Let Sleeping Dogs Cry

by Not That Mike The Other Mike on October 3, 2008

"ehrn … robot tentacles … wait … arghh … can’t escape, floor made of Crisco … stop, don’t … not the chicken, not the chicken, NOT THE CHICKEN! … gasp … toothpaste, leiderhosen, Richard Simmons … why am I covered in maple syrup?! … I’ve got to warn Batman about the pomegranates …"

No more garlic Milk-Bones before bedtime, Dan K.

{ 66 comments }

1 Theo 10.03.08 at 3:18 pm

That dog… could’ve been me, back in grade school.

2 Pat Trenner 10.03.08 at 3:21 pm

Best. Caption. EVER.

Oh, that NomTom!

3 TurboFloof 10.03.08 at 3:26 pm

AAAHHHH HAAAAA! My dog sleepbarks too! Sometimes it wakes me up at night, and I crack up so much I can’t get back to sleep! I will never NOT laugh when he does it. SOOOOO funny!

I love how this bebeh woke HIMSELF up, then got all shy…

4 lee 10.03.08 at 3:27 pm

Ah, the poor double baroo at the end! Very funny caption Mr. NTMTOM

5 Cara 10.03.08 at 3:33 pm

The ear! THE EAR! Sooo cute!

6 stevedave 10.03.08 at 3:37 pm

Here’s an alternate video link:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6e8_1219509333

7 Sarah 10.03.08 at 3:38 pm

I’ve seen my doggy cry like that before but it makes me sad. I hope he wasn’t too sad in his sleep!

8 starling 10.03.08 at 3:38 pm

Hahahaha at the embarrassment at the end!

9 Capt' Tightpants 10.03.08 at 3:49 pm

“DON’T WARN THE TADPOLES!!!”

Puppy has frog fear.

10 AuntieMame 10.03.08 at 4:02 pm

Can’t see the video until I get home, but from the caption, it’s obvious that even dogs have more interesting dreams than I do. Sheesh!

11 tank 10.03.08 at 4:03 pm

@ Capt’ Tightpants:

oh ok Willow

12 Corona 10.03.08 at 4:05 pm

Poor dog looked so embarrassed when he woke up. That, or disappointed that the big pink milkbone-shaped car he was chasing was just a dream.

13 Charlotte 10.03.08 at 4:05 pm

Teeehee…. Ohh, being shy was so adorable :D

14 Babs 10.03.08 at 4:06 pm

Awesome. He’s all “What are YOU looking at?”

15 (the original) Mel 10.03.08 at 4:07 pm

Sometimes, when I dream about Richard Simmons, I bark in my sleep too.

16 Erebella 10.03.08 at 4:19 pm

Aw, that ending was SO cute!

Sea monkey has my money …. be careful with that hammer …. yes, I’m a natural blue.

17 Not That Mike The Other Mike 10.03.08 at 4:22 pm

@Erebella: LOL :-D And don’t think that scene wasn’t running through my mind as I wrote this. :-D

18 Katie 10.03.08 at 4:28 pm

I love that he has “bed ears” when he wakes up!

19 Hon Glad 10.03.08 at 4:40 pm

You mean that giant sausage wasn’t real.

20 Erebella 10.03.08 at 4:57 pm

All I wanna know, Mike, is what you’re smoking when you write these things and if you wouldn’t mind sharing.

P.S.: That maple syrup thing sounds like a good idea ;)

21 fish eye no miko 10.03.08 at 5:13 pm

Am I the only one who thinks it sounds like he’s laughing at the beginning? ^_^

22 Camille 10.03.08 at 5:20 pm

I thought my dog was the only one to bark in her sleep!

23 skip 10.03.08 at 5:21 pm

Hahaha – that dream train-of-thought is hilarious! Our English springer spaniel used to do this all the time, including waking herself up and rubbing her eyes just like that afterward.

