omg that scared me!

[4theloveofzoe]

my new 9 week old puppy just came home with me on saturday. when he takes naps he always makes suckling noises, so i assume he is dreaming about his mom. well just like 5 minutes ago he was making those suckling noises but them he started whining and started, like, twitching. i started petting him cuz it was kinda scaring me and he jumped up and barked/yelped. boy, did that scare me!!!

has this ever happened to anyones dog? was he just having a nightmare?

lol That would scare me too, if you don't know what your looking for.

[Vette]

I never heard of the heart attak thing either.

i do know if that if you startlel a dog when its sound asleep... that biteing is sometimes an automatic instint to protect itself.

just like when my parents or brother wake me up when im sound asleep.
they touch my arm or start talking to me... like "yo wake up" LOL and it scares the crap out of me.. and i JERK awake.

one time my mom almost got decked in the face because i was having a nightmare....

[dab_20]

lol. oh and by the way, sammy got his fist check up, shots, and deworming today. totally healthy! and he doesnt get drowsy, and moody like molli does when she gets her shots. yay

[pitc9]

Buddy always looks like he's running in his sleep, and a few times has barked quite loudly in his sleep too!!

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Maybe your little puppy has especially vivid dreams! One thing my greyhound Adele does is wag her tail in her sleep... it's too cute! She must be dreaming about eating peanut butter.

[Lobodeb]

My mom's dog Brandee does that. She looks like she's in a full out run, just on her side, she barks, growls, whimpers, cries, the whole 9. She'll do this everytime she sleeps, too. We're used to it. We just say, "Brandee's in REM again!"

[K9karen]

Logan whines and yelps and runs in her sleep..chasing squirrels..no doubt about it! Sometimes she snores. It's too adorable! I never wake her up. She subconsciencely hears every sound anyway, so if I get up or walk by, she opens her eyes. When I get up in the middle of the night (she sleeps next to my side of the bed) she wags her tail and rolls over for a belly rub!!

[dab_20]

awww cute. sammy has started snoring too! lol... it really funny. i know, molli always wakes up from every little movement i make.

[My Peanuts]

My RB Angie was the sweetest little girl. She wouldn't hurt a fly. However, sometimes when she was sleeping and I'd pet her she'd wake up and try to nip me. Then she would realize what was going on and she'd give me the “I'm sorry” face. I think she had a bad start of life and it traumatized her.
Don't worry, it's normal. You just startled the puppy.

[dab_20]

awww im sorry. sure sounded like a sweetie.

[Bigyummydog]

MAXIMUS does all kinds of noises and movements. He's four and a half. Most of the time it's just cute, even amusing. The only time I interfere with his dreaming, is when he has the really scared crying thing. I just
softly rub his head and back and say, "it's ok." I always try NOT to wake him. Like humans, they need their
REM sleep. I think it's cute too. He's even done the ugly bark with the mean fur also. I rub him gently then too.
It seems to sooth him. I imagine they also have nightmares as we do.

[K9karen]

How timely.. John woke me from a sound sleep this morning and I tried to nip him!