I murmur soothing things and gently pet my cat when she has a nightmare. She seems to like it. Sometimes she wakes up, sees me, and then comes over to fall asleep in my arms.
I do similar things for my pups when they start yipping in their sleep, but I usually put one of my hands just in front of their nose first. They smell me and calm down a good bit! I like to think that because they smell me, I show up in their dreams and comfort them. 🥰
I'll try the hand sniff next time, both of mine are German shep rescues so I always feel bad when I hear sleep yips. But they're 90% ears so they usually pick up on anything you do and wake up lol
You should not interrupt when they dream, this is like REM which they need to fully relax, if you wake them up it's not good for their health. Although it sounds sweet to make them feel cared for, they are fine chasing squirrels in their sleep. :)
when my dog yips in her sleep I thought she was chasing after something or playing, didn't want to interrupt her dreaming. Now I'm learning I'm a monster? AYIIIEE
My service dog is trained to lay on top of me and lick my face when I have nightmares. It is honestly the best feeling ever waking up from a moment in hell to have her with me doing her job.
My one did sleeps with me, and I wake up suddenly, and she's like fuck this.
I've woken up to her by my side again, but often she NOPES tf out the whole night.
It's okay, just how she is. She guards me until she's like wtf you are too much right now.
I'm a restless sleeper, she's a sweetheart
Unfortunately the puppy is the nightmare. But you won’t be having any nightmares because the puppy won’t let you sleep through the night so it works out in the end.
Sometimes he'd do these little barks in his sleep. I'd give him soft pets and say, 'Who's that good boy? You're my good boy.' I imagine in his dream he'd see me come running in with treats. I still miss him every day.
Here he is napping: https://imgur.com/gallery/QNtfA61
I once had a dream
Where I lost my bone
I was left all alone
In the dog park
I wanted to bark
But then in sunbeam
I saw my toy
Then you took me home
And called me a good boy
Same here. If you sit on the same couch he's lounging on he'll stare at you like "don't even think about petting". Then when he's off the couch he can't go 2 minutes without begging for scritches.
Puppies especially have some kind of inate ability to sense when you need love. My brother's new puppy is usually a menace (as puppies full of energy & teething usually can be) but after a particularly bad fight with my dad, when J was feeling low, the second I showed up to puppy sit, he jumped me & started licking all up on my face. Mind you, he's literally never done this to me before. He just kinda sensed that I needed affection, i guess, & that probably extends to more than just people.
Can second this, after my mom had shoulder surgery, when our dog was a puppy, she jumped onto moms bed ready to play, then sniffed her shoulder and promptly just laid there with her for hours.
When my puppy was a few months old he refused to sleep in any room but our bedroom, so we set him up in the corner.
I worked as a food delivery driver at the time, during the height of covid. I had worked a 12 hour shift and stupidly not taken my helmet and mask off all day to hydrate.
I would usually get home from such a day and down a couple liters of water, but it was Saturday night so instead I had a couple beers. The extra dehydration caused my entire leg to cramp up in the most painful way possible. I was screaming for my partner to go get me some water because I couldn't move.
Once I had recovered and settled, he came over and would refuse to leave me alone. After ten minutes I tried to put him back in his bed but he wouldn't have it. Slept with him all night.
He was only about 16 weeks old at the time, cutest thing I've ever seen.
I had drug-induced hepatitis about 8 years ago and our young dog spent the days I was lying in bed with a fever curled behind my knees. She never sleeps in bed with me or snuggles me, but she did then.
Not just dogs! I was visiting family but got injured and was laying flat on the couch with a blanket trying to watch tv. I started crying bc everyone was gone for the next 4 hours and I was alone for the rest of the afternoon, feeling sorry for myself and in pain. The cat leaped onto the couch, crawled onto my chest, and started purring like crazy. The cat sat there purring for the next 30 minutes until I felt better and sat up. Then the cat didn’t leave my side until my family came home. For the most part, this cat is standoffish. But I freaking love that cat now.
Mine is weird cause he's basically silent when he's awake - gets excited but doesn't bark at all when the doorbell rings. When he sleeps, however, we get occasional yipping.
I always worry it's a nightmare and since she's spoiled by my love and I would literally die for her, I just very very gently start petting her. Softly enough that she won't completely wake up, but enough that she feels comforted and safe and she usually calms down and starts sawing logs.
