Puppies love early mornings

ughhh...So, I haven't been waking up every 3 hours with Dillon...only twice a night and he goes to bed around 9:30pm everynight and so my morning aren't so tiring. SO tiring: yeah, well I thought it was bad when Aussie would wake up and stare at me at 6 in the morning, well this morning I had two dogs jumping on me at 5:30am. One of the many differences about being a doggy parent versus a "real" parent is I can lock my kids in the downstairs kitchen and let them rough house each other until I'm ready to get up. Oh and this morning they were behind the gate in the kitchen while I went back to sleep. I guess I rolled out of bed around 7:30am...fed the pups and was ready to check out a little JAG in the morning. Dillon plays really great by himself though, he may be more independent than Aussie as he grows older. I'm actually noticing subtle differences in personality. I didn't have Aussie until he was nearly 6 months and so I'm not actually sure how Matt was with him (I'm sure he was great). Dillon seems to know where he always leaves his toys or Mr. Pig! He plays by himself when he's not interested in playing with Aussie and he's much more vocal than Aussie. Dillon is still very young and I can't wait for him to get a little older and see how much more he can learn! It's exciting to see him understand my tone and commands. Like I've said before I think he's learning 40% of things from Aussie, but I'd the majority is coming from his smarty paws brain. Dillon is very much a puppy and loves nap and cuddle time, so I'm soaking all that up. He's not responding to my dominant postures- maybe too young- he thinks I'm playing, so even though I'm tough with him, sometimes it's not worth it! Have a great day!