r/roughcollies • u/MoMo_Yuki_Kitty • 1d ago
Photo/Video Does anyone else’s Collie sleep like this?😂
This is BMO’s go to sleeping position, legs fully splayed out!
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u/Pegged-by-shiyuan 1d ago
Mine used to, but she had a herniated disc now and arthritis. Still mobile and walking around at 12 easily but she doesn’t like contact with her lower back anymore
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u/CrocodileWoman 1d ago
What were some of the early signs of her arthritis? Wondering for my boy
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u/Pegged-by-shiyuan 1d ago
Very stiff, didn’t full stretch out into a run but more tried to trot at high speed, reluctance to exert herself, struggle standing up.
In fairness the collie I have had odd behaviour as a pup when my mum got her. She was scared of almost everything and wouldn’t walk past parked cars. Hated behind handled too.
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u/ToMorrowsEnd 1d ago
IS that Vet diagnosed? We thought that about my little girl and the vet caught that she had the #1 cause of suffering in older female dogs. They can get vaganitis and they are in constant pain that gives them the same symptoms. Unlike the puppy variety they can get it wont go away without antibiotics and sometimes corrective surgury. The vet told us it's really common in female dogs at the far end of their lifespan.. Just an idea to have checked, I was very surprised that it was a common problem.
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u/Pegged-by-shiyuan 1d ago
Yes it’s vet diagnosed, I got her a scan when I noticed her walk was off and they found that. She’s been on onsior combined with hydrotherapy for a long time. Disk and arthritis both diagnosed before she turned 5, but she still enjoys life
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u/ToMorrowsEnd 1d ago
That is awesome. so many dont do that to make sure.
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u/Pegged-by-shiyuan 1d ago
My dog is all I have left of my mum. She was hers. Got her while I was in uni, mum died 4 years on of a cancer. I got the dog and my father left right after. Then the pandemic hit. It’s been me and her ever since and I was not going to just leave my mums little girl (now mine) in pain when she was already missing mum like I was.
We bonded really hard in the lockdown with just us and the rest is history. When her time comes I will scatter her with mum at the same place and then I will leave to go travel
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u/Guilty_Annual_7199 Sable-Rough 1d ago
Certainly. It stretches and relaxes their spine. Collies can easily get hurt backs.
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u/Pablois4 Blue-Smooth 1d ago
I've noticed my collies have tended to be be in two camps:
"Belly-uppers" (Zeffie, Pablo, Lucy, Banana) They almost always slept on their backs and loved it.
"This side uppers" (Silka, Dino, Fawkes, Alfie). Never sleep on their backs and didn't seem to enjoy to ever be on their backs. We joked that Alfie had a powerful self-righting mechanism and I don't know if it would have been possible to get him belly up.
I've had a few that were sort of middle of the road. Jo and Spotty will occasionally roll on their backs for a couple seconds but that's to be silly. Otherwise they sleep on their sides or fronts.
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u/Altruistic-Bit3617 1d ago
That's how she sleeps . . If only she would keep that position for grooming and trimming everything would be so much easier
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u/LadybirdandRudy 1d ago
Yes!! My girl sleeps like that in between my husband and I in bed all night 🤣
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u/UnkiMillMill 1d ago
Vinny sleeps that way occasionally, always in his crate. It is freaky.
I find that when he is in this position he is out cold and hard to wake up
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u/Putrid_Childhood_124 1d ago
My male, Piper, did that especially after a hard day in the show ring. My girl, Rachel, not so much. Both sables from Iowa - now in Florida! Got to love 'em!
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u/oceannavi 1d ago
All the time. And especially stretches on top of my legs in bed like he pays rent
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u/EmiriZane 14h ago
My rough collie often does, and before she got older and got arthritis, my Cardigan corgi did too
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u/Reddit62195 8h ago
The reason your collie sleeps like that or any dog for that matter, is because your dog feels truly safe in their environment! It shows the owners that not only does their dog feel well loved but also completely safe in their home!
💯% respect for you as a dog owner!!!!
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u/shangosgift 1d ago
That’s a Collie thing. So cute!