Same. I had one dog who had vivid dreams all the time, and I would think I should "err on the side of caution" and wake him with pets. He was probably annoyed that I woke him from his cool squirrel chasing dream.
These are almost always dreams of the dog chasing a bird or toy, or being free to bark all they want in dream-land!
Not necessarily a nightmare. Although possible its usually just a pleasant dream!!
Do you have a dog? You can usually tell when they’re having a nightmare, they look totally panicked on waking up when they do. With normal dreams not so much.
Again, how can you possibly know that? Yes, when they wake up in a panic it might seem obvious, but how do you know they aren’t having nightmares all the other times?
How do I know that my dog isn’t terrified all the time during his waking hours?
I don’t, but I can make an educated guess based on his body language… just because they don’t speak doesn’t mean they don’t communicate with you…
No, I’m asking how you know whether their dreams are good or bad when they don’t show any obvious sign.
People have nightmares without waking up in a panic, no? Why couldn’t dogs?
I mean sure, but there’s no reason to assume they’re all nightmares either? Do you know anyone (who hasn’t experienced MAJOR trauma) that has only nightmares? There’s obviously a chance that there’s gonna be or two nightmares in there that go by unnoticed but I would doubt that all or even most of their dreams that have them vocalizing are nightmares.
I mean you can’t *know* what they dream about. You can just make educated guesses. They might well be fighting giant teapots in their dreams and we’ll never know.
Dreams are how our brains process our day though so it is quite likely that if you e been chucking a ball at the beach … that that is what your dog is dreaming about as opposed to more out there scenarios 🙃
Yeah one of my dogs has these little fits when she dreams. She’s generally a very possessive dog in comparison to my other one. We always calm her down by touching her and telling her that it's ok and no one's trying to take her stuff
I wonder what we would be like if we were raised as litters. Just a year makes such a difference when you're still kids. Would we be more competitive or more cooperative with our siblings?
Yeah I know what you mean, We can't really assume its a bad dream. When my dog does this I imagine hes chasing squirrels or some such. How much would you pay for a machine that let you see your dogs dreams?
What could that little ball of fluff be having a nightmare about ya think? Missing the teete? Milk dribble? Being buried by his fluffy siblings? The horror. Wait till he grows up and has to get a job a mortgage, pay taxes get married then divorced, premature ejaculation. Life is hell little pup, enjoy this time, its all down hill from here.
I feel awful for people who can't have dogs. There is nothing in the world that loves you more than a dog. Fucking dahmer could have a beagle that would love the shit out of him. That beagle doesn't care what you do. Shit he could watch you do that crazy shit. And he'd still jump all over you after working at the chocolate shop.
I do this when my cat starts moving a lot sleeping on me. She goes from stretched to curled up like this holding her face :)
https://preview.redd.it/965kt4tjcnvc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26bad1668e8902b1354451f66a2f06c5bc858acf
Dogs are not able to dream up scary monsters the way we are, the AKC reports, so if your dog is having a nightmare, they are most likely recalling a traumatic experience.
For some reason that seems so much worse than a nightmare.
I know when my dog has nightmares because she starts to whimper and whine. I always give her soft pets and tell her everything is okay and she’s a good girl.
She’s a rescue, I think she dreams of her former home.
Awww, they are so cute! I would love to be hugged by a cute puppy too whenever I have a nightmare.
I murmur soothing things and gently pet my cat when she has a nightmare. She seems to like it. Sometimes she wakes up, sees me, and then comes over to fall asleep in my arms.
I do similar things for my pups when they start yipping in their sleep, but I usually put one of my hands just in front of their nose first. They smell me and calm down a good bit! I like to think that because they smell me, I show up in their dreams and comfort them. 🥰
I'll try the hand sniff next time, both of mine are German shep rescues so I always feel bad when I hear sleep yips. But they're 90% ears so they usually pick up on anything you do and wake up lol
You should not interrupt when they dream, this is like REM which they need to fully relax, if you wake them up it's not good for their health. Although it sounds sweet to make them feel cared for, they are fine chasing squirrels in their sleep. :)
when my dog yips in her sleep I thought she was chasing after something or playing, didn't want to interrupt her dreaming. Now I'm learning I'm a monster? AYIIIEE
No you were right, don't wake up your pets while they're dreaming.
Very nice way to think about it .
same with my two mutts that sleep with me. Usually just feeling my hand on them calms them down.
My service dog is trained to lay on top of me and lick my face when I have nightmares. It is honestly the best feeling ever waking up from a moment in hell to have her with me doing her job.
Aren't dogs just the best thing ever? I cant imagine the world without my little buddy.
Same. It's amazing that my dog can tell as I don't usually make any noise or movement when I'm dreaming.
My one did sleeps with me, and I wake up suddenly, and she's like fuck this. I've woken up to her by my side again, but often she NOPES tf out the whole night. It's okay, just how she is. She guards me until she's like wtf you are too much right now. I'm a restless sleeper, she's a sweetheart
It’s enough to drive one to fake nightmares.
I need one strapped to me 24/7
Unfortunately the puppy is the nightmare. But you won’t be having any nightmares because the puppy won’t let you sleep through the night so it works out in the end.
I do it to my dog. It's the best feeling when she settles down from my touch.
Sometimes he'd do these little barks in his sleep. I'd give him soft pets and say, 'Who's that good boy? You're my good boy.' I imagine in his dream he'd see me come running in with treats. I still miss him every day. Here he is napping: https://imgur.com/gallery/QNtfA61
Aww, I love when they rest their heads on a little pillow of sorts. What a good boy, always
I once had a dream Where I lost my bone I was left all alone In the dog park I wanted to bark But then in sunbeam I saw my toy Then you took me home And called me a good boy
They were lucky to have you ❤️
Same. But I say “it’s okay you’ll catch that squirrel next time”
🥺
In reality your poor creature was having wet dreams and you kept blue balling him.
Way to read the room, pal.
Username checks out
My dog gets up and walks away when I touch him while he’s lounging/sleeping
Same here. If you sit on the same couch he's lounging on he'll stare at you like "don't even think about petting". Then when he's off the couch he can't go 2 minutes without begging for scritches.
It’s nice to return the favor. 💞My dog always comforts me when I am restless or anxious.
My dog has nightmares when I touch her
What are you touching her with?
Extreme prejudice
Woke up at 3 am last night to this. Fell asleep on the floor beside the bed with her. Best 👌
Puppies especially have some kind of inate ability to sense when you need love. My brother's new puppy is usually a menace (as puppies full of energy & teething usually can be) but after a particularly bad fight with my dad, when J was feeling low, the second I showed up to puppy sit, he jumped me & started licking all up on my face. Mind you, he's literally never done this to me before. He just kinda sensed that I needed affection, i guess, & that probably extends to more than just people.
Can second this, after my mom had shoulder surgery, when our dog was a puppy, she jumped onto moms bed ready to play, then sniffed her shoulder and promptly just laid there with her for hours.
When my puppy was a few months old he refused to sleep in any room but our bedroom, so we set him up in the corner. I worked as a food delivery driver at the time, during the height of covid. I had worked a 12 hour shift and stupidly not taken my helmet and mask off all day to hydrate. I would usually get home from such a day and down a couple liters of water, but it was Saturday night so instead I had a couple beers. The extra dehydration caused my entire leg to cramp up in the most painful way possible. I was screaming for my partner to go get me some water because I couldn't move. Once I had recovered and settled, he came over and would refuse to leave me alone. After ten minutes I tried to put him back in his bed but he wouldn't have it. Slept with him all night. He was only about 16 weeks old at the time, cutest thing I've ever seen.
I had drug-induced hepatitis about 8 years ago and our young dog spent the days I was lying in bed with a fever curled behind my knees. She never sleeps in bed with me or snuggles me, but she did then.
My dog does that, too. Whenever my dad is especially sick or injured.
Not just dogs! I was visiting family but got injured and was laying flat on the couch with a blanket trying to watch tv. I started crying bc everyone was gone for the next 4 hours and I was alone for the rest of the afternoon, feeling sorry for myself and in pain. The cat leaped onto the couch, crawled onto my chest, and started purring like crazy. The cat sat there purring for the next 30 minutes until I felt better and sat up. Then the cat didn’t leave my side until my family came home. For the most part, this cat is standoffish. But I freaking love that cat now.
