Sleeping dogs: The squeaky pup
Dogs sleep, on average, two-thirds of each day. We generally spend only a third of the day snoozing.
That gives us a eight additional hours to accomplish all the important things mature and responsible adults must do, like taking video of our dogs while they’re sleeping.
You can’t blame us, because dogs — probably even more so than us — do some pretty unusual things while they’re sound asleep.
For the next couple of months, we’re going to feature a sleeping dog every Monday. (Monday seeming appropriate for some reason.)
We start with this pup who seems to have encountered something mildly disturbing in his dreams.
Posted by jwoestendiek November 12th, 2012 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, behavior, dog, dogs, dreams, pets, pup, sleep, sleeping, sleeping dog, sleeping dog videos, sleeping dogs, squeaky, videos, zzzzz
Comments
Comment from Made
Time November 12, 2012 at 5:58 pm
I have wondered if I should wake my dog up when he is having nightmares. Any opinions?
Comment from TOS
Time November 12, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Looking forward to more sleeping dog videos! Our pup seems to chase rabbits in her sleep, but I’ve never gotten a good video of it.
Comment from smoketoomuch
Time November 13, 2012 at 8:34 am
@Made
For what it’s worth, When our Pomeranian is in obvious distress (whimpering/crying) while asleep I have made it a practice to gently stroke her and softly tell her that “it’s OK, it’s only a dream”. She does not seem to wake up (It’s hard to tell in the dark of night), but the wimpering stops, and she goes on about her nocturnal business. If, on the other hand, she’s barking in her sleep (a kind of tiny throaty ‘yip’, I assume that she’s chasing bunnies (or squirrels) and leave her be. Seems to work….
Comment from Sue
Time November 12, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Have to tell you that my dog, Jeffie, really enjoyed this! LOL He’s still looking for the puppy.