How does your dog wake you up ?

[Thattimeofyearagain]

Inspired by the where does your dog sleep thread.
Our boy nudges and licks my arm. If that doesn't work it's a wet nose to the ear. Lovely Tha he doesn't make any noise, annoying that he only does this to me and lets dh sleep on

Bounces on the bed in between us, inserts herself into the space and stretches. Sometimes face sniffing too.

I have to wake him up!!

A variety of ways. She either wriggles up from the bottom of the bed and stares at me. Or if that doesn't work she will stand on my chest if I am sleeping on my back. OR she will jump down off the bed in a huff, wander out into the hallway and drink water from her bowl in a PA fashion (we live in a flat). Then sit on the floor next to my side of the bed, huffing, sighing and grumbling (like Marg Simpson).

They don't

They don't bother getting up until I do and even then if I'm having a shower or whatever before taking them down for breakfast they'll stay under the covers until the absolute last minute.

Whining ! well from one anyway. I call it the get up whines. Not so bad in the summer when it is actually time to get up. Not so great in the winter when she does realise it's 3am... the other one just stays under his blanket. He's not a morning dog

Mine does this sort of vocal vowel-sound yawn that sounds like a Miaow whenever he wants attention.

"Rrraaaaaaaaaow!"

I woke up the other morning and I could feel ddog's nose on my face. Just there. Still. Waiting.....

She doesn't. She's not much of a morning dog. She just gives me an unimpressed eyebrow raise when I say good morning to her.

Sits by the bed, touching me with his paws. If that doesn't work, jump up on the bed between us and put his head on DH and bum on my face and thump his tail. That definitely works.

Another one here that doesn't, doesn't get out of bed until he hears his food getting ready!
Just need him to train the child

Not a chance. If my dog woke me up more than occasionally for a very good reason she'd be someone else's dog.

If it's early they just look over their shoulders on a not-fucking-likely manner.

If it's later they come to the bottom of the stairs and howl like wolves.

If senior dog comes upstairs at any time it's serious - she feels ill, needs a wee or thinks it's way past breakfast time. She only has to appear in the doorway and we jump to it!

Dog2 sleeps like a log but starts getting fidgety if it's time to get up (if he could cough politely I'm sure he would!).

Dog3 just bounces up and down on us and licks our faces

Come morning he sits by my bed and huffs in my ear but if alarm clock gone of he peels the duvet of me (is trained to do it )