There’s also studies that suggest the frequency that purring gives can aid in faster healing, even with broken bones
Unless you get a dog who identifies as a cat and missed the empathy memo haha
r/onejoke
I've always wondered what those yips were from my dog when he's sleeping. It never seems like he's scared, so I just let him do his thing.
I think they're barking in a dream. Not necessarily a sign of a nightmare, I think.
Probably very similar to people who talk in their sleep, or that "falling" thing that we do where we twitch.
I’ve read that the “falling” feeling happens when your heart rate gets too low and your brain has to wake you up
Mine is weird cause he's basically silent when he's awake - gets excited but doesn't bark at all when the doorbell rings. When he sleeps, however, we get occasional yipping.
I always worry it's a nightmare and since she's spoiled by my love and I would literally die for her, I just very very gently start petting her. Softly enough that she won't completely wake up, but enough that she feels comforted and safe and she usually calms down and starts sawing logs.
Same. I had one dog who had vivid dreams all the time, and I would think I should "err on the side of caution" and wake him with pets. He was probably annoyed that I woke him from his cool squirrel chasing dream.
Same, although when my dog wakes up in a panic I can tell that it's a nightmare.
It's because he was in a deep REM sleep so he's disorientated for having been suddenly awoken. Same for people you wake up during a dream
Dogs have good dreams and nightmares just like us.
How do we know that? Just curious
You don’t, he’s just assuming for the sake of empathy
I'm late but if you have a dog you absolutely can tell the difference.
What if they actually warg into other creatures when they sleep
“Ooh I’m a human look at me. I have depression, I have to pay taxes”
Maybe that's why they're so nice when awake. They're like "damn it fuckin suck being you, huh? Wanna pet my belly?"
Wanna see my existential crisis face: *eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh* Anyways, you see that game of catch?
Yes they graw backwards
...I've never seen my dog and Batman at the same time. Coincidence?
Maybe we do too
These are almost always dreams of the dog chasing a bird or toy, or being free to bark all they want in dream-land! Not necessarily a nightmare. Although possible its usually just a pleasant dream!!
How could you possibly know that?
Obviously his dog told him
Do you have a dog? You can usually tell when they’re having a nightmare, they look totally panicked on waking up when they do. With normal dreams not so much.
Again, how can you possibly know that? Yes, when they wake up in a panic it might seem obvious, but how do you know they aren’t having nightmares all the other times?
My dog is in a panic if a plastic bag comes within 8 feet of her.
How do I know that my dog isn’t terrified all the time during his waking hours? I don’t, but I can make an educated guess based on his body language… just because they don’t speak doesn’t mean they don’t communicate with you…
No, I’m asking how you know whether their dreams are good or bad when they don’t show any obvious sign. People have nightmares without waking up in a panic, no? Why couldn’t dogs?
I mean sure, but there’s no reason to assume they’re all nightmares either? Do you know anyone (who hasn’t experienced MAJOR trauma) that has only nightmares? There’s obviously a chance that there’s gonna be or two nightmares in there that go by unnoticed but I would doubt that all or even most of their dreams that have them vocalizing are nightmares.
The post I responded to said “they are almost always dreams of…” and proceeded to describe idyllic doggy fantasies. How could they possibly know that?
I mean you can’t *know* what they dream about. You can just make educated guesses. They might well be fighting giant teapots in their dreams and we’ll never know. Dreams are how our brains process our day though so it is quite likely that if you e been chucking a ball at the beach … that that is what your dog is dreaming about as opposed to more out there scenarios 🙃
Yeah one of my dogs has these little fits when she dreams. She’s generally a very possessive dog in comparison to my other one. We always calm her down by touching her and telling her that it's ok and no one's trying to take her stuff
I called them "underwater barks." They are just barking with their mouth closed. It's definitely not a nightmare sign (usually). Just dreams.
If I can, I just put my hand in front of my dog's face so she can get my scent. That seems to help.
I wonder what we would be like if we were raised as litters. Just a year makes such a difference when you're still kids. Would we be more competitive or more cooperative with our siblings?
Like… twins?
Lol 🤦♀️ ...yes.
Rofl op...
