# Dogs twitching in sleep

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-twitching-in-sleep/563850>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-twitching-in-sleep/563850 "2010-12-12T03:30:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-twitching-in-sleep/563850/21 "2010-12-13T21:06:30Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> Captain sleep-barks as well - it’s hilarious because his big ugly jowls kind of self-seal around his mouth, so the bark is a muffled “mph!” and the air that comes out puffs up his lips and slowly leaks out. It’s a riot.

My dog sometimes goes into a full-fledged coyote-wolf howl whil sleeping and wakes himself up. Then he looks roung like, “what’d I miss??” It’s adorable.

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**Author:** ![TurboNuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@TurboNuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TurboNuke)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-twitching-in-sleep/563850/22 "2010-12-14T02:30:11Z")

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I wake my dog up when he’s having the bad dream.

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