omg that scared me!

[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!"

[Flatcoatluver]

Pardon me for butting in, but deep sleep is just Stage 3 & 4 of your sleep cycle. It does the body no harm (other than feeling a bit more tired) to be woken up during these two stages. Our REM cycles only go during Stage 3 & 4 (deep sleep) which cause us to dream, but we cycle throughout our sleep cycle 4-6 times a night. It does NO harm to be woken up during this time. Think about it - you're alarm wakes you up in the morning, correct? How does it know if you're in deep sleep or not? It doesn't. It just goes off and you wake up. Sometimes you feel more tired because you were in deep sleep, but that's it.

I've never heard of what you're talking about. Just because her dog was dreaming and she woke him up, that could cause him to have a heart attack? I don't believe that's true either simply because it's just dreaming. There's nothing *REAL* about it. If I was sleeping around someone and they saw me twitching and making noises, I'd hope they'd wake me up so I'd stop dreaming like that. Also, sleep walking is just "reenacting" what we are dreaming about.

I have no idea that what my mom read in a magazine and so I was just warning her if it was true

[areias]

Yes, I don't think it would produce a heart attack. But like Vette said-watch out for the teeth! A startled dog will probably snap at you if you shake it awake. (Especially people with older dogs...please be careful.)

[dab_20]

yes that is what sammy did when i woke him up. lol

[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.

[boxer_babe]

That happens to my dogs sometimes, it was probubly just a dream. But you might want to check with your vet just in case

[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!

[dab_20]

lol

[ramanth]

Kia howled once in her sleep. It made Andy and I sit straight up in bed. It was the eeriest sound I've ever heard. It's the only time I've heard her howl.

She will sometimes bark and yip in her sleep and her paws, eyes, whiskers, and/or ears will twitch.