24 Taki's mom 10.03.08 at 5:24 pm

@Erebella: LOVE the “nemo” reference ;)

25 berthaservant 10.03.08 at 5:24 pm

Kinda “cute or sad,” but that’s me anthropomorphizing the doggeh’s reaction as “cries.” Maybe there a kind of hiccup/giggle/sleep thing.

Love the hooman’s reactions, too. And nice dream there, Tom. Jung would have a field day.

26 cheesybird 10.03.08 at 5:42 pm

“All geminis to the raspberry hats.”

I was already giggling uncontrollably reading NomTom’s caption before I even hit play. Seeing the “What? What are you looking at? I’m going back to sleep” on puppeh’s face at the end of the video just put me over the edge.

27 chanpon 10.03.08 at 5:54 pm

Flopped over ear kills me with the cute.

28 Michelle S 10.03.08 at 5:57 pm

Best.
Capshon.
Evar.

<3

29 Michelle S 10.03.08 at 6:06 pm

I believe that noise is a bark, not a cry. The puppy is vocalizing a bark, but her face is asleep so it comes out as a convulsive mff mff mff.

My golden used to dream like crazy when he slept. Growling and barking just like that. He even had different gaits. He’d switch from trotting to galloping on his side while he was completely asleep. It was poignant as he got old. He was blind, deaf, and crippled. He could hardly take a step, but he’d sure still gallop through the fields in his dreams!

30 jackjackjack 10.03.08 at 6:19 pm

Or, “No! Not the Palin! NOT THE PALIN!” (wakes up) “Oh crap, the election hasn’t even HAPPENED yet. Please leave me alone until it’s over.”

31 binky-mama 10.03.08 at 6:28 pm

Must of had some spicy food before he went night-night!

32 Juniper Jupiter 10.03.08 at 6:50 pm

Poor thing’s hiding in embarrassment cuz Mommy wuz LAUGHING AT HER!!

Proof right thar….when you giggle at your pup when she makes noises in her sleep, and she wakes up…DON’T LAUGH!! You’ll hurt her feelings!!! :(

But I lol’d! :D

33 Lucy 10.03.08 at 6:59 pm

@Capt Tightpants – you win the internets.

Well, you have to share it with the puppeh and his ear.

34 Mary (the first) 10.03.08 at 7:38 pm

omg I needed that. @fish eye I also thought it sounded like laughing at the first. The flopped ear is just too much and the “aww shucks don’t laugh at me” finale.. ..

35 Happenstance 10.03.08 at 7:49 pm

Sounds like a chicken.

“…But we need the eggs!”

(Waits for nuffer to inform us that the “crying” indicates abuse and we should all be ashamed of our amusement.)

36 Sarah F. 10.03.08 at 7:50 pm

Oh, see, I interpreted it as giggling. Yup, pup is def. giggling in his sleep!

37 alex 10.03.08 at 8:03 pm

that was THE BEST.

38 Liz 10.03.08 at 9:04 pm

Is it just me, or does he sound a lot like a turkey..

39 Lisa P 10.03.08 at 9:04 pm

My sister used to have a sweet old three legged dog the kids named Three-D. He could get around pretty good most days, but when he slept, he would run like the wind in his dreams. It was very sweet to watch. He crossed the rainbow bridge a few years ago and is now running on all four good legs.

40 Sunstorm 10.03.08 at 9:33 pm

Warn Batman about POMEGRANITES? Rediculously creative, I must say.

41 Amanda 10.03.08 at 10:36 pm

Lurve it! The ending was sooo cute!!

42 girlnextdoortn 10.03.08 at 10:40 pm

FIREFLY!!! Whoo!

43 spb 10.04.08 at 1:11 am

I can’t believe that someone would take the time to video their puppy that is obviously crying out in great pain and distress… just to get posted on a website. Put down the camera! Wake up the poor pup! Oh, the abuse! Will it never end??

(There you go, Happenstance ;)

44 Tryna Merriman 10.04.08 at 2:28 am

My lab/goldenX does this when she sleeps!!! Yes , and at night I wake up laughing (which in turn wakes HER up) and then I get a dirty look. She also runs in her sleep, which is not cool when she is snuggled against you, because you wind up getting kicked. Sometimes out of bed!

