When I worked full time, I was up at 6:30 (which killed me for 25 years) and to bed around 10, often closer to 11. Once I retired, I soon adapted to life without an alarm clock and naturally wake up around 8. TBH, I often wake up way before 8, but have my earbuds in and listening to morning radio and doze/sleep until 8ish.
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I WISH i could sleep that late. Occasionally Iām lucky and I fall back asleep, but thatās pretty rare.
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My husband had to get up at 6 this morning so I got up with him until he left at 6:30. Went back to bed and put on an audiobook and fell right back to sleep. 
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10pm is my bedtime but if there is a good film on or interesting visitors it could be well into the wee sma hours.
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I get up at 5 am (or a little earlier) to run most mornings. I try to have lights out by 9.30 the night before. That doesnāt always happen - and I need a lot of sleep - so sometimes there is a nap during the day!
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As someone whoās suffered with insomnia i fully agree that you can get the best sleep after 630!
Ive gone back to bed at that time & slept like a log.
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Same here.
Even if I often wake up between 5 and 6, I go back to sleep for at least 3 more hours. I usually donāt go to bed before 1 AM, sometimes even later.
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@DĆ¼senzofe ā Once again proving, āyouāre my peopleā!!! 
Thereās a gym here that had a slogan, āIāll rest when Iām deadā and I feel that, but not for exercising, just for having fun and living life! 
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Good topic! Iām definitely not an early riser and hate to rush out in the morning. I did a house sit in San Francisco many years ago in the Financial District where the dog had to be walked early and I basically threw my hoodie on over sweat pants and felt I must have looked a fright walking down the street where all these people in business suits walked by! Have done a few house sits in condos in a city where the dogs have been trained to do their business out on the balcony - love those kind of dogs/sits. I definitely scroll by sits where early risers are needed.
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OH! I can relate! You just made me remember a sit I had in a high-rise in Washington, DC. I threw on my clothes and was out early to walk the pupkins. Like you, I hid my face under my hood as I passed all the well-dressed business people on their way to work!
Usually sometime between 8-9 pmā¦. Unless thereās something going on or I f my husband is away when sometimes I donāt go to bed until 10 ishā¦. I am normally awake between 3-4am and go out for my dog walk at 5š
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This just reminded me - my very first sit, 2 little dogs woke between 5 and 5:30, needed letting out and breakfast! I got into the routine v quickly and was back in bed within a few minutes.
At a recent sit in Australia - daylight savings time changed ā¦ā¦. Those cats werenāt having any of that they just started complaining about breakfast an hour earlier ( on the clock). Iām now quite practiced in fumbling about with food and climbing back into bed!
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Iāve got a couple of gorgeous pugs boarding with me at the moment who start barking at me to get up as soon as the sun comes up! Iām like āWhyyyy? None of the other dogs want to get up early!ā They go home Monday, I wonāt miss the early starts but I will miss them!
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@ Kootenaigirl When I had my dog Rocko, I used to take him out first thing in the morning between 5:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. I live in Florida, and as you mention, ātrying to beat the heatā, but also, I like getting up early to begin my day. If I lay in bed for most of the morning, I feel like the day has passed me by.
My first pet sit was with a Labrador Retriever. I asked the homeowner (HO) what time the dog went out in the morning. The HO stated that āwhenever he (the HO) got up at around 9 a.m. and that the dog was lazy.ā Well, when I got up at approximately 5:30 a.m., the dog was up with me and ready to go out, exhibited all types of energy, and was always ready for play time at any time. Go figureā¦
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Iām currently looking after 3 cats for a week. After the first night of cats running round the apartment chasing each other in the middle of the night, I mentioned it to the owner. She sheepishly admitted that she normally gets up at 2am to feed them in an attempt to stop them from being naughty. This was NOT mentioned in the pet sitting profile!
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sounds like they have her well trained.
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@PawsomePetsitters I just finished my first sit where there was an automated food dispenser. It was set for 3 a.m. and on a different floor from the bedrooms. The first night I woke up, hearing the motor sound and the cat trotting downstairs. Within a couple of nights, I vaguely heard it, but nothing more, and I slept well. It sounds like your homeowner should consider this investment, for the sake of her own health. 
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They donāt, and itās a huge problem. It starts when someone begins working from home, or stops working altogether, and then fills her days by creating tasks. But then your pets and household come to rely on that routine, and then if she ever goes out for 12 hours, her husband has to take a half-day off work just to keep things afloat.
Donāt ask how I know this 
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I sat a Australian Terrier and if you are not familiar with the breed they are a) adorable (like all dogs) and b) can spring 4+ feet in the air from a sitting position ā¦ like a kangaroo ā¦ Joey (naturally) would start springing by the side of the bed at 5.00 am, alarm clock style.
Itās well know among my circle that Iām a night owl, 1, 2, 3 am Iāll be happily be working away ā¦ early mornings? Not so much, although this little āterrierā got my attention and had me āup with the larkā for three weeks.
Did he convert me? ā¦ Err No. 
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I actually wake up before the doggo Iām watching. I always wake at about 6 am (thanks bladder!). Then, with luck, I go back to sleep. On the (very) off chance that I fall into a deep sleep and oversleep, when Iām up at 6 I go open the back door so he can go in and out as he pleases. He always looks at me like Iām nuts from his spot on the chair. Though this morning I found him cuddled up on my blanket on the couch. Cheeky bugger.
But he doesnāt eat early. We do his walk at 9 am and he eats after that and he wonāt eat before. My car battery died today so we were delayed in going on the walk and I tried to feed him and he was having none of it. He ate when we got home at around 11 am.
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