how much does your dog sleep during the day? (calling esp the young lab lot )

[hatwoman]

my 9 month old lab sleeps so much. is he a lazy sod? or is he getting too much exercise? or is this what they're meant to do when not out walking? he's as bouncy as ever and raring to go when we take him out but at home he just flops.

My lab is 1 year old and mainly sleeps when she's not out walking - perks up for a game of fetch in the late evening, then zonks out again for the night.

It;s because they can't read or mumsnet-might as well have a kip!

you should see him now. he is lying on dh (who is lying on the sofa). he's lying on his back with his legs akimbo. he looks ridiculous.

lol, hatwoman - my nearly 9 month old is a lazy sod too. He loves his walks but at home he just flops out and snores

Newpup - what about your lab?

x post hatwoman - take a photo!!!!

PS I assume it's the dog with legs akimbo, or is dh trying to tell you something?

My 6 yr old yellow lab likes to get at least 20 hours of ZZZs in every 24. I call him Slobbus McDoggus, the snoozehound. It's a dog's life, I tell you...

I wonder if it's to do with their origins - I think any animal that hunts and eats meat expends huge amounts of energy when actually hunting and then basically sleeps all the rest of the time, to conserve energy. I think lions sleep something like 20+ hours a day.

foragers, on the other hand, like my gerbils, never stop. They're up at all hours, burrowing, scrabbling, and doing their thing.

7mth great swiss mountain dog sleeps loads - the lazy bugger!!

and the snoring he does -has my 3 in fits of laughter

My 15 month old spaniel is either out walking, or asleep, and not much in between. He is snoring away as I type.

Same with my lab (14 months) - but he does get a ton of exercise.

4 year old Boxer will go for a manic run in the morning and one hellofa walk until exhausted. She will then sleep ALL day!

mine is snoring and farting at my feet now as i type

ok so if I turn up at the vets saying "he's very sleepy" I'll be laughed out of the room...good.

Here's a photo of my (then) 2 year old lab

Energetic dog

I took the self same dog for a 10-11 mile walk today and the mutt isn't speaking to me now!

Labradors love their food but are pretty lazy at heart!!

And that's why we love them

I recognise that pose...

I'm sure I read that dogs sleep on average for 18 hours a day.

Mine (springer) sleeps for good chunks of the day provided ds1 isn't around to poke him awake or generally annoy him.

Sleeps deeply from about 7pm until we get up (7am ish).

awwwwwwwwwwww how cute is he

heres my 7mth

not a great picture - just took it tonight on phone camera

he sleeps with his half chewed duck (was headless after a few mins ) and yellow banana

my 4 year old Border Collie is the same.. runs like crazy when we're out but sleeps when we're in doors... wouldn't have her any other way!

Mine won't even bother getting up to go out for a wee if it's raining in the morning but at 7pm, come rain or shine, he trots off to the back of the garden to bark his head off!

21mo springer sleeps every non-walking minute of the day and night

does get between 2-5 hours of outside world each day though, much of which 'socialising' with my work dogs