# Corgi sleeping position - WTF?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 6, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171 "2009-12-06T05:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/1 "2009-12-06T05:38:06Z")
I spend a lot of time looking at pictures of corgis. They’re just so cute, I have to get my daily fix. One thing I’ve noticed is the very large amount of pictures of corgis sleeping on their backs. They almost look like they’ve died. Is this typical sleeping behavior for the corgi? Or, are there just so many pictures of it because it’s so damn cute? I’ve never seen another animal sleep like that. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/2 "2009-12-06T06:06:05Z")
Misread as: **_Cowgirl_ sleeping position – WTF?!** Still pretty interesting; I like doggies. Not THAT way though. [GIS for _corgi sleeping on back_](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=corgi+sleeping+on+back&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&aqi=) ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/3 "2009-12-06T08:31:16Z")
My family has had 3 corgis. They do sleep on their backs, but it’s infrequent. They typically sleep on their sides. ---
**Author:** ![Zerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/4 "2009-12-06T10:00:35Z")
I have a labrador that quite often sleeps on his back, so it’s definitely not limited to corgis. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/5 "2009-12-06T14:12:51Z")
It’s easier for dogs of a certain body style, I bet. My corgi/chihuahua sleeps on her back sometimes. More often when she was a puppy. I’ve seen other dogs do it occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/6 "2009-12-06T14:42:20Z")
Probably as much a function of when people decide the dog is cute enough to snap a picture as it of how it normally sleeps. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/7 "2009-12-06T14:52:34Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Probably as much a function of when people decide the dog is cute enough to snap a picture as it of how it normally sleeps. Kind of a pseudo confirmation bias, sorta kinda. My mini schnauzers’ll do it every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Picard\_Kills\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Picard_Kills_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/8 "2009-12-06T15:48:25Z")
Our dog sleeps on her back from time to time. I think it works out like that because of her bed. She likes to be up against the sides of it, and apparently this is the best way for her to do it. When she was just a tiny puppy, she would sleep on her back everywhere. On her bed, on the top of the couch, on me, etc. She doesn’t do it as often now though, but I would say at least a couple nights a week. She really likes it when we put her on her back between my wife and I on the bed, and pull the quilt up to her neck. I know, I know… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/9 "2009-12-06T15:49:30Z")
My blue heeler often sleeps that way. I always tell her she is a total tramp. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/10 "2009-12-06T15:51:07Z")
One of my cats sleeps on his back, especially if he can find a nice sunny spot. (He also snores when on his back; just like someone else I know…) ---
**Author:** ![IAmNotSpartacus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IAmNotSpartacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IAmNotSpartacus)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/11 "2009-12-06T16:20:43Z")
Here I thought the Colts’ backup quarterback had been caught on the sidelines, admiring Peyton in typical fashion… oops! ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/12 "2009-12-06T22:14:04Z")
All the dogs I’ve had will sometimes do this in hot weather…exposes their relatively furless belly for cooling. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/13 "2009-12-06T22:17:58Z")
All of my dogs will sleep like that occasionally. I have had a blue heeler mix, sheltie and schnauzer. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/14 "2009-12-06T22:52:47Z")
> [@Kevbo](#): > > All the dogs I’ve had will sometimes do this in hot weather…exposes their relatively furless belly for cooling. And, when they’re awake, petting. My little female corgi, Corky, loves this: She’ll flop on her back, look at you, and just wiggle until you bend over (or sit on the floor) and pet her. Then her little mind becomes an eggtimer: “Oooh pet me pet me I love the hand hand is good hand is good HAND MUST DIE! ATTACK!” She doesn’t use the full force of her jaws because she’s just playing, of course, but suddenly having to play tug for one of your own appendages is a great way to increase your general awareness of the world and its inhabitants. She most likes to _sleep_ with her butt up against someone. Her head has teeth and her paws have claws, but her butt needs to be protected by a monkey. This can lead to a very small dog taking up 2/3rds of a reasonably large bed simply by forming a horizontal line from you to the other edge. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/15 "2009-12-06T23:15:01Z")
My dog would do this when sitting by the fire. He was a collie/shepherd mix and he’d lie on his back and sit by the fire and get roasting hot. Then again so would the cat but she wasn’t on her back. My dog would also “sunbathe” like that in the sun during the summer. Maybe it’s a heat thing like maximizing warmth? ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/16 "2009-12-06T23:55:32Z")
Simone the pit bull occasionally sleeps like that. I have cell phone pics of her sleeping on her back in a red sweater, but I would have to sign up for a pay service to download them (phone has no hardware port), so you’ll just have to imagine. Her more typical sleeping position is the famous “pit ball.” ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/17 "2009-12-06T23:57:40Z")
My two corgis sleep on their backs \*all the time. \* ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/18 "2009-12-07T00:32:16Z")
My female Siberian Husky sometimes sleeps on her back as well. I call her my little slut dog. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/19 "2009-12-07T03:19:03Z")
One of my PWDs [sleeps on her back](http://i50.tinypic.com/97r9lk.jpg). Gotta’ admit it’s cuter to see it from stubby-legged breeds like the Corgi, though. Do Basset Hounds and Old English Bulldogs often sleep on their backs? ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171/20 "2009-12-07T03:56:29Z")
All my pets, from greyhounds to cats to rats, slept on their backs from time to time. The greyhounds mainly did it when sleeping on the couch- they used to back of the couch to support their position. Rats, especially, look dead when they sleep on their backs, with their little back feets sticking straight up in the air. My cat sometimes sleeps completely spread-eagled, which makes me have to come over and KISS KISS KISS his tummy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corgi-sleeping-position-wtf/520171.md?page=2)