he seems to only have nightmares when he falls asleep during the daytime. he will start to whimper out of no where until someone wakes him up.
hes a great dog and lives in a great home and we never treated him bad. we got him young (under a year old) so do you think its something to do with the owners we got him from or is it just natural for a dog to have constant nightmares? like i said he only gets them during the daytime its kind of strange.
2007-06-22 01:42:45 · 3 answers · asked by mannyg2199 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Our Lab does the same thing, even moves his feet as if he were running. We don't wake him, just wait for the dream to end. I think he is reliving the events of his day, memory storage if you will. Maybe dogs needed that ability when they were living in the wild.
2007-06-25 17:23:06 · answer #1 · answered by Banker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should let him sleep through his dreams or nightmares. Dogs are probably a lot like people in their dreams and they need the dream time to let their brains sort out things that have happened during their waking hours.
Are you sure he is whimpering and not just vocalizing about some fun things he did while awake? Sometime when dogs dream, the sounds are so unconcious that they don't sound like happy sounds even if they are.
2007-06-22 08:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by Joan H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs dream all the time and it doesn't neccesarily mean they are bad dreams if they wimper. My dogs often dream of barking and running... they let out small muffled barks and you can see all 4 of their paws twitching like they are at a full gallop.
2007-06-22 08:57:01 · answer #3 · answered by superdot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