Geez, these old dogs sleep so deeply!

[Carolk9s]

Lately, Jesse has been sleeping so soundly that he's given me a few
brief scares, have had to physically rouse him. This morning he had me just about convinced that he was dead. He had gotten me up before 6 so he could go outside. After he came back in, we went back to sleep. The
girls woke me at 7:30 as they wanted their breakfast. Got all bowls
ready, tried to wake Jesse. He would not wake up. I stroked his
side, rubbed his head, moved his legs, no response. Uh oh. Laid my hand
on his side, thought I could feel a very slight rise and fall. Whew.
Kept rubbing his body, even vigorously. No response. Stomped the floor,
walked around him, nothing. Gave the girls their food. Went back to
him, rubbing him and even shaking him gently. Opened the front door
so the sunlight fell across him. Held a liver treat in front on his nose.
Still nothing! I'm wondering if I'll need the brochure about pet
cremations. I'm on the floor with him, moving his legs and rubbing
his head. Just as I sat back, he popped his head up, looked at me, looked over his shoulder, saw the girls eating, and looked back at me like,
'Hey! Where is MY food?'
Jesse is mostly deaf and his eyesight aint what it used to be but I thought for sure the physical touching would have roused him sooner!
He got up and followed me to the kitchen then zipped back over to
where he eats. Very perky, just fine.
I, on the other hand, have a few more gray hairs.

[gooeydog]

I know how you feel too, Goo doesn't sleep quite that soundly, but every once in a while, she scares the crap out of me. The last incident was about the same as yours, I woke up and the blanket had came off her so she didn't feel very warm, and didn't move when I called her name, so I felt to see if she was breathing and couldn't tell (panic rising in my throat at that point), called her and no response, finally I gave her a good shake and she woke up looking at me like "WHAT!? I'm trying to sleep here!". And they say pets will lower your blood pressure :roll:

In any case, hopefully Jesse has had enough of scaring his mom for now, and I'm glad to hear that he's still got some zip :)

[behle]

:o I would have gotten a scare too! I'm glad to hear that Jesse still has get up and go! It's all perfectly normal for him to sleep hard at his advanced age, but it's scary. :o

Ben is going on 8 years old now (although it hardly seems possible) and he sleeps very soundly too. He doesn't always wake up when he hears his name, but he will still wake up if you place your hand on his side. I've done that more than once to see if he is still breathing.... I have a feeling I'm heading into your realm of experience within the next year or so. :(

[courtnek]

Free sleeps very lightly, but Laurel? I have had to shake her awake a few times, then she looks annoyed.....

:lol: :lol:

[ESSlover]

My boyfriends dog is the soundest sleeper ever.. to wake her up.. you have to shake her a couple of times really hard, yell at her, push her off the bed, then poke her again to get her awake. :roll: :lol: