Topaz is a dreamer. I always know when she is good and a sleep because her paws, eye lids and ears start twitching. Sometimes she will give little barks that sound absolutely nothing like her. They sound like they belong to a much smaller dog or a puppy. Then a cute smile spreads across her face.
She has been a dreamer since the day I bought her home. I remember holding her little, sleeping 8 week old body in my lap as she dreamt away. Of course, when she was that little it was not cute, it was SCARY. She did not give cute little barks and it was not just her paws, eye lids and ears that twitched...it was her whole body. The first couple of times she did it I was terrified she was having a seizure. Thankfully my girl is just a dreamer.
However, her dreams are not always happy dreams. Sometimes she has vivid nightmares...well I assume that they are vivid. Two nights ago, she had one of these nightmares. I was up watching tv; my show was almost over and then I was going to head to bed. She had worn herself out playing with toys and was already sound asleep. Ten minutes before the show ended, she was up barking and growling at the door. You would have thought someone was about to charge through the door and attack me. I tried to calm her and show her it was just a dream. She went and checked the entire rest of the house. We then spent the next hour sitting together in the easy chair. Me petting her and talking soothingly to her...her sitting alert and intensely watching the house.
After an hour, I finally convinced her to come lay in bed with me. However, every 15 minutes or so she would lift her head, sniff and look all around the room to reassure herself all was still safe. Finally, after an hour of this she finally went to sleep and I was able to go to sleep as well.
Hopefully, only happy dreams are in the future for us.
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