Is it a nap? Is it a deep sleep?
In previous entry titled "How long do dogs sleep? Do dogs dream?" , I wrote about how long dogs sleep and 80% of the dogs' sleep hours is called non REM;slow wave sleep, where they are sleeping but when they hear the sound,they stand up right away, and 20% of the dog's sleep hours is REM;rapid eye movement and that is when you see dogs twitching legs etc.
Have you ever wondered if your dogs in front of you with closed eyes are actually napping or really deeply sleeping? It is interesting to see how they sleep; sleeping on side,sleeping on their back, sleeping with legs kicked out just like superman, placing their head over one paws,curling up..
Every night, Palette loves to come sit next to me when we watch TV and I pet her 1,2,3.. then,she flips over. She gets nice tummy rubs and then, she narrows her eyes, tongue hanging out,panting with huge grin on her face.
Moment later, I sometime get kicks from Palette with her twitching hind legs,and when I look at her, her front paws are moving as if running and nose,muzzle, eyes are twitching side ways,and sometimes whiskers and ears are moving.
Funniest moment with her twitching after tummy rub is that, sometime,I see her moving jaws up and down as if she is eating something. I have to admit that sometimes, when her twitching is so badly,I wonder if she is having a seizure or really just a twitch when sleeping.She twitch that bad sometimes.
Palette 3 months old sleep on her back
Palette sleeps both legs kicked out..
Palette sleeps putting her head over one paw..
Palette sleeps one leg kicked out..
Palette sleeps on side (with eyes opened)..
Palette sleeps a little sliding down from bed..
Interesting thing I found is that Palette tends to sleep twitching most likely either when she is sleeping on her side or on her backs. When she is on other sleep postures, as soon as she hear the strange sound, she stands up right away and goes woof.I find she is sleeping most likely head over the paw or lie on her tummy legs kicked out at daytime. Does this mean these sleeping posture are for napping (dozing off), and body is not entirely relaxed?
The pettails.com website explains what are the meaning of the each sleeping posture.
<Curling up into tight ball;napping posture>
** Curling up posture is very difficult posture for dogs to go to deep sleep. To go into deep REM sleep, they must be all relaxed, however, to keep its curl up posture,the muscle must be all tensed up.Therefore, dogs sleeping curled up into tight ball are not completely relaxed to sleep deep, and they can wake up in a second when they hear something strange.
<Sleep on their back;deep sleep posture>
** Dogs have less fur on their tummy and they tend to flip over to sleep on their back when they feel hot,since it cools them off.
** Dogs showing affections
You can read full article at pettails.com here.
So, considering what the writer of the article "Susan Daffron" has written in the article that curl up into tight ball is not the way dogs can sleep relaxed due all muscle must be tensed up, sleeping on their back will be the posture all muscles are relaxed.Thus, I suspect it means, they can go into deep sleep, and you get to see twitching more with this sleeping posture.
<Sleep on side/sleep legs kicked out>
These are the sleeping postures I never got to find out whether these posture are for napping or deep sleep. If you just think about muscles being relaxed equal to being able to go into deep sleep, these postures could be considered one of those postures.However, I have seen Palette sleeping on side or sleeping with her legs kicked out and still, I see her wakes up in a second sometimes and when she is on side, I sometimes see her twitching and I acknowledge that she is in deep sleep.
You can see her twitching sleeping on her side bellow. If you are a blog subscriber or reading from Facebook,please click here to watch the video.
Palette dancing in the dream..
Dog crying in his dream..
What is your dog's favorite sleeping posture?
Do you see unusual habit of your dogs' sleep?
Have you ever wondered if your dogs in front of you with closed eyes are actually napping or really deeply sleeping? It is interesting to see how they sleep; sleeping on side,sleeping on their back, sleeping with legs kicked out just like superman, placing their head over one paws,curling up..
Every night, Palette loves to come sit next to me when we watch TV and I pet her 1,2,3.. then,she flips over. She gets nice tummy rubs and then, she narrows her eyes, tongue hanging out,panting with huge grin on her face.
Moment later, I sometime get kicks from Palette with her twitching hind legs,and when I look at her, her front paws are moving as if running and nose,muzzle, eyes are twitching side ways,and sometimes whiskers and ears are moving.
Funniest moment with her twitching after tummy rub is that, sometime,I see her moving jaws up and down as if she is eating something. I have to admit that sometimes, when her twitching is so badly,I wonder if she is having a seizure or really just a twitch when sleeping.She twitch that bad sometimes.
Palette 3 months old sleep on her back
Palette sleeps both legs kicked out..
Palette sleeps putting her head over one paw..
Palette sleeps one leg kicked out..
Palette sleeps on side (with eyes opened)..
Palette sleeps a little sliding down from bed..
Interesting thing I found is that Palette tends to sleep twitching most likely either when she is sleeping on her side or on her backs. When she is on other sleep postures, as soon as she hear the strange sound, she stands up right away and goes woof.I find she is sleeping most likely head over the paw or lie on her tummy legs kicked out at daytime. Does this mean these sleeping posture are for napping (dozing off), and body is not entirely relaxed?
The pettails.com website explains what are the meaning of the each sleeping posture.
<Curling up into tight ball;napping posture>
** Curling up posture is very difficult posture for dogs to go to deep sleep. To go into deep REM sleep, they must be all relaxed, however, to keep its curl up posture,the muscle must be all tensed up.Therefore, dogs sleeping curled up into tight ball are not completely relaxed to sleep deep, and they can wake up in a second when they hear something strange.
<Sleep on their back;deep sleep posture>
** Dogs have less fur on their tummy and they tend to flip over to sleep on their back when they feel hot,since it cools them off.
** Dogs showing affections
You can read full article at pettails.com here.
So, considering what the writer of the article "Susan Daffron" has written in the article that curl up into tight ball is not the way dogs can sleep relaxed due all muscle must be tensed up, sleeping on their back will be the posture all muscles are relaxed.Thus, I suspect it means, they can go into deep sleep, and you get to see twitching more with this sleeping posture.
<Sleep on side/sleep legs kicked out>
These are the sleeping postures I never got to find out whether these posture are for napping or deep sleep. If you just think about muscles being relaxed equal to being able to go into deep sleep, these postures could be considered one of those postures.However, I have seen Palette sleeping on side or sleeping with her legs kicked out and still, I see her wakes up in a second sometimes and when she is on side, I sometimes see her twitching and I acknowledge that she is in deep sleep.
You can see her twitching sleeping on her side bellow. If you are a blog subscriber or reading from Facebook,please click here to watch the video.
Palette dancing in the dream..
I came across youtube video that shows dog crying in his dream. If you are a blog subscriber or reading from Facebook,please click here to watch the video.
Dog crying in his dream..
When dogs are sleeping cute, it might be tempting to touch paws or do something to interrupt their sleep especially with kids. I think it is wise to teach kids to let them sleep without any interruption to prevent any natural reaction from dogs that might cause injury.
What is your dog's favorite sleeping posture?
Do you see unusual habit of your dogs' sleep?
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