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Originally Posted by JCarlson2004  Codie is STILL that wa. He sleeps DEEPLY ... so deeply that a few times I thought he was dead! The worst time was about a year ago. Codie was in a DEEP sleep on my lap. I picked him up (to move him on the couch so that I could go in the bathroom) and he was limp and lifeless ... he head was rolled to the side. I shook him a few times and he didn't even budge. I SCREAMED for Jim and starting balling my eyes out. Jim ran in, grabbed Codie and shook him for what seemed like hours but it was probablly only 5 or 6 seconds and then he woke up and sort of looked at us like, "Geez Mom and Dad, why did you wake me?" LOL 
But still that really SCARED me. I couldn't stop crying a for few minutes and I held/squeezed him so tightly (poor guy lol). |
Poor Codie..lol..But I don't blame you I would have been scared too. Me and you are sooooo the same Jen, always worrying. Well I read this in an article about the difference between seizures and deep sleep. I copied this little piece which was I think the most important:
"...Then there are those dogs who twitch or paddle their legs while sleeping. Some will even vocalize. This is especially common in young puppies although many older dogs show similar behavior. This is normal and is usually associated with very deep sleep. Folklore has it that dogs paddling their legs during sleep are dreaming of running through an open field. Who knows? At any rate, it's not a seizure.
The biggest difference between seizures and non-seizures is the dog's state of consciousness. If a dog is doing something that resembles a seizure while conscious, is aware of its surroundings, or is easily aroused (as in sleep), it is not having a true seizure."
I think Coco used to sleep really deep as a pup and do the same thing, I'm just forgetting. It's not any less worry-some or easier the second time around..lol..I think they probably just wear each other out and he's a deep sleepin puppy. I just worry too much.