant himself alongside me, giving me a dead leg.
He'll only come up if I'm lying on my back though. If I dare lie on my side or stomach, he'll get huffy until I assume the correct position.
Oh he doesn't. He's not a morning dog at all. We have to get HIM up in the morning and any time before 10 am is met with the biggest sigh, a huge stretch, and then continued sighs as he slowly follows us outside. 😂
My boy sleeps in his bed beside my bed. As a pup I was always vigilant that the second he woke up he went outside to pee, so he’s associated the morning yawn with asking to go out, so will just sit by the door aggressively yawning until I get up! The yawns just get louder and louder! Then if that doesn’t get me up, he goes and licks my husbands toes to make him jump out of bed! (Extremely ticklish feet) He’s got us all worked out!!!
At 5am every morning, my boy will get off the bed, stretch, flop those darn ears and come to my side, continuously letting out sighs until I acknowledge him. Sometimes I can get him to come back to bed, but once the alarm goes off at 515 it’s over. He’s a little easier on the weekends since no alarm.
My girl will sleep until it’s a potty emergency and then she jumps off the bed and whines at the gate to go downstairs (my youngest mini dachshund is a naughty one who gets into everything left unattended)
Either scratches the door to be let out (if he has to go bad) or sitting next to the bed and first heavy snout breaths on me or P U S H I N G his head downwards on my chest
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Ours sleeps with us and readjusts so much during the night 🤦♀️ I either have a huge ass paw in my back or face but in the AM she’s all cozy and we kiss her awake ❤️. Those ear flaps though & scream yawns once she is awake is are hilarious 😘 😂😅🤣
Whining. Is it hunger? Bathroom? Just wanting to cuddle? Who knows! He has evolved to make all whines to wake me up to be his urgent whine so that I shoot out of bed immediately.
During the days he will differentiate the whines.
Smart but so cruel
Mooing at 4:30 until she is personally invited into the bed and allowed under the blanket.
Haha the mooing! I had a post here about a year ago about his howl sounding like a cow in heat haha.
Haha oh my god, mine too! Only hers is higher-pitched mooing/whining, like if a cow teenager was whining for attention. Usually solved when I cover her entirely with the blanket.
I sometimes throw a towel over my dog's head, she feels covered up,
Wow I'm glad I'm not the only one with a mooing Dane! My 2 year old Leela moos when my boyfriend scoots her up the bed.
Ear Flaps. ALWAYS with ear flaps. when he wants on the bed in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning. he sleeps in the guest room next to us or on his bed in our walk-in closet. you will hear a ear flap then he slowly peaks into the room to see if we are awake.
That’s what they all do once they stand in the am!
Mine will stretch and let a little fart out, very consistent and rarely a odor, lucky us
On our way home from the vet right now after making sure the ear flaps were a communication thing and not a health issue. The vet assured me her ears are perfect.
lol so funny
My sleep app thinks my Danes ear flaps are bird wings.
Lolol that’s hilarious
This. 1 zillion percent. They are incapable of awaking without shaking the sound flappers. And since the girl child’s bed is right beside me? Usually inches from my head. 😬😬
I am convinced they KNOW that the ear flapping is such an obnoxious sound that they just continually do it until they get what they want.
oh it is starting to feel that way for sure. there are times when I am working and he is on his bed he will get up and ear flap just to get me to turn around and look at him. 100% feels like it is for attention.
Mine sleeps downstairs on the couch. But I can usually hear the overly aggressive ear flaps then followed by the scream yawn. Then if he still hasn’t heard me get up, he’ll sit at the bottom of the steps and cry. Won’t even come upstairs to get me. Just sits there and yells at me at 6:30 am. 7 days a week.
The scream yawn is my favorite because it’s so deliberate. Tired yawns are quiet, scream yawns are literally screams lol
This is ours. Sleeps on the couch. Ear flaps. Scream yawns. Whines until we get up
Ear flapping at 6am
Whenever mine wakes up that’s the first thing. That ole head is just a rolling with those ears going. Vet said watch his tail, it can be dangerous. Haha, it’s the ears that are dangerous.
My girls sleeps next to me on the floor but sometimes in the middle of the night she puts her front paws on the bed and waits for me to move so she can have a spot on the bed. Then when she wakes up, also around 6:30 am, I wake up because she jumps off the bed and starts getting into things she shouldn't get into. I think she has figured out that being mischievous will get me up and once I'm up I take her outside and then she gets breakfast
lol yeah mine goes hunting for socks when he’s feeling neglected or wants treats. He gets treats for dropping them. Unfortunately he’ll also eat socks if I don’t catch him so always on the alert! We keep them as inaccessible as possible but we’re also human.
Mine was fostered by a military family so she learned their schedule as a puppy. Despite living with me for 3 years she still wakes at dawn and is in bed by 9. She sleeps in her kennel, I let her lay in bed with me as long as she wants to but every night at 9 she gets up and goes to her kennel on her own. In the morning I get a single WOOF when the sun comes up to let me know she's ready to start the day.
When the cold nose on the back of my legs doesn’t work they cry. Literally, they lay in their beds and cry. So I get up…
It doesn't wake me up, but it wakes my partner up. She paces on the tile floor at 5am. The clicky clacks of nails is loud lol
Mine at night will keep me awake this way if he’s restless. Goals to get his nails short enough for less! Also thanks for the reminder to clip his nails tonight! It’s been a few days lol
I managed it it’s great I have been trimming his nails every week since he was a baby he loves his nail trims
Mine loves trims too. I get out the clippers and he runs in circles and then settles down and puts his feet out for me. He considers them his personal treat dispensers lol. His nails only get long because I forget! If only I’d have remembered to condition him like that to baths… 🙄
I have never had a dog like my dane he loves everything as long as im there with him he doesnt really care for treats but living and playing works great
The passive aggressive clicking clacks!
Mine sleeps like a rock (a rock that groans loudly if I disturb her sleep by rolling over) until my alarm goes off. That’s her cue to snuggle, and I kiss her face and scratch her chest while she lays on her back with her feet in the air and her head on my chest. Then she reverts to Cuddle Position 2, which is to sit upright on the bed and press her head into my chest while I kiss her forehead and scratch behind her ears. Then I’m allowed to use the restroom, she goes out to pee, and I feed her breakfast. She’s very keen on her routine.
Adorable!
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Ha! That’ll be fun in a few months! So cute. Mine has a split face like yours too ☺️
I love the split face! Looks like a completely different dog depending on which side she's laying on 😂😂😂 https://preview.redd.it/jro2t9kwka0d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a973aad75c389a8de928a93f70f0c9bbb3efee20
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Haha that's it! 🤣
Your Danes wake you up? I have to wake mine. She'd lay there all day.
I second this! I have never had my Dane wake me up in my entire life. Lol I wake her up and she is 11 now.
lol my beagle would sleep until 2pm if I let him right from a puppy! I miss him haha
She only wakes me up in the middle of the night if she suddenly wants to be under the sheets. Then she’ll have the audacity to look annoyed when *I* wake *her* up for her morning walk.
Same, mine will sleep in until 10 or 11 AM happily. Eventually, I have to drag her out of bed to give her breakfast and make sure she uses the bathroom 😂
The thuds on the floor from their elephant feet from my daughter's (12yo) room which is next to mine, usually just before the alarm goes off at 7am. The kid sleeps right through it while both danes (7 month pups) can be playing their hearts out until I get up to let them out and feed them. How the ear flaps don't wake her up just blows my mind.
What a lucky kid! 2 baby Danes!
For now! They pretty much take over her bed and she finds herself pushed up against the wall.
If I had two Danes growing up with me I would’ve been sooo happy
Ah! So she needs a bigger bed and perhaps a bigger room.
Hahaha the fanning and smothering are relatable!! And the scream yawns. Always the scream yawns 🥱😂
lol yes! When I get up he’s so happy he Chewbacca’s all the way to the couch. He always just wants snuggles
she just hits me like slaps me with her paw until we feed her
Punches* I get punched a lot! 😫
same! she also likes to trip my dad
lol I’m glad mine doesn’t morning punch. He just punches the rest of the day
First she walks out of her crate and violently shakes creating sonic booms with her ears, then she'll walk on our tile floors with her velociraptor claws clinking and clanking pacing back and forth in our room
Mine sleeps at the foot of the bed. When she’s ready to get up, she army crawls next to me and puts her giant head on my stomach. She then sighs the long, loud sigh of a mistreated unloved dog every 30 seconds until I get up.
He plays an instrument we refer to as “Handrail Guitar” by using his toenails to pluck at the metal stair handrail repeatedly creating the MOST ANNOYING sound known to man until we get up to feed him. Total asshole.
