# Ever notice that dogs crash and sleep after eating? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548 "2013-04-01T17:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/1 "2013-04-01T17:13:24Z")
You can almost set a watch by my dogs. They both want naps after eating. Usually about 90 minutes. If I pet them they just ignore me. They are curled up and won’t move. After 90 minutes they are ready for attention. Belly rubs and lots of petting. Happens that way every day. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/2 "2013-04-01T17:25:44Z")
I wouldn’t know. “Narcoleptic Dane” is redundant. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/3 "2013-04-01T18:42:18Z")
My dog crashes and sleeps right after he’s decided I’ve napped long enough and pokes me, paws me, whines at me, sits on me, etc. to get attention. Then, when I’m up, snoooze. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/4 "2013-04-01T18:50:42Z")
Don’t most animals, particularly carnivores, take naps after filling their stomachs? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/5 "2013-04-01T18:53:39Z")
It’s funny. Ours almost waddles to her bed after eating and crashes hard onto it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/6 "2013-04-01T22:17:42Z")
Dogs sure have hard life. 😃 My chihuahua will flop over on his side when I’m petting him. Thats an invitation for a belly rub. 😉 But he only does that when he wants the attention. Otherwise he just lies there curled up, head down ignoring me. My Boston loves to get on her back while I rub her belly. The chihuahua hates being on his back. They are good company. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/7 "2013-04-01T23:11:44Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Don’t most animals, particularly carnivores, take naps after filling their stomachs? 😕 Yeah, it’s called [postprandial somnolence](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postprandial_somnolence). ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/8 "2013-04-01T23:26:26Z")
Sure, but I feed them turkey. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-notice-that-dogs-crash-and-sleep-after-eating/654548/9 "2013-04-02T01:58:47Z")
I thought dogs crashed and napped after everything they do.