Ah sleep, we never seem to get enough of it; it's never deep enough; and there is always something to accomplish, so get up! This post is being started at 5:47am as I wait for the Starbuck's caffeine to kick in, and Cooper is fed and off to bed - again.
Let me describe a Beagle's, our Beagle's sleep routine:
8:00pm - bedtime, Coop is out for the night
5:30am - wake up, do his business, eat breakfast
5:45am - back to bed
8am-2pm - witnesses, who are sometimes home at these hours, say he alternates between sleep and wandering the house during this time, we'll estimate he sleeps half of this time
2pm-8pm - Cooper is up, fully energized by plenty of deep REM sleep
So if you add up these hours, Cooper minimally gets 14.75 hours of sleep per day.
I am jealous.
