Many pet parents might envy their pets, seeing them having an extremely sorted sleep cycle. Dogs don’t have to just lie on their bed and scroll their screen for like an hour before falling asleep, nor do they overthink about their life. But ironically, not only us but even dogs suffer from sleeping problems. Canine sleep disorders and its effects can make your happy-go-lucky pet turn into a grumpy, disoriented, and forgetful dog. And that’s the reason why you need to be extremely vigilant when as far as your pup’s sleep quality is concerned.

Here’s a brief rundown of dog sleeping disorders and how they affect them.

Insomnia

Insomnia is rare in dogs, which can generally indicate other health problems. It can be caused due to painful physical health issues such as arthritis, flea infestation, or kidney disease.

REM Behavior Disorder

REM Behavior Disorder causes physical activity during sleep.

Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea is commonly seen in obese dogs and causes breathing problems during sleep.

Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy in dogs occurs when he suffers from excessive daytime sleepiness, lack of energy, or brief losses of consciousness.

 

* Once you’ve identified that your dog has a sleeping disorder or is deprived of quality sleep, then these are the steps to enhance the quality of your dog’s sleep.

Maintain Your Dog’s Schedule

An imbalanced schedule can be one of the major reasons for dogs dealing with deteriorated sleep quality. Frequent changes in their daily schedule can hinder your dog’s sleeping quality. There can also be a change in appetite due to improper food intake or changing sleep timings. If your pup seems to be insomniac all of a sudden, that might be because he’s feeling blue. Therefore, pet parents need to diligently maintain the consistency of their pet’s routine to give him a better sleep quality.

Ensure Make Your Pet Work Out

Along with providing nutritional food to your pup, it’s crucial to keep him active. The lack of activity in an entire day can disrupt your pet’s sleeping pattern. As they have much energy reserved, and with the lack of required body movements, he might not feel sleepy enough. Walking, running, playing fetch are physical activities that will help to burn off your pup’s energy reserve, which will, in turn, lead to proper quality sleep.

Immediately Check For Any Health Issues

So, as mentioned above, dogs rarely have insomnia and generally, insomnia can indicate other physical issues in dogs. Thus, you need to check your dog whether he’s suffering from illness, allergies, diseases, infections, etc can have a negative impact on your pet’s sleeping pattern. Pet parents should take immediate measures if they notice any of the health issues or unusual signs in their dogs which may be disturbing their sleep quality.

Keep Your Dog’s Bed Comfy

Have you felt the lack of adequate sleep when you go to a new place where the bedding is completely different or when you keep changing your bed arrangements? In the same manner, even dogs need a comfortable bed that’s warm enough of the room temperature they’re sleeping in. Frequent changes in their bedding arrangement can disturb your pup’s sleep. Ensure to provide your pet with clean, comfortable, and healthy dog beds.

Summing it up, if your dog is having sleeping troubles than all you need to give him is wise nutritional food, required work out sessions, comfy bedding, regular veterinarian appointments, and lots of love, cuddles, and care.