10
Jul
Why Do Dogs Wag Their Tail When Sleeping. Generally dogs sleep a lot more than humans most adult dogs sleep about 8 to 135 hours. Generally this is the only time they do this because your dog is fully relaxed. If your dog is wagging her. Lots of studies have been conducted about animal dreaming specially on rats.
When conducted on dogs it shows that dogs actually have similar sleep and dream patterns as you do. Almost all studied animals exhibit signs of myoclonic twitches especially infant animals such as puppies. Just like us when in the deep sleep state dogs go through the REM rapid eye movement phase and the REM phase is when dreams occur. Myoclonus is involuntary muscle twitching that both humans and dogs do most often while sleeping. Why do dogs wag their tails while sleeping. Well simply put dogs wag their tails while sleeping because they have happy dreams.
Tully current dog hasnt really done any of that until this morning when I saw him lying on his back obviously sound asleep with his plumey tail waving in circles.
Its thought that dogs dream similarly to humans. Almost all of the dogs Ive had did the following in their sleep. Tail wagging twitching or barking softly Twitching wagging leg kicks and soft barks or grunts are common during REM sleep these behaviors indicate your dog is getting good deep sleep. Its commonly believed that dogs wag their tails to convey that they are happy and friendly but this isnt exactly true. Young puppies like human infants sleep for about 18 to 20 hours a day to support their brain and body development. Just like us when in the deep sleep state dogs go through the REM rapid eye movement phase and the REM phase is when dreams occur.