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Offline silly milly

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nightmares
« on: December 18, 2008, 02:14:16 PM »
milly was sleeping on the bed this morning and she was having a nightmare.    i know that dogs do this, but i wondered if its  safe to gently wake them up - or is it best to leave them to get through it themselves?

it seems so sad.

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Re: nightmares
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2008, 02:38:24 PM »
I just leave charlie boy to tell the truth.....then once he has stopped, just check on him.
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2008, 06:57:02 PM »
Experiments on cats have shown that if they deprived of REM sleep (dreaming) over time, they develop psychotic behaviour!!!  I would guess the same is true of dogs if they are continually woken, but once or twice won't harm, I expect
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2008, 09:19:28 PM »
i think i will leave her to her bad dreams then.

i do wonder what she dreams of though!
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2008, 10:09:46 PM »
My OH talks very gently to Purdey and puts his hand near her nose so his smell reassures her - it nearly always calms her during a nightmare!

Last night she was lying on the sofa having a really lively one - she was properly woofing in her sleep! Her season started this week - I wondered if that had anything to do with her extra-vivd nightmares?
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2008, 10:11:19 PM »
How do you know they are "nightmares"?  My two woof and twitch in their sleep - I've always thought that they are dreaming about playing and/or chasing, not being chased !  ph34r
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2008, 08:19:08 AM »
ah   milly has her chasing dreams as well!!!    she twitches and moves her paws and sometimes gives little barks.  those are "nice" dreams!!!!

her nightmare was different.   she was really crying.     i will be listening out for more and monitor the situation.
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2008, 01:01:57 PM »
My Mundy often chases rabbits in his sleep.  Barking and twittiching - feet going 90 to the dozen.  I leave him to the chase.  Jenni on the other hand screams in her sleep.  She is terrified.  I could never leave her to suffer the pain that is haunting her.  I always wake her.  I believe she is reassured as her tail gives a couple of flops and she drops back to sleep again.
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2008, 01:10:13 PM »
I just put my hand on them nice and gentle, and they quiet down - must say though the nice dreams they have look super from the outside!!
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2008, 02:39:51 PM »
Missy has these all the time i just stroke her nice and soft to hopefully calm her down. Its kinda sweet when they have a little woof woof woof
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2008, 05:44:43 PM »
Spike also whines & whimpers in his sleep; I'm pretty sure he's chasing wabbits!! ;)

That's actually preferable to Domino who sometimes howls really loudly in his sleep & has been known to wake us up in the middle of the night!! :shades:
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Re: nightmares
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2008, 07:58:34 PM »
hehe, I agree you can tell sometimes when they're good dreams! Riley's front paws make running motions and he sniffs alot. Othertimes he's been known to growl :p cheeky
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