Why does my dog run in his sleep?

ive seen dogs ‘run’ in their sleep..its weird but funny..does the shaking wake him up or not?

He’s alway does this like everytime hes sleeping. Hes younger almost a year but hes like a full sized dog. and sometimes he’ll do minor twitches

Its not fully running its more or twitching his legs in that motion. No sometimes i have to wake him up myself because he just keeps going.

yeah this is what i was meaning with ‘’running’’ in their sleep..

http://funadvice.com/r/3oh5lh8hgs

but seriously..if you can wake him up easily when he’s doing this..its probably just dreaming?..but if you have trouble waking him or if he seems to twitch when he is awake..then it could probably be seizures..but alot of dogs do this in their sleep..its most likely dreaming

He’s just chasing rabbits (or something else doggy-nice) in his dreams. Nothing to worry about I’d say. If he growls in his dreams don’t wake him. You’ll likely get a very unfavorable response.

Is all the grass man. I would be running in my sleep too.

All dogs do that.

He’s just dreaming. :)

Dogs dream just like people.

Dogs dream just like people.

indeed :D

I pat my dogs feet when I see him running in his sleep so it seems more realistic. :D