[km22]

hi there!!, I have a 9 month old Boxer dog, ive had him since he was 8 weeks old and i love him to bits. I was just wondering if he was actually meant to sleep as much as he does. Ive had puppies in the past (English bull terrier and staffordshire bull terrier) and I am aware that puppies sleep quite a bit but he seems to be sleeping excessively, infact, hes asleep right now and has been for about the past 4 hours. he has regular checks at the vets and they have found him to be perfectly healthy. Im probably just worrying unnecessarily but I was just wondering if everyone elses boxers do the same thing??

thankyou

 

[Diesel-and-Kira]

you have to remember that puppies aren't considered adults until about 2 years old. And at 9 months, they're still growing pretty rapidly.  It's exhausting to be growing all the time!

But then again, my pug is 6 years old, and she sleeps all day too. =P But she's just a bum.

 

[puppysmasher]

you wanna talk about dogs that sleep a lot, try bassett hounds. Ours sleep 22 hours a day!!! and they're adults (5 and 6 years old). but they are the LAZIEST dogs in the animal world too. and always good for a laugh--Rich

 

[boxer2crazy]

all 3 of my boxers sleep alot.

one is 4 months old female
one male boxer age 4 yrs
female boxer age 5 yrs old..

 

[samsonsmom]

Ahhh, he's still a baby Mom...they play hard, so they sleep hard...My distuinguished senior Samson, sleeps probably 18 hrs a day...More if Angel would leave him alone, but she's no slouch either in that dept....All of mine have always slept a lot and I do believe it's cos of the fact that all that energy they have, needs to be recharged and what better way than sleep?

 

[Mastray]

Any dog I've ever owned has slept a lot... I know boxers are suppose to be high energy... of course you have to remember that's when they're NOT sleeping!   Odin sleeps a lot... but when he's awake... he's following my every move and wants to wrestle and run around full speed. I think your baby is fine!

 

[JessiesMom]

Jessie sleeps a lot too...

Every day the noise i make coming in the house wakes her up...

I dont think Maggie ever sleeps though... i havent seen her sleep since she was a puppy! LOL!

 

[zoezilla]

Zoe sleeps most of the day away unless she's at daycare.  I think it's normal for all dogs to sleep a lot unless they have "day jobs".   :lol:

 

[BoxerMom07]

My Gus would sleep all day if it wasn't for the barking and playing around. Now my older mixed female she is 10 and she can sleep all day except for our (2) hour long walks in the morning and afternoon.



http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x16/ ... Nascar.jpg

[/url]