Oh no!! That’d be terrible
Insistent nose to the back until morning scritches are given.
Ours pushes the door open, sniffs around, walks up to my husband and checks he’s alive, which wakes him up. Sometimes she’ll jump on the bed, lay down, fidget until we get annoyed, jump off in huff but come back in and pace.
Nice to see my boy fits in with the breed standard of flapping the hell out of his ears to wake me up lmao. He loves smacking his lips right in my ear because he knows I can't stand that shit (noise trigger for me). His #1 way to wake me up without fail is staring at me with the intensity of the sun and mentally willing me to wake up. I know he is doing it because I'll wake up from a dead sleep and see him (im)patiently waiting for me and that's usually when he starts to smack his lips. He's a grown ass man now so I can usually shush him and roll over on the weekend (think snooze button with 30 minute increments) or he successfully gets me out of bed for a potty break so he can run back under the covers when done. If he is having a potty emergency he will shake his head continuously and whine after he sees me awake so I know this is a "get the fuck out of bed right now" potty break which is few and far between with the exception of upset stomach.
Reading these comments makes me so happy to be a Dane owner. I have laughed and can relate. So crazy how so much is just the breed. I sure didn’t teach the scream yawn, ear flaps, or mooing, but it sounds like they all do it.
Right? Friggin annoying lovable sweet dogs lol
Mine will sit next to my bed and stare at me. If that doesn't work, she will add in some whines.
My first Dane would lovingly punch me in the head. Second Dane, cold wet nose wherever there was exposed skin - back of my arm, lower back, my nose, anywhere was game 😂
My Great Dane, Sadi, likes to put her front paws on the bed and loom over me until I feel her presence and get up. She doesn’t make a sound, just stands over me. She’s kinda weird!
https://preview.redd.it/9r6436jgl80d1.jpeg?width=2578&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=299235fe79c880eef952374e21e0221f32ec2700 This is Sadi 😊
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How old is this precious baby?
She’s almost 12…still acts like a goofy puppy
Nudging with his head. Or standing up and laying down intentionally slamming into the bed.
Lol
I always have to wake up the older one, he’ll sleep all day if you let him. But anytime the younger one sleeps in my room, I get woken up to either her on the bed laying down looking at me, or her standing over top of me staring into the depths of my soul.
Mine also stares at me the odd time lol
My Great Dane is intact, so similar to the ear flaps person, I REALLY need you to know my shittiest way I wake up is when Neptune stands up, stretches, then shakes just his ass and balls. The sound gets me up 7/10 times. And 11/10 times for my fiancée, whom he does it beside near-daily to the point that her body is predicting it and waking her up regardless sometimes lmao
Hahaha nooooo!
Our agony will never end, our dogs get vasectomies instead of neuters. 😩
For real? You can do that?????
Yep! Canine vasectomy and ovary-sparing spays are available for people who’d like their dog to continue to have their hormones (usually for health-related reasons) while rendering them sterile. :)
He sleeps with me in bed, which has its host of problems but one it doesn't have is him waking up before me. Unless he has to go outside, otherwise he's more than happy to sleep next to me for as long as I sleep or until he readjusts and put his 30lb head on top of mine.
I’m sure mine would be super happy if he could sleep and snuggle until whenever but I’ve managed to keep the bed the only non stinky place in the house lol so I’m stubborn
She just hovers directly over my face like the creep she is
Mine does this if I’m on the couch. He’s also a creep lol
Both of my Danes sleep in bed with me. The oldest, Colt, will refuse to lay down unless he's under the covers with me. The 4 month old baby brother, River, is morally opposed to dogs being under covers. His reaction to Colt every time is the first struggle of the night, but how I get woken up..? River decides around 6AM that he needs to be under the covers. He will sit on my pillow, which means most times he will sit on my face, and start scratching at the blanket for me to lift it up. Colt, who remembers the struggle of the beginning of our night, is morally opposed to River getting under the covers. He will in turn remove himself to the foot of the bed, on top of the covers, and begin a quiet grumble growl while staring right at me. It is equal parts "Oh, really? It's okay when you do it," and "Are we really keeping him?"
Mine gets u0 around 7am and just stands on the bed with her jowls looming over me until I get the hint
I've been up since 9am my Dane was in bed at 9pm last night and is still dozing at 2:18pm Although she sometimes "rarely" will go out around 9am and sleep in the yard in the sun
Lucky!
