Help!!! I havea 4 weeks old puppy pitbull he has a sleppying problem? `0?

Question

he is white and purebreaded , so when he sleeps he starts jerking or make weriod moves in his sleep. is he to fat or does he have a breathing problem

Answer 1

I agree that 4 weeks is awful young for a puppy to have been removed from the mother, but there may have been circumstances that made it necessary. But as far as him making movements in his sleep, he's dreaming...This is an article that I found that may help explain it.

Your dog lies asleep at your feet, and suddenly his legs begin to twitch and run. Is he dreaming? Or are you dreaming to think such a thing? Wake up and smell the dog food! Of course he's dreaming. Why would you think otherwise?

Although no one really knows the true function of dreaming it does seem to be necessary for normal data processing and memory storage. Dogs think and they have memory. And their memory banks need period purging and reorganization during sleep just as ours do.

Dogs and humans are not as different as some scientists would have us believe. Scientists tend to dwell on the differences between the two species, whereas the sameness is positively compelling. We're 95 percent identical genetically and physically (right down to the iron-containing porphyrin ring our common blood pigment, hemoglobin). Because of this blue print similarity, you might expect a lot of the inner workings to be the same –and they are. Our brains are similar, our neurochemistry is the same, and our reflexes and memory are "wired" in like manner.

Types of Sleep

Like humans, dogs have two main types of sleep: rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and slow wave sleep (SWS). As a dog falls asleep the first stage he enters is SWS, the “sleep of the mind,” in which mental processes are muted but muscle tone remains. The next stage is REM sleep, the “sleep of the body,” in which the body is fully relaxed but the mind is racing and the dog's eyes are darting rapidly.

In SWS, brain waves are slow, undulating and of high amplitude much like those in a lightly anesthetized animal or person. In this stage, the dog appears calm and at rest. Dogs and humans are more easily aroused from SWS sleep, which appears to be a transitional state with incomplete muscle relaxation.

By contrast, in REM sleep brain waves are rapid and irregular, like those of the awake state. Dogs, like people, display REM sleep, and during REM sleep they show evidence of heightened mental activity – fast electroencephalogram [EEG] (brain wave) pattern. They may move their legs as if they are running, may whine or whimper as if excited, and may breath rapidly or hold their breath for short periods.

When REM sleep is achieved they are at their most relaxed and are most difficult to waken. It is during this more profound physical sleep that their eyes begin to dart and the brain waves pick up pace. Humans awakened from this state report that they have been dreaming; dogs are probably dreaming too when they are in REM sleep, although no dog has ever told anyone about a dream he's had.

Incidentally, adult dogs spend about 10 to 12 percent of their sleeping time in REM sleep. Puppies spend a much greater proportion of their sleep time in REM sleep, no doubt compacting huge quantities of newly acquired data.

And if you've ever wondered whether dogs that seem to be running during sleep are dreaming of catching rabbits or something similar, you can safely say they are.

Answer 2

My five year old pit does the same thing. Sometimes he even cries out in his sleep. Like he is having a bad dream or something. It really is too cute to watch. Is the area where is sleeps warm enough? He is very young and should be kept warm at all times. I got my pit when he was three weeks old and he really wasn't ready to be taken away from his mother. I put him in bed with me, and there he has slept ever since.

Answer 3

He is asleep and dreaming, perfectly normal.But he is too young to be away from his mother , pups ahould not be weaned till at least 6 weeks

Answer 4

the puppy should still be with his mother. the jerking is what alot of dogs do. no need to work. but i do hope your feeding him a suppliment for his mothers milk. hes almost ready for food but not quite. good luck

Answer 5

hes dreaming our dogs do it all the time sometimes i think theyre having a seizure or something but normal- our dogs twitch move legs growl and bark with their mouth closed ---weirdos

Answer 6

when dogs sleep they move around if a they have a good deream or a bad dream

Answer 7

There is nothing wrong all dogs do that.
He's dreaming.

Answer 8

why isn't he still with his mother? the jerking is normal unless he is malnutritioned from not being fed a replacement formula mixed with puppy food.

Answer 9

ha ha ha ha ha ha he is just dreaming that's all my dog does it all the tine it's nothing to worry about

Answer 10

normal, just dreaming