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My two year old Yorkie has always slept on the bed with us. Suddenly she won't come on and has started sleeping in a chair in the lounge all night. Why?
By JW from Yorkshire, England
I have a friend whose cat suddenly changed her sleeping and day activity patterns. Her owner was concerned and took her to the vet. Her poor cat had a cancerous tumor in her jaw that was inoperable. Her cat was in increasing pain and slept away from people to avoid waking up and dealing with the pain again.
As the previous poster mentions, this could indicate a health problem and a call-in to the vet should be your first act just to be on the safe side. But you don't say you're seeing simultaneous associated behaviour changes (toileting accidents, sick on the carpets, etc) so I'm thinking there likely is a simpler answer...
Could be anything from a new blanket your Yorkie dislikes the texture of to a change in formula of the washing powder/liquid to...(no offence intended but recently we are having a bit of a problem here in the UK:) the dog hearing scrabbling in the walls or under the floorboards - check around the home for signs of pest infestation.
As you know, Yorkies, like Jack Russells and of course most cats, are terrific hunters with these breeds originally bred specifically to find mice, rats, and other rodents. Your Yorkie may be on the scent!
Best wishes - I sincerely hope it's a new duvet or a changed washing powder/liquid and not rodents.
Is your bed very far off of the floor? We had a dog who had always jumped up on the bed and noticed one day that he would moan as if it hurt him,and since it was painful he quit.We gave him Glucosamine for animals and within a few weeks he was back to his old self... Arthritis. Just a suggestion...
Dogs can make a variety of noises while they are sleeping. Unless there are indications of pain or trouble breathing, they are typically normal sleep behavior.
Sometimes dogs may show a change in behavior that you may need to ask your vet about. This page is about does my dog sleep too much?
