Not sure if WILD worked.

Hey guys, newbie here.

So i decided to try WILD. I've read different tutorials and got a fair picture of what will happen. So i decided that 1st time would in the afternoon, just to see how it is and not to take any sleep away. so right before laying down, i set a timer for 1 hour (do i need more time if i'm planning on having a full dream, or thats not enough to even start?). I relax and calm my body. After 10-15 min my dog disturbs me by laying down beside me but thats ok because i was just finally relaxed and continued on without a problem. Now i did see colours behind my eyelids (flashes of white and green circles getting sucked into the center) and slowly my body felt lighter. After that i just lay there waiting until my alarm went off. The strange part was that after the dog disturbance it only felt like 10 min. Usually when my alarm clock goes off when im sleeping, it gives me like a shock and the same thing happened. Did i fall asleep, or was i just lucid and was still thinking it wasn't working and needed to give it more time? or i didnt give it enough time? sorry if this sounds stupid, just confused on what happened.

Looks like a classic case of BHE (black hole effect). It's when you try a wild for what feels like ten minutes, but really you slip in an out of consciousness every so often and lose time. It's annoying but you'll eventually get it. Good luck!

This has happened to me in a recent WILD attempt. You get so relaxed and not as focused and then you just loose consciousness and fall asleep but with no REM. But it seems like ten minutes.

Anyways you can give yourself longer than an hour if you feel like it's not enough. Keep at it and you will get lucid! Good luck to you sir!

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(do i need more time if i'm planning on having a full dream, or thats not enough to even start?).

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Well it takes most people 10-15 minutes to get to SP, and a further 10-15 minutes to transition or fail, so half an hour might be calling it alittle short if you want to keep it safe (incase you fail).
Also I would find it a distraction, and would have an adverse affect on me relaxing, don't know about you though.

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Now i did see colours behind my eyelids

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This is the first form of HH, your doing great.

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Did i fall asleep, or was i just lucid and was still thinking it wasn't working and needed to give it more time? or i didnt give it enough time? sorry if this sounds stupid, just confused on what happened.

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Like brent said, you drifted out of conciousness, it's very difficult at first to 'catch' yourself slipping off, but it comes with practice.
Keep it up and goodluck! :)
If you have any more questions, just ask!

You can remain aware through all stages of sleep, but they do not all lead to a lucid dream. From your description, it sounds like you were aware through some alpha wave sleep, or something similar. If you did the exact same thing during a REM cycle, you probably would have launched into some seriously amazing sh*t.

It can be tricky to peg down a REM cycle during the day. Try this same thing in the middle of the night, after 4 or 5 hours of sleep. Aim for a time when you know you normally dream. If you don't want to interrupt your sleep, you can keep fishing with afternoon and evening naps. Just keep experimenting, and have fun with it :)

You were on your way to a nice Lucid Dream, just remember to let yourself fall asleep while passively remaining aware. Don't focus on the WILD, but more or less passively observe the stages of sleep unfurling around you. The trick is to remain aware enough so that you won't fall unconscious, but also to allow yourself to fall asleep.