45 Gail (the first one) 10.04.08 at 2:29 am

“mmmh….okay, okay, I give….DESTINY!! No escaping, not for me! Destiny!! No escaping….

“Doctor, wake up. You vere having a nachtmare!”

46 Tryna Merriman 10.04.08 at 2:29 am

She growls in her sleep too!

47 Gail (the first one) 10.04.08 at 2:31 am

And, I think it was barking, not crying as well. My Nicky barks sometimes in his sleep and runs, runs, runs!!!

48 binky-mama 10.04.08 at 4:18 am

@Gail (the first one):

“Vould you like to roool in zee hay?”

49 CatFanSue 10.04.08 at 4:26 am

My oldest kitteh will occasionally wake up hissing and snarling (evidently cats have nightmares, too); unfortunately it usually happens when he’s sleeping on my lap! Nothing to do but try to stay out of the way until he remembers where he is and the teeth and claws go back in. :-)

50 Totalee Puppy 10.04.08 at 4:52 am

binky-mama rocks!

51 Meriweather 10.04.08 at 5:20 am

Our husky does this, just about four times bigger. He sounds like he’s muttering in his sleep. “Grrf. Mmble. Rowsdower. Hff.” Then he wakes up and looks annoyed at the world, and curls back up.

52 darkshines 10.04.08 at 8:30 am

Can I cover NOMTOM in maple syrup? ;)

53 Barbarella von Fluffenstein! 10.04.08 at 9:47 am

LOL! Bless, so cute. :)

54 Linda 10.04.08 at 11:56 am

@Meriweather – Rowsdower!!! Ha ha ha! I was JUST watching that MST3K yesterday!

55 bryn 10.04.08 at 1:16 pm

10 minutes later I’m still laughing. Really, the best caption. Why am i covered in maple syrup!!!!!

56 Karate mom 10.04.08 at 1:21 pm

HAHAHAH! I love it!
“Mrf! BRK! BRK! WHA…Huh? What’r you look..awww, maaaan!”

57 Sharawi Wife 10.04.08 at 2:20 pm

Awww!! He gets all Shy at the end !!
I have an Old english Bulldog who used to do that in his sleep wjen he was a puppy but now he just SNORZZZZZZZZ!!!! Sometimes he wakes himself up and looks around like “Hey who is maken all dat noiz I am tryn to sleep here !” ;0)

58 Katrina 10.04.08 at 2:21 pm

One of my fondest memories will always be the night the dog “Baroooed” in her sleep and my husband sneezed in his sleep, twice, neither waking up. I didn’t want to laugh at either of them. I gave up and came downstairs to CO and had a good laugh. SHHH, they still don’t know.

59 J. Bo 10.04.08 at 2:41 pm

The ear… THE EAR!

60 David Spor 10.04.08 at 3:03 pm

That was kind of a turkey gobble in the beginning. My cat mews and twitches in his sleep occasionally. Snores, too.

61 Capt' Tightpants 10.04.08 at 3:57 pm

Thank you, Lucy, but I submit that the Finding Nemo reference is slightly awesomer.

62 Hahaha :D 10.04.08 at 6:59 pm

“I’ve got to warn Batman about the pomegranates …”

BEST LINE EVER!

Whoooo yeah (;

63 Raemie L. 10.04.08 at 8:49 pm

That was so cute! Floppy ears! Face “hidingks”! The caption! Reaction in Exclamation Marks!

64 Noelegy 10.05.08 at 1:22 am

Our Husky does this too…I call it “whoofling.”

65 Katrina 10.05.08 at 11:30 am

Does Batman have a vitamin C deficiency? Could he choke on the seeds? Are they on sale at BJ’s? Youth needs to know!

66 Wendy 10.09.08 at 10:21 pm

Anyone know what kind of dog that is?

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