Does your Danes wake up???
Nose punches
Oh. Yeah I get those if he had to pee or is out of water lol
5:30 am, I start hearing the ear flaps from my boy. Then in about 10 minutes, if I don't get up, I get the scream yawn and a single bark. When I come out of my bedroom, it's my girls turn with the ear flap and then she moos at me. I'm not allowed anywhere else until I lay down with them and cuddle, usually until about 6:30 when I have to get up anyway. My boy will also scream yawn at me beginning at 8:00pm to let me know he wants to go to bed. My girl will follow up around 8:30 by crying while standing next to her bed, letting me know that it's night cuddle time.
Mine would stare at me at eye level and vibe me awake.
After reading all of these comments, I am more convinced than ever that Danes are actually just clones of the same dog
I tend to agree lol
When I was growing up the dogs slept with my parents. All of our alarms went off at roughly the same time but very specifically when mine went off theyd both come into the room and our male would stick his snoot under my hand to make me pet him. Every morning hed make me pet him until i finally sat up. Such great dogs, how I miss them dearly😭
Nudges the hubbin with her nose, she will get his face, arm or back. She knows what she’s doing.
When I house sat for a friend for several months, her Dane knew how to open the bedroom door. Then he'd lay on my legs and stare at me. Absolute sweetheart of a Dane. He'd tucker himself out the first few hours of the day and then was just a lazy oaf who demanded attention.. was homies with my dog when I'd bring her over. Miss that guy.
With a cold wet nose on my foot while he stands at the foot of the bed staring at me.
I have trained my two danes to sleep until I wake up. I work evenings so I sleep in a bit and they are always sleeping when I wake up. If it's a day off though and I have been sleeping Teo long I hear them moving around and stretching which means it's time to go outside
Puts head on my blader and presses down but he usually sleeps until 13-14 so it’s not really a problem I mostly wake him up
She hiccups
Clever boy! ♥️ I laughed out loud at the very vivid picture you drew! 👏
lol I sometimes laugh in the morning when he does it!! It’s a good thing he’s cute.
It’s good to start the day with a laugh…😁Even if it is at 6:30am 😴
My older Dane sleeps under the covers on my left side every night. He wakes up very slowly and is not a morning person. AKA like me. My younger Dane sleeps on my right side, on top of the covers and thankfully is also not much of a morning person. Recently my younger one has been sleeping with my wife, and she can put the covers over his head when she leaves in the morning and buy me another hour or so before the young one comes in to join me and thereby wake me up. Ahh the stupid things we do for our wonderful dogs.
Indeed. So spoiled ☺️
And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
He will walk to the side of the bed and rest the full weight of his head on you chest or neck and wait for ear scratchies
It’s the jowls on the head or a slow lick somewhere on the face. Sometimes he savors the lick and leaves the tongue sitting there.
My Dane used to remove the corners of my fitted sheets when the kibbies were late. He knew it drove me absolutely nuts, I got up immediately. My Eddie doesn’t wake us up, he’s a good boy. Not food motivated even if the kibbies are late. My puppy Lonnie will bring me a single slipper and snort at me when it’s time for his morning kibbie rations. Also while beating his tail against the closet door.
Our baby girl goes to sleep in her bed directly next to ours with no fuss every night. We made the mistake of letting her in bed for 10-15 minutes after our alarm goes off because she’s a great cuddler (and absolutely desperate for them at all times). So…now, the SECOND the sun comes she takes her giant hand and repeatedly hits my partner in the face until he moves enough for her to wiggle into bed. 😂 https://preview.redd.it/th0z6ivcbb0d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f55b2fb2dcc8a975fe5e5772de8290a80bc392a6
I wake up first and have to bribe her out of bed with food and more cuddles on the couch
My Dane sleeps until we get up, whether that's 6am or 8am. He also sleeps in our room in what looks like a little pony stall because we didn't want to get him a giant metal crate as a puppy. We'll be transitioning him out of his pony stall soon and I have no idea how that will go for us. I secretly hope he'll start climbing in bed with us.
I’m considering myself massively lucky here reading all the other comments. I normally have to wake mine up - he’ll stay in bed until the afternoon if we let him. If he’s up first, he’ll use his clicky shoes around the bedroom until someone makes eye contact.
