Friday, September 19, 2008

Eye-opening sleep

It is pretty much a requirement for modern parents to upkeep some sort of online blog or profile about their kids. Well, we are that way about our dog Belle.

Belle is like most young children when it comes to sleeping. She falls into a deep sleep very quickly, and when she does it is quite entertaining to watch her. Her most impressive feat was sliding off the couch in her sleep.

Typical of dogs, she moves all 4 paws as though she is chasing something. She whimpers and growls with the occasional full-on bark. The cutest thing ever is when she barks so much that her tounge sticks out. I have tried many times to get a picture of this before she barks again and it goes back in. This time I have suceeded!

Her eyebrows start to twitch and her eyelids begin to flutter open. I didn't know this until recently, but dogs and cats have a second eyelid. It is vertical whereas the outer eyelid, like people, is horizontal. So her outer eyelid will open, and then the secondary eyelid opens. Creeeeepy!

So creepy that she looks like this when she is sleeping:



She didn't even flinch when I took these pictures. She was totally asleep. Ka-razy!

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