has your dog ever?

United States
October 21, 2009 7:51pm CST
i was making cookies in the kitchen earlier and suddenly heard this really wierd noise coming from the bedrooms on the other side of the house. it was my dads dog barking in his sleep! i have always known that dogs and cats twich thier paws in thier sleep but never came across a sleep talking dog. have any of you had a dog or any other pet that talks in thier sleep?
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@amybrezik (2118)
• United States
22 Oct 09
I had one that would whimper and whine in his sleep. He didn't outright bark, but you could always tell when he was having a dream. I was always curious what he was dreaming about.
• United States
22 Oct 09
im alwayse curious about what my pets are dreaming about i also wonder sometimes if i run in my sleep like they do i already know i talk to people in my sleep sometimes but thats cause i always wake up when they start talking back.
@amybrezik (2118)
• United States
22 Oct 09
I talk in my sleep a lot. I have actually done sit ups in my sleep according to my ex- husband.
• United States
22 Oct 09
i just asked my fiance and he tells me i kick him in my sleep. which i find hilarious tho i feel a little bad cause that explains where the random bruses i find on his back come from oops.
@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
22 Oct 09
Yes, I used to have a Golden Retriever/German Shepherd mix that ran & barked in his sleep almost every night. It was fun to watch him, but disturbing when he waited until I was asleep to do his barking. I always wondered if it was just a rabbit he was after or if it was something much larger.
@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
22 Oct 09
Hearing them barking through the outside wall of your home is much better than having them barking directly into your ear!!!
• United States
22 Oct 09
i would be disturbed if my dog was barking in his sleep wile i was sleeping too. ofcourse he barks if hes outside wile im sleeping i guess its directed towards the family of deer that live around our house but im never really shure.
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@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
22 Oct 09
My shepherd does this all the time. She grunts, runs, barks and wimpers in her sleep. I don't know what she dreams about, but she's always seeming to be running and chasing something. Usually if I say her name and pet her she quiets down. I don't know about talking in their sleep, but they sure make noisy responses like barking and such. I have a hunch she's dreaming about getting that huge raccoon she goes crazy barking over in the daytime. The closest I came to having my dog 'talk' was when she was little. I taught her to make noises that actually sounded like I love you (more like: rye rah roo ). I guess it was more like a howl kinda noise. She makes noises like that with the piano too, so it seemed fun to try and teach her to howl that, I mean, hey, if she's going to howl anyways lol.
• United States
22 Oct 09
ive always wanted to have a dog that i could teach to howl i love you or hello. i hope to someday too! i dont think i could teach this dog anything if i wanted to hes so stubborn and i think a little schitzo.
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
22 Oct 09
My parents used to have a dog that would kind of bark in her sleep. It wasn't a total full-on bark, of course, but she would make funny little noises like a "whisper" bark (if that makes sense). I don't think I've heard my cats meow in their sleep yet, but I've felt at least one of them twitching while she was sleeping on me.
• United States
22 Oct 09
i know what you mean by the whisper bark my dog wasnt barking as loud as usuall which is y i didnt know what the noise was at first. ive heard the cats growl in thier sleep but never anything louder than that.
• United States
29 Oct 09
yes they do tend to dream and fitch and all like us in our sleep .its normal there brains process the same kind of info we do when we had a certain day .
• United States
29 Oct 09
this is true tho i bet the stuff they think about is probably happier than mine usually is. :)
• United States
29 Oct 09
My jack russel does. It's weird, he will actually twitch, stand up, bark for about a minute and go back to sleep. He is still a puppy so maybe he will grow out of it. One of my first dogs was a sleepwalker.
• United States
2 Nov 09
wow a sleep walking dog seems kinda scary. i had a jack for a wile and tho she would twich alot she never stood up wile sleeping. i think my dads a sleep eater tho 0.o
@snowy22315 (169955)
• United States
22 Oct 09
No, my dog sometimes makes noises in his sleep or acts like he is chasing things but I havent ever heard him actually barking in his sleep. That kind of thing would be really weird to hear. I think he often does bark while he is awake though. He's that kind of dog.
• United States
22 Oct 09
the dog in question is a beagle who i think is actually part basset hound but he came from a shelter so ill never really know. but the point was he barks alot when hes outside which would be never if he has his way hes such a couch potato.
@cjfoust (614)
• United States
22 Oct 09
I have never heard my dog bark in her sleep. There have been times when her body and eyes twitch while she's sleeping, almost like a siezure. It scares me, but I think she's just dreaming. I usually just call her name and pet her and she stops.
• United States
22 Oct 09
i agree it can be scary when they twitch but i know its just a dream and hope its not a bad one. i do call thier name an pet them if it seems like thier in distress in thier dream. im shure doggie nightmares are just as scary as people nightmares!