Tasha Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Does anyone else experience this? Maddie always falls asleep in the car within 10 minutes. She is out like a light. I have never seen another dog do this before. When I stop, she looks at me as if I am disturbing her. It's really funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrod Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Princess is too excited to sleep. She will curl up and relax, but at red lights she gets up and looks around to see where we are. Adam, my old bloodhound mix would curl up and sack out until you got where you were going. Ever change the channel on the TV and have one give you a dirty look like I was watching that and then leave the room??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 LOL My two do this they're out like a light and will bob their head up every now and again to see if we've arrived yet lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjk Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 micha lays down and sleeps, then when she hears the handbreak she gets up saskia is all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbb23 Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 We dont have a car but on times we have been in a friends car with Grey he is really excited and loves to lok out the window. I have posted befor that Grey does fall asleep when he is sitting up and it looks so funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Ours fall asleep almost instantly once they get into their cages in the van. They have an unerring instinct for waking up about five minutes before we arrive at our destination. It makes long journeys very easy. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 lol my 3 have got the idea that a ride together in the car usually means they are going for a long walk (or as recently found out, going camping) so usually on the way they will be really excited! However when we went to the camping trip we had them all in their crates and me and daniel had taken them for a long walk so they were well behaved and settled down almost instantly. If they havent had a walk though they can be very unsettled and rather a nightmare. Now we have the van though we have room for all 3 crates so hopefully they would be more settled now as long as they have had a walk before hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnmw1208 Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Pongo falls asleep within 5 minutes (might be the cool leather seats) When we pull to a stop to pick something up he wonders where daddy went though haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lana Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Pack Leader : Lana falls asleep when grooming her with the clippers. Because i live in Louisiana i have her a bikini cut. (Cut her tummy hair really short so she can cool off better in the house, but do not touch her chest bold) I you clippers to get the hair that is just out pass her paws pads. She will flop down and be like " yes now pamper me more" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Osburn Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 my chihuahua is too excited to go to sleep but nalla on the other hand is out like a light in about .02 seconds as soon as we start moving lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherieb542 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Garres will lay down and sleep as soon as the truck starts. He will sometimes pop his head over the side when we stop at traffic lights, but not often. Kane on the other hand has to be "cross tied" or crated while in the truck because he hangs over the bed and scares me to death lol He loves going for rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathy Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Funny that this question came up -- I just learned this about Dakota last week when I tried to take him camping for the first time. A group of us always do a 12-hour mountain bike relay and camp the night before. We arrived at the campground exhausted around 10 p.m., and, once I got the tent set up, I was more than ready to have a nice sleep with my normally snuggly husky. Well, Dakota was having no part of that. He was thrashing around in the tent, throwing himself against the walls, laying on his side and screaming, batting me with his paws, it was crazy. I even tried opening the tent completely and laying with our heads out (to no avail). So, finally, after fighting with him for about an hour and waking up half the campground, I decided to just throw him in the Jeep with the intent of driving him home (1 hour) and just coming back without him in the morning. I was so tired I wasn't even going to change out of my pajamas. He hopped up in the passenger seat, and, by the time I could get around to the driver's side and put the key in the ignition, he was curled up in a ball on the seat sound asleep. For awhile, I was afraid to move, so I just sorta pulled the terrycloth seatcover around me and started to doze before I realized I was cold. I eventually got up, got my sleeping bag and his bed, and we slept the night in the Jeep! He seemed to be just fine, but I was a little worse for wear the next day. A friend snapped this shot of us in between my laps at the bike race the next day. After his shenanigans at the camp site, I do NOT feel guilty for hogging his bed!!) Oh, and after the race? Night 2 at the campsite? Dakota went right into the tent and curled up for the night without a peep. Sometimes there's just no figuring them out! Oh, and as for him waking up the campground the night before? Well, his "screaming" was so undoglike that everybody was up the next morning complaining about "the crying baby." I just kept my mouth shut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 crying baby Awwww I can't believe he just curled up and went to sleep! Too cute! If my boys do this at camping tomorrow there's gonna be hell to pay lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austinville Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Bo has an affinity to facing backwards in the truck - he doesn't care where he is going to, just wants to know where he's been. It's funny to watch the driver behind us, especially if they have kids.... they'll wave and wave at him. If he does lay down, he has to get up and look to see where he's at - at every corner. But sleep, no. Not unless the trip is over an hour - then he'll wear himself out and take a nap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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