I have noticed something which I am not sure if it is unique to Toby or is a general thing with Dobes.
I say Dobes and not all dogs because none of my other dogs do it or have ever done it for that matter. So I thought I would run it past you guys.
Whenever Toby is sleeping on my bed he sleeps so deep that it is literally like trying to wake the dead at times.
Last night my son went out and came back in around 3.30am, now normally if Toby is sleeping in the rest of the house he is up and barking his head off as my son drives up the lane but not last night. Last night he was sleeping with me and as per usual Toby failed to notice anything was amiss. That there was someone not only outside but on a couple of occasions actually in the house he has been so dead to the world. Honestly he doesnt so much as lift an eyelid twitch an ear much less jump up ready to take on the world.
Now last night I actually didnt know it was my son who had driven up. My Terrier was barking like crazy (it was what had woken me) so I was listening out when I heard the door open but whereas my son normally says out loud. 'it's just me mum' he didnt say a word, instead he kept quiet as he knew I had been working hard that day and he thought it best not to disturb me. As my son moved around in the light of a small table lamp not the big central light of the living room I got up ready to do battle with some burglar or madman (got to be mad to enter a house with 3 dogs) all the while noticing no sound was coming from my other dogs, (scary thoughts entered my brain on that score) so I put my dressing gown on, opened my bedroom door and then and only then did Toby wake up.
Of course the moment he realised someone was in the house he stormed through the doorway like a Dobe possessed and had a right old go at my son who was by this time in the kitchen (until I told him it was my son and not some crazy idiot come to take my mixer away with him)
After the excitement of it all I started to think, is it normal for a Dobe to sleep so heavy? I mean if my other dogs who have all at some time shared my bed with me jumped up like their tails were on fire at the slightest noise why does Toby sleep as if he were sleeping the big one and not even raise an eyelid?
Do your Dobe babies sleep like this? Are they so comfortable on your beds someone could actually get inside your house without them waking?
I say Dobes and not all dogs because none of my other dogs do it or have ever done it for that matter. So I thought I would run it past you guys.
Whenever Toby is sleeping on my bed he sleeps so deep that it is literally like trying to wake the dead at times.
Last night my son went out and came back in around 3.30am, now normally if Toby is sleeping in the rest of the house he is up and barking his head off as my son drives up the lane but not last night. Last night he was sleeping with me and as per usual Toby failed to notice anything was amiss. That there was someone not only outside but on a couple of occasions actually in the house he has been so dead to the world. Honestly he doesnt so much as lift an eyelid twitch an ear much less jump up ready to take on the world.
Now last night I actually didnt know it was my son who had driven up. My Terrier was barking like crazy (it was what had woken me) so I was listening out when I heard the door open but whereas my son normally says out loud. 'it's just me mum' he didnt say a word, instead he kept quiet as he knew I had been working hard that day and he thought it best not to disturb me. As my son moved around in the light of a small table lamp not the big central light of the living room I got up ready to do battle with some burglar or madman (got to be mad to enter a house with 3 dogs) all the while noticing no sound was coming from my other dogs, (scary thoughts entered my brain on that score) so I put my dressing gown on, opened my bedroom door and then and only then did Toby wake up.
Of course the moment he realised someone was in the house he stormed through the doorway like a Dobe possessed and had a right old go at my son who was by this time in the kitchen (until I told him it was my son and not some crazy idiot come to take my mixer away with him)
After the excitement of it all I started to think, is it normal for a Dobe to sleep so heavy? I mean if my other dogs who have all at some time shared my bed with me jumped up like their tails were on fire at the slightest noise why does Toby sleep as if he were sleeping the big one and not even raise an eyelid?
Do your Dobe babies sleep like this? Are they so comfortable on your beds someone could actually get inside your house without them waking?