Doggy dreaming

[Parodius]

Up until today, I had only ever witnessed dogs having what I believe to be ‘good dreams’: feet twitching, tails wagging, gentle barks or even sleep-humping (this was a new one on me ‘til we got Neo!), but today Neo had what I can only think of as a nightmare

Earlier this afternoon he was curled up fast asleep on the sofa when he suddenly started screaming, very high pitched, similar to how he sounds if he’s hurt himself. He woke himself up mid scream and looked so confused and upset. He was quite scared and came over to me trembling. He leaned into me and I comforted him and checked him over just in case. Once he had calmed down he chose to curl up on his bed and went back to sleep and has been fine since.

Has anyone else experienced their dog having a bad dream/nightmare? I felt so sorry for him, poor lad.

 

[Jelinga]

Rourke did have a nightmare once, but not as scary. Mostly they have running and hunting dreams. Poor boy, I wonder what was so scary.

 

[Kelsey]

Aww my heart, poor boy, I wonder too what was so scary in his dream. I’m sure he was very relieved to wake up and see you

 

[HAH]

Yes, we’ve had this @Parodius and it is upsetting isn’t it? Thankfully rare, but I guess that if they can have good or neutral dreams, they can also have bad ones.

 

[Parodius]

Yes, I’ve been wondering what he was dreaming about too, it was clearly very scary to him. It’s something I’ve not really thought about before.

 

[kateincornwall]

Poor boy x Only last week, Reuben woke himself up howling like a wolf , he was quite perturbed about it x Nelly is often vocal in her sleep which we put down to her Chiari Malformation , but she also dreams an cries . Its horrible when things like this happen x

 

[Selina27]

He was quite scared and came over to me trembling

Poor wee fella

 

[JES72]

Homer had a nightmare when he was quite a young puppy. It was quite scary and I wondered what bad experience he'd had in his young life.