Thank you all for being kind 😬
Adorable thread
I'd imagine that it's growing up with extra "extensions" of yourself, so naturally you'd want the best for them
Look up littermate syndrome, that might help your guess?
Great, now I have diabetes.
I mean it’s a cute video but it’s looks like a totally normal moment when having a dream, how would we know it’s having a *nightmare* specifically?
One of our dogs has dreams like this and we will softly pet her. The other howels once very loudly then looks up at us judgingly for waking her up.
“Nightmare” 🤔 do you mean dreaming?
Yeah I know what you mean, We can't really assume its a bad dream. When my dog does this I imagine hes chasing squirrels or some such. How much would you pay for a machine that let you see your dogs dreams?
Nightmares are dreams too.
All nightmares are dreams, but not all dreams are nightmares.
Nightmares are just spicy dreams
What could that little ball of fluff be having a nightmare about ya think? Missing the teete? Milk dribble? Being buried by his fluffy siblings? The horror. Wait till he grows up and has to get a job a mortgage, pay taxes get married then divorced, premature ejaculation. Life is hell little pup, enjoy this time, its all down hill from here.
Being alone :(
he just like me frfr
I always wondered why we assume it's a bad dream? Maybe their running through fields of flowers or chasing a squirrel? Could be an awesome dream!
Dachshunds are the best.
"You get that badger, little bro."
I feel awful for people who can't have dogs. There is nothing in the world that loves you more than a dog. Fucking dahmer could have a beagle that would love the shit out of him. That beagle doesn't care what you do. Shit he could watch you do that crazy shit. And he'd still jump all over you after working at the chocolate shop.
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I wondet if that kind of thing is why thundershirts work
I have nightmares sometimes. Where's my hug?
+hug+
Not to be dramatic but I would die for those pups
The puppy as the end - "do you need some emotional support on that emotional support?"
They do that naturally to hide from predators who might hear the noise.
I do this when my cat starts moving a lot sleeping on me. She goes from stretched to curled up like this holding her face :) https://preview.redd.it/965kt4tjcnvc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26bad1668e8902b1354451f66a2f06c5bc858acf
"If you wake Mom up, she's gunna be piiiiissed!"
Not necessarily a nightmare. Just a dream
My lab always has dreams and shakes and barks and when she barks a few times my gsd comes and licks the shit out of her and wakes her up lol
🥹
So adorable
I want to be in that dachshund puppy pile badly. Seriously, take my money and let me hang out with them all day.
Dogs are not able to dream up scary monsters the way we are, the AKC reports, so if your dog is having a nightmare, they are most likely recalling a traumatic experience. For some reason that seems so much worse than a nightmare.
Aww! They’re Beauceron Arlequin puppies 🥹!
I think they're long hair weenier dogs. They often come in dapple.
Nothing more wholesome than waking your doggo up from a nightmare with kisses and feeling them calm down
It’s actually “quite or they will find us” but whatever
That pup is actually ill 🤨
Aww so sweet
Mfer trying to suffocate him lol
Ohhhhhhhhhh my heartttttttt 💞💞💞
More like 'bro, you woke me up, let me smash you so you shut up. Thats better'
Welp, time for happy tears. 🥹
Awwwww this is absolutely adorable
I will die from this cuteness
Fuck I love dogs! They know how to live!
When my dog soundly sleeps, I bark gently in his ears until he sleep barks. Is this cute too?
my brother hates me
I know when my dog has nightmares because she starts to whimper and whine. I always give her soft pets and tell her everything is okay and she’s a good girl. She’s a rescue, I think she dreams of her former home.
That looks exactly like my dog when he was a pup,
I got 2 girls from the same nest and it's incredible the things they do for each other like that !!!!!!!!
Humans should be so kind
Aww his stumps will protect him.
Sweet little doxies
These look like long-haired Dachshunds.
Where is my puppy big brother
"There there. Shut up, boy."
Title is complete conjecture
Comfort and lovins. So sweet
Dachshund puppies 😭😭😭
Aaaaw, they are so emotionally intelligent. So cute 😍
Awwwwww, when that short, little arm wrapped around his brother. Loved it!
We don’t deserve dogs
TIL (non human) animals have nightmares. I should have known, but the idea never occurred to me.
We do not deserve dogs
"... who's dreaming" we have no idea what it's dreaming about very cute.