Is there anything on this earth more deliciously adorable than baby puppies? I didn’t think so. We could have all of our social media timelines filled up with pictures, photos, and videos of baby animals and we would be content for the rest of our lives.
One video does just that. The video immediately makes us give an involuntary ‘aww.’ What’s the video, you ask? A newborn beagle puppy who is having a dream!
The pup is mostly black and brown with a few white patches on his nose and back – truly adorable as can be. Its puppy features are super prevalent because of how young it is! The rounded ears and pudgy nose just go to make this video extra cute.
Like talking in its sleep, the pup lets out little “yiiiips,” almost like it’s chasing something through the woods. It makes sense, too – beagles love to bark and hunt!
These breeds were bred to hunt and it makes sense that it dreams about chasing things and barking!
We tend to think that humans are the only animals who dream, but our furry friends are friends with the Sandman as well! The AKC says:
Dogs often bark or twitch their legs during REM sleep, the Sleep Foundation reports. But sometimes, watching a dog dream can be indicative of his breed. “Researchers found that a dreaming Pointer may immediately start searching for game and may even go on point, a sleeping Springer Spaniel may flush an imaginary bird in his dreams,” AKC Family Dog columnist Stanley Coren explained in Psychology Today. Coren also advises that owners who are curious to know if their dogs are dreaming to simply watch them beginning about 10 to 20 minutes after they fall asleep. If you can see their eyes moving behind their eyelids, they’ve begun to dream.
WOAH, that’s a lot. Essentially, that quote is saying that dogs don’t just dream meaningless things, they actually experience events in their dreams, much like we do!
The video goes on to include the puppy as it gets older and continuing to dream! Those little whimpers are now coming from a slightly larger dog, but he is still probably dreaming about something similar. Keep chasing rabbits, little buddies!
