Friday, July 16, 2010

Can dogs have night terrors?

So our dogs have issues when they sleep, its no secret. They sleep in crazy positions, crazy spots. Astrea hates to have her butt and tail touched. If you touch her tail or butt while she's sleeping you may lose a hand. Easy fix though right - just don't touch her butt or tail.
Jameson is the one with the real issue. It happens pretty frequently that he will be sleeping, jump up start barking (and get Astrea riled up in the process) and then start to cry. It's bizarre. We can usually get him calmed down faster than Astrea so its never been a huge concern until the other day.
The doggies and I were taking a nap on the couch and everyone was in their respective spots. Astrea on the arm of the couch, Jameson curled up keeping my tummy warm. Jameson was having a very active dream. I could feel him "running" in his sleep. Then out of nowhere, he jumped up and started attacking Astrea. I pulled him off of her and off the couch and before I could even orient myself, he was back on the couch on top of her again! I threw him off again and sure enough, right back on the couch attacking her. Poor Astrea was in a ball in the corner of the couch confused as can be. I pulled Jameson off again and as fast as I could (trying to beat him to jumping on Astrea again) found the squirt bottle and as he went for her started squirting the hell out of him. He was soaked before he finally backed off, looked at me like I was crazy, walked to the end of the couch, curled up and went back to sleep like nothing happened. Astrea was totally confused and buried herself in my hair, something she use to do frequently as a puppy.
So am I crazy, or is that not weird? So seriously - does Jameson need a xanax before bed or what?!

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