How many hours does the average dog sleep per day?
How much do dogs and cats sleep? Under controlled laboratory conditions both cats and dogs sleep about 13 hours per day but they wake up more frequently than people do. How much and when pets sleep varies enormously depending on the social and physical environment. A dog living as an only pet in an apartment may sleep much more than one working as a herding dog on a farm. Pets will often adjust their activity and sleep cycles so that they can be active when people and other animals are active. Many “nocturnal” cats will be inactive at night when the household is asleep and active when the household is awake. Of course there are some pets – probably cats more than dogs, who find it great fun to wake you up by prancing across your face at 2am. This behavior becomes a habit when it works for the cat – when it triggers some sort of reaction from you. Yawning and sleep are also conflict behaviors that can occur in stressful situations. Animals yawn when they are nervous or prevented from do