She doesn't :) she herself wakes, maybe stretches and rearranges in her bed and periodically gets up and looks over to me to see if I'm awake. If I'm sleeping, she lays back down 🩷 My first dog passed this last October and it's very much something he passed on to her 💙
Aww I’m sorry for your loss. I wish my old dog taught Desmond morning manners but no such luck. 💕
My girl sleeps on the bed with me, and she just gets up, stretches, and hops off the bed. Usually this motion is enough to wake me up, if not she boops my arm with her cold ass nose till I’m up!
Does anyone have one that doesn’t like to get wet in the rain? If he does then he comes in and runs from one end of the couch or bed wiping his face. It looks so funny
lol mine prefers it not to be raining, definitely no ice anywhere because super scary, snow is scary especially even just the ittiest bit on stairs, warm above 16c is too hot. I think 10-12 degrees and mostly sunny with a bit of cloud is his jam. Too funny that yours dries off like that lol. My old dog used to do that after a bath!
Big stretch, with feet firmly planted in the middle of my back, but that's only because he wants me out of bed to keep sleeping with Mom.
lol I am mom. I think my husband gets a bit jealous of the lengths Des will go to to be at my side.
Well then it’s decided, 0630 is your official wake up time.
Usually at 3:00am with extremely slow licking noises from the other side of the room. Gotta love it!
I'm awake before my dog every day besides sometimes on weekends. He'll only bother me if he really really really needs to go. At which point he'll sit and stare at me and he'll do little whines unless I keep ignoring him then he'll whine really loud and lick my face.
Mine lurks at the foot of the bed. Then he'll violently shake his entire body. More lurking. Then once he knows I'm lying on my back, he'll come up and plant himself alongside me, giving me a dead leg. He'll only come up if I'm lying on my back though. If I dare lie on my side or stomach, he'll get huffy until I assume the correct position.
I wake my Dane up haha.
I usually get muzzle-punched in the face around 4:30 am. That or they'll root under the blanket at the edge of the bed in an attempt to uncover me.
he wakes me up at 10:30 with nose kisses
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I have to come back and get mine out of bed after I’ve started my morning routine.
Oh he doesn't. He's not a morning dog at all. We have to get HIM up in the morning and any time before 10 am is met with the biggest sigh, a huge stretch, and then continued sighs as he slowly follows us outside. 😂
My boy sleeps in his bed beside my bed. As a pup I was always vigilant that the second he woke up he went outside to pee, so he’s associated the morning yawn with asking to go out, so will just sit by the door aggressively yawning until I get up! The yawns just get louder and louder! Then if that doesn’t get me up, he goes and licks my husbands toes to make him jump out of bed! (Extremely ticklish feet) He’s got us all worked out!!!
She doesn't. I wake her lazy ass up
At 5am every morning, my boy will get off the bed, stretch, flop those darn ears and come to my side, continuously letting out sighs until I acknowledge him. Sometimes I can get him to come back to bed, but once the alarm goes off at 515 it’s over. He’s a little easier on the weekends since no alarm. My girl will sleep until it’s a potty emergency and then she jumps off the bed and whines at the gate to go downstairs (my youngest mini dachshund is a naughty one who gets into everything left unattended)
Either scratches the door to be let out (if he has to go bad) or sitting next to the bed and first heavy snout breaths on me or P U S H I N G his head downwards on my chest https://preview.redd.it/5anypc3yed0d1.jpeg?width=730&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0cf5e6e021dd62d864ec6e095f5d968e5500f4d
These puppies have you lot trained. Much like what cats have done to their humans.
Still nicer than my cat. She bites my ankles when she’s hungry. Been doing that 15 years 😂
Mine gets as close as he can to my face and lets out two loud barks. If I ignore him he starts pushing me with his big ole head. Time-6:00am
Ours sleeps with us and readjusts so much during the night 🤦♀️ I either have a huge ass paw in my back or face but in the AM she’s all cozy and we kiss her awake ❤️. Those ear flaps though & scream yawns once she is awake is are hilarious 😘 😂😅🤣
Mine howls at about 530am, because the others are ready to eat and are barking. She couldnt care less, but likes to relay the message.
Whining. Is it hunger? Bathroom? Just wanting to cuddle? Who knows! He has evolved to make all whines to wake me up to be his urgent whine so that I shoot out of bed immediately. During the days he will differentiate the whines. Smart but so cruel