Your dog is probably your best companion and that's why you care so much about how you would do it for yourself And it is that having a dog is a real responsibility, since it implies not only having fun with it, but you must meet basic survival needs what's wrong with it.
However, despite the fact that you take great care of your dog, it may not be exempt from suffering from certain conditions. That is why you should be alert to any symptoms or behavior What present. Despite this, your dog is likely to exhibit unusual bedtime behavior, which is exhibited by many more dogs than you might imagine.
Have you noticed that your dog moves his paws when he sleeps?
Does your body begin to shake and even can make some sounds? If it seems that your dog is chasing something while it sleeps, this has an explanation and it is that although it sounds strange, dogs, like us, dream. When sleeping, go through stages of sleep like humans, which can be classified into three:
Non-rapid eye movement or NREM
Rapid eye movement or REM
Light Waves Dream or SWS
La SWS stage is in which the dog begins to breathe very deeply while sleeping. But that causes the strange movements? Many scientists claim that during the REM stage dogs are dreaming and therefore can make involuntary movements and sounds alluding to what is happening in their minds.
Not only this, but dogs sleep snuggled and that is why they have their muscles tense at bedtime, so during the sleep stages, dogs relax their muscles and have a tendency to shake.
However, puppies and older dogs they are the ones that frequent the greatest movements and dreams, although science has not yet explained why. To face this situation, you should not worry first of all, since it is totally normal and not dangerous at all.
Dogs can be easily scared if you wake them up in a brusque way, so it is important that you call them very kindly and sweetly by name. Some dogs are a lot more sensitive while dreaming, so you should not use your hand to wake them up, as they can scare you and bite you.
Do dogs dream?
Just like dogs have dreams they also have nightmares And that's why it's important that you be there to calm him down when he wakes up scared. Dogs also have contractions during sleep due to low temperatures, as they seek contract your muscles to have some more heat.
To deal with this situation, it is important that you put a blanket on them and thus increase the temperature. However, some of these contractions can also mean seizures, so it is important that you know how to differentiate them.
When it comes to simple contractions from sleep or cold, then your dog is going to make a couple of jerky movements and then will return to its normal state, that is, to your peaceful sleep. On the other hand, when it comes to an attack, the movements are sudden, repeated and prolonged.
In addition to this, the body of the dog becomes very difficult to handle and it hardens easily. Added to this, when you call him by his name the dog is not going to wake up. This is why it is important that you take into account if your dog has these constantly night movements when sleeping or if it is the first time it happens.
Remember that many times it may seem like a normal spasm and it is instead something of greater gravity. However, this does not mean that your dog is in danger of seizure, as it is only a condition that can occur in certain cases.
If instead your dog has spasms from dreaming, you better think about what he will be chasing in his dream.