My old dog still dreams

[DainBramaged]

She turned 14 this month. 14. And she hops around like a puppy. Got arthritis in her front paws, little fatty tumors springing up like crocus bulbs, and she has these dreams that sound happy. Woke me up this morning barking in her sleep and wagging her tail. Maybe she was running in a field of pizza crust and rawhide chewies.

Maybe it's from sleeping with the cat when I am not home????


Wish I still dreamed.

[Wcross]

1. What a sweet old girl.

I have an elderly dog, he is a little slower these days but is a happy fella. His Pup "larry" has taken over the day to day "alpha dog" role but Buddy still likes to play the part when Larry lets him.

[malta blue]

2. she is so cute....

My old girl Luna is 15 and still dreams too....she does the running in her sleep thing and whimpers. I wonder if she is chasing bunnies in the woods.

I used to wake her up when she was younger because she slept with me and it would get so loud and it would go on for so long - the kicking, etc., and then I realized I would not like it if someone woke me up from a good dream, so why should I do that to her...

[DainBramaged]

8. My old lady very rarely has bad dreams, they always seem happy

But I worry she may run off the cliff chasing pizza crusts, she wouldn't hurt a fly.

[Akoto]

3. My lab is 11 and has a very active dream life!

Almost every time she sleeps, in fact. I always wonder what she's dreaming about. :) We adopted her, so maybe she's thinking about her family and her sister (who was already adopted, else we'd have taken her).

[DainBramaged]

10. She was given up her original owner and I adopted her after

he went back to England with terminal cancer 5 years ago. Her companion was a Jack Russel Terrier for 9 years. I wonder if she misses them? I had to have some of her teeth pulled and her ears treated, but she is remarkable for an old dog.

[zanne]

4. Awwww...I'm glad she's had a long, happy life. nt

[LibertyLover]

5. Our senior greyhound will be 12 in October

and still loves to go out and run like a mad thing in the yard. He plays with the younger whippet, spinning around like a dervish. One of the things that he does do now is that he is more concerned with comfort - he likes to sleep on the guest bed but wants a human with him for companionship and will cry until he gets his way. So frequently my husband or I will wind up sleeping with him to keep him from crying.

[elleng]

9. (((LOVE)))

this story! What's his name?

My Bedlington died recently, and as Bedlingtons have same shape as Greyhounds and Whippets, I feel attached.

[LibertyLover]

12. Our senior grey's name is Sam

His track name was Sizzlin' Sammy and we didn't want to go too far from that. He is a true love. In addition to him, we have a 7 year old greyhound bitch named Hex. Her track name was Hexed. The German word for witch is hexe and since I'm Wiccan, it seemed appropriate to leave her name pretty much alone. Then there are the two whippets - our senior whippet is also a rescue. He was found abandoned as a puppy, tied to the door of an ASPCA shelter. A woman who worked there asked her friend who had Italian greys and did greyhound rescue work if she would take him. The friend did, and named him Ptah. After a few months however she had to give him up. She and her husband were divorcing and Ptah had gotten too big to play with the Iggies without the possibility of hurting them. We saw her e-mail on a list we are on and called to see if we could adopt him. We could and so Ptah came home with us. He's about 9 now. Our junior whippet is 5. His name is Djet (pronounced "jet"). He is our only purchased dog. One day in May, 2003 my stepdaughter, Casey, came down for a visit and announced that she needed to go to the pet store for ferret food. I was having friends over for lunch, so my husband, Casey and her then boyfriend went over to the pet store at our mall. A little while later I got a phone call that went something like "honey you said if there was ever a whippet puppy here he'd have to come home - were you serious? ". The upshot was that there was a cute little 8 week old whippet puppy asleep on Casey's lap. So home he came. He is a loon, but he keeps the other dogs moving. Finally, there is Bragi - Bragi is our 9 year old Siberian Husky, also a rescue. Bragi likes us, but he wasn't truly happy until we brought him home a great souvenir from China - a 16 month old little girl. Now the silly beast is in his element, happily playing with a 5 year old child. The other dogs like her just fine, especially if she cuddles up with them, but Bragi adores her. He will even let her play dress-up, tolerating crowns on his head and jewelry around his neck. I should add that he is roughly 105 pounds and huge - not fat, just a really big husky. But he'll let this 40 pound kidlet from China do just about anything to him. It's a joy to see.

[elleng]

13. And your response

is a joy to read! Thanks, and please give them hugs from me!

[LibertyLover]

6. Our senior greyhound will be 12 in October

and still loves to go out and run like a mad thing in the yard. He plays with the younger whippet, spinning around like a dervish. One of the things that he does do now is that he is more concerned with comfort - he likes to sleep on the guest bed but wants a human with him for companionship and will cry until he gets his way. So frequently my husband or I will wind up sleeping with him to keep him from crying.

[LibertyLover]

7. Our senior greyhound will be 12 in October

and still loves to go out and run like a mad thing in the yard. He plays with the younger whippet, spinning around like a dervish. One of the things that he does do now is that he is more concerned with comfort - he likes to sleep on the guest bed but wants a human with him for companionship and will cry until he gets his way. So frequently my husband or I will wind up sleeping with him to keep him from crying.

[InvisibleTouch]

11. One of my dogs dreams very vocally...

...and another thumps his tail a lot in his sleep. The rest usually just twitch their feet and flicker their eyelids. It's interesting, though, when they all finally settle down for a nap, that they seem to dream at the same time. I've sometimes wondered if they were sharing the same dream.

[KamaAina]

14. But, can you teach her new tricks?

Inquiring minds want to know...

[DainBramaged]

15. I taught her to bark when she wants to go out

No, she already knew that, but she barks when she wants to come in, which is within a minute of her going out. She hates to be alone. And she head butt me in the back of the legs when she wants her chewie at night. I didn't teach her that. Oh, and boy can she grumble when she is pissed, or I won't pay attention to her, or give her another cookie, or the cat is sleeping in the middle of her bed instead of off to the side.


Cranky old